Les Indes fourbes
Les Indes fourbes (The Treacherous Indies) is a 2019 comic book written by Alain Ayroles and drawn by Juanjo Guarnido. It is set in the 17th century and follows the Spanish swindler Pablos de Ségovie as he travels to South America, where he searches for El Dorado and experiences a series of adventures with Spanish settlers, freed slaves and natives. The story was conceived as a sequel to the Spanish picaresque novel The Swindler, written by Francisco de Quevedo and originally published in 1626.
Les Indes fourbes

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- Alain Ayroles
- Date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Delcourt
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Les Indes fourbes (The Treacherous Indies) is a 2019 comic book written by Alain Ayroles and drawn by Juanjo Guarnido. It is set in the 17th century and follows the Spanish swindler Pablos de Ségovie as he travels to South America, where he searches for El Dorado and experiences a series of adventures with Spanish settlers, freed slaves and natives. The story was conceived as a sequel to the Spanish picaresque novel The Swindler, written by Francisco de Quevedo and originally published in 1626.
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Delcourt published Les Indes fourbes on 28 August 2019. Anne Douhaire-Kerdoncuff of France Inter wrote that there is not a boring second while reading Les Indes fourbes, calling it "one of the best comics of the season".
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• Title — Les Indes fourbes • Publisher — Delcourt • Pages — 160 • Origlanguage — French • Origdate — 28 August 2019 • Origisbn — 2756035734 • Writer — Alain Ayroles • Artist — Juanjo Guarnido • Illustration — Ayroles and Guarnido with Les Indes fourbes at the 2020 Angoulême International Comics Festival
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Les Indes fourbes published.
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Les Indes fourbes is credited to the author Alain Ayroles. Recorded as comic book album. Published by Delcourt.
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- 1.Alain Ayroles et Juanjo Guarnido, lauréats du prix des libraires de BD, livreshebdo.fr, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
- 2.Alain Ayroles et Juanjo Guarnido : « Chaque fois qu’une forêt vierge brûle, c’est un pan de l’imaginaire et de l’inconnu de cette planète qui part en fumée », branchesculture.com, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
- 3.El Buscón de Quevedo llega a las Indias cuatrocientos años después, rtve.es, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
- 4.BD: “Les Indes fourbes”, une superproduction sur fond d’Eldorado, telerama.fr, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
- 5.Alain Ayroles/Juanjo Guarnido: “Hay una faceta catártica y una faceta de cuento de evasión”, paris-barcelona.com, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
- 6.Räuberpistole im Regenwald, spiegel.de, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
- 7.Historischer Trickbetrug, tagesspiegel.de, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
- 8.Comic „Der große Indienschwindel“Fiktionen glaubwürdiger als Fakten, deutschlandfunk.de, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
- 9.Bande Dessinée: Indes fourbes, picaresquement votre, leparisien.fr, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
- 10.La Case BD: Les Indes Fourbes, splendeur et misère d’un aventurier espagnol, lefigaro.fr, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
- 11.De cómo un granadino mandó al Buscón a las Indias, ideal.es, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
- 12.El Buscón de Quevedo llega por fin a las Indias gracias al cómic, elperiodico.com, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
- 13.Didier Pasamonik, « Les Indes fourbes d’Alain Ayroles et Juanjo Guarnido (Delcourt) Prix Landerneau 2019 », on Actua BD, 26. November 2019.
- 14.VS, « Les Indes fourbes d’Ayroles et Guarnido rafle encore la mise en remportant le Grand prix RTL de la BD », on Actua BD, 3. Januar 2022.
- 15.« Alain Ayroles et Juanjo Guarnido, lauréats du prix des libraires de BD », on Livres Hebdo, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
- 16.Damasio et Les Indes fourbes parmi les 7 lauréats du prix Libr'à Nous, actualitte.com, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
- 17.Max und Moritz Preis 2020, buchmarkt.de, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2022
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