{{Short description|Franco-Belgian comics series}} {{Infobox comic book title| <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics--> | image =Seuls-comics series.svg | caption =Main characters with the series logo | publisher = ''Spirou'' magazine <br/> Dupuis (2006-2023) / Rue de Sèvres (2023-) (French) <br/> Cinebook Ltd (English) | date = 2006–present | issues = | main_char_team = Dodji <br/> Leila <br/> Camille <br/> Yvan <br/> Terry | writers = Fabien Vehlmann <small>(2006–)</small> | artists = Bruno Gazzotti <small>(2006-)</small> | pencillers = | inkers = | colorists = | creative_team_month = | creative_team_year = | creators = }} '''''Seuls''''' is a Franco-Belgian fantasy adventure children's comic book series written by Fabien Vehlmann and drawn by Bruno Gazzotti for Spirou Magazine. It centers on the adventures of five children who must fend for themselves in a mysterious world without adults.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2023 |title=Gazzotti - Vehlmann {{!}} Seuls |url=https://www.dupuis.com/seriebd/seuls/753 |website=dupuis.com |language=fr}}</ref>
It was published in hardback albums by Dupuis from January 2006. The series comprises 14 volumes divided into 4 cycles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 November 2023 |title=Seuls |url=https://www.bedetheque.com/serie-12709-BD-Seuls.html |website=bedetheque.com |language=fr}}</ref>
The series has twice won a Prix Jeunesse 9-12 ans at the Angoulême Festival in 2007 and 2010. It has also received two Grand Prix du Journal de Mickey.
The albums have also been published in Dutch (by Dupuis), in English (by Cinebook), in German (by Piredda), in Norwegian (by QltrRebus) and in Spanish (by Dibbuks).
In 2017 a film adaptation of the series was made by David Moreau, starring Stéphane Bak, Sofia Lesaffre and Thomas Doret, with limited success.<ref name="Dio">{{cite news |last1=Missia Dio |first1=Christian |title=Fabien Vehlmann (Seuls) : "Nous sommes compatibles artistiquement, Bruno Gazotti et moi". |url=https://www.actuabd.com/Fabien-Vehlmann-Seuls-Nous-sommes-compatibles-artistiquement-Bruno-Gazotti-et |access-date=27 June 2023 |work=ActuaBD |date=1 January 2018 |language=French}}</ref>
By 2018, more than 2 million albums had been sold, with new albums topping the French sales rankings for comics.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bajos |first1=Sandrine |title=La saga fantastique "Seuls" numéro 1 des ventes de BD |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/livres/la-saga-fantastique-seuls-numero-1-des-ventes-de-bd-16-06-2018-7775847.php |access-date=27 June 2023 |work=Le Parisien |date=16 June 2018 |language=French}}</ref>
== See also == * Belgian comics * Franco-Belgian comics
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==Further reading== *{{cite book |last1=Pellegrin |first1=Annick |editor1-last=Heimermann |editor1-first=Mark |title=Picturing Childhood: Youth in Transnational Comics |date=2017 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=9781477311622 |pages=181–196 |chapter=Vehlmann, or the end of innocence}}
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