{"product_id":"balzano-le-demon-de-la-colline-aux-loups-119","title":"Vincenzo Balzano - Le Démon de la Colline aux Loups -  Original comic art page 14","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome books you read; others you live through. Le Démon de la Colline aux Loups belongs to the latter. With his watercolours, \u003ca href=\"\/en-us\/collections\/vincenzo-balzano\" title=\"Original artworks and prints by Vincenzo Balzano\"\u003eVincenzo Balzano\u003c\/a\u003e turns a shattered childhood into a dark fairy tale of haunting beauty, where wolves emerge from the mist and light still manages, against all odds, to break through. Every page of this book, one of the most striking comics of the autumn season, is a unique artwork painted directly on paper, and we invite you to discover this world through the original art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVincenzo Balzano, the artist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Italy in 1985 and trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, Vincenzo Balzano has established himself, in just a few books, as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary comics. He made his name in France with Clinton Road (2020), then confirmed his talent with ADLIVUN (2022) and Bunkerville (2024, written by Pascal Chind and Benjamin Legrand), all published by Ankama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work, at the crossroads of comics, illustration and painting, has been shown in Europe and the United States, from the Angoulême International Comics Festival and Quai des Bulles to San Diego Comic-Con and New York Comic Con. The gallery, which has been exhibiting his original art since 2020, is now dedicating its fourth exhibition to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLe Démon de la Colline aux Loups, a critically acclaimed graphic novel\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased on 2 October 2026, the book adapts the debut novel by Dimitri Rouchon-Borie, a court reporter, published by Le Tripode in 2021 and honoured with more than ten literary awards, including the RTBF Prix Première and the Prix Louis Guilloux. Co-written by the novelist and Gaët's, the story follows Duke, a prisoner on the threshold of death, as he looks back on a childhood ravaged in the house on Wolf Hill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment it came out, the book was hailed as one of the highlights of the season: Positive Rage called it \"one of the best comics of recent months\", Mots Tordus et Bulles Carrées described it as a true aesthetic shock and compared Balzano's line to that of Teddy Kristiansen, while BDGest praised powerful artwork driven by a remarkable mastery of watercolour. For his debut in Dupuis's prestigious Aire Libre collection, Vincenzo Balzano delivers his most ambitious book to date: 200 pages of rare intensity!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVincenzo Balzano's artwork\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVincenzo Balzano draws and colours directly in watercolour and ink: each page is therefore a finished, one-of-a-kind artwork, with no separate colouring and no digital retouching. To carry a story of great darkness, he chose restraint and metaphor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book alternates between two styles: a realistic, pared-down line in near black-and-white tones for the prison present, and a freer, misty, at times incandescent watercolour for the childhood memories. Throughout the pages, motifs return like obsessions: the house perched on the hill, the bare trees and above all the wolves, black silhouettes with towering legs and bristling jaws that embody the violence Duke endured and the demon within him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the tradition of fairy-tale illustration, the artwork often breaks free from the panel grid to fill the entire page, giving these originals the presence of genuine paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTwo sculptures on display\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a rare move for a comic artist, Vincenzo Balzano extends the world of the book into three dimensions: two original sculptures by the artist are on display and available for purchase as part of the exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eArtwork details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Year: 2026\u003cbr\u003e• Medium: Watercolour on Canson paper\u003cbr\u003e• Sheet size: 42 x 29.7 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Signed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eShipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery artwork can be collected free of charge from our Paris gallery. If you would like it delivered, it will be carefully packed and protected for shipping in an extra-sturdy tube.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipments within France and Europe are handled by \u003cstrong\u003eChronopost or Colissimo\u003c\/strong\u003e for fast, secure delivery. In Paris, \u003cstrong\u003ecourier delivery\u003c\/strong\u003e is also available on request.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Achetez de l'Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59125327626571,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/2986\/2537\/files\/balzano-demon-119.jpg?v=1793809606","url":"https:\/\/achetezdelart.shop\/en-us\/products\/balzano-le-demon-de-la-colline-aux-loups-119","provider":"Achetez de l'Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}