Miniac chez la perfide Albion

"Hello!
I read online that you are the author of some of the Agatha Christie comic strips? Are they available in a book in English? Please let me know! I'd love to buy an Agatha comic book for a friend for Christmas!
Chad"

Voici le courriel reçu d'un internaute canadien début décembre 2010.
Pour lui répondre, voici un panorama de mes 4 adaptations BD d'Agatha Christie en langue anglaise.

Chez HarperCollins Publishers en 2007 :
* Death on the Nile
Adapted by Francois Riviere and Solidor.
(Agatha Christie Graphic Novel)
Original title: Mort sur le Nil, 2002 -- (No 2)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (UK), 2007
ISBN 9780007250585
Format: Hardcover, 292x218 mm, 48 pp., color
* Murder on the Orient Express
Story: François Rivière
Art: Solidor
Original title: Le Crime de L'Orient-Express, 2003 -- (No 4)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (UK), 2007
Format: Hardcover, 292x218 mm, 48 pp., color

Lu au Royaume-Uni :
When Poirot meets Tintin
"The ever-popular (and much adapted) oeuvre of Agatha Christie finally makes the crossover to comics with this engaging adaptation of the classic train-bound Poirot mystery, Murder on The Orient Express - one of ten Christie tales due for UK release following their initial 2003 publication in France.Despite an occasionally-stilted French-to-English translation, writer Francois Riviere adapts the idiosyncratic Christie with aplomb, maintaining the author's spanking pace and thick air of mystery.With a wonderfully-expressive clear-line style that instantly recalls Herge's work on Tintin, artist Solidor augments his frames with cinematic composition, greatly adding to the book's overall stylishness."
Danny Graydon, JULY 20, 2007.
Agatha Christie's Murder on The Orient Express, Harper Collins, £9.99

Chez Emmanuel Proust en 2008 :
* Murder on the Orient Express
by François Rivière, Agatha Christie, Solidor (Illustrator)
Murder on the Orient Express 4.11 of 5 stars4.11 of 5 stars4.11 of 5 stars4.11 of 5 stars4.11 of 5 stars 411 · rating details · 53 ratings · 1 review
Album, 44 pages
Published February 18th 2008 by Emmanuel Proust (first published 2008)
* Death on the Nile T2
by Emmanuel Proust, Solidor (Illustrator), François Rivière

Death on the Nile
The exotic murder mystery, adapted into a lavish full-colour comic book for the first time. The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything - until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.' Yet in this exotic setting' nothing is ever quite what it seems. Famed for her crime masterpieces, Agatha Christie's books have become the best-selling in the world, appealing to readers young and old for their ingenious plots and immediately recognizable characters. The stories have also transcended the printed page, become bestselling audiobooks and award-winning films, plays and television series. Now words and pictures combine in an exciting new way of telling these stories - full-colour graphic novels which enhance the original stories and offer a completely new way of enjoying some of the world's most popular and exciting mysteries.


Steve Holland, saturday, August 25, 2007 :
"* 'Mon Dieu! Poirot gets a makeover'. Ben Hoyle reveals (The Times, 25 August) how HarperCollins is publishing Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot in a series of graphic novels. Eight titles will appear this year, including Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express, followed by eight more next year. A more general piece on crime fiction ('The genre that just won't die') at the BBC News (21 August) site includes a few images from the adaptations.
I believe these Christie adapatations have previously appeared: according to 'Comic Christie: Murder or reincarnation?' by Arati Menon Carroll (Business Standard, 5 August), "Euro Books, the publishing division of Euro Kids India, has just launched 13 titles ... that are English adaptations of comics strips that originated in France a few years ago."

Titles include Death on the Nile (adapted by Francois Riviere, illustrated by Solidor), Murder on the Links (Riviere & Marc Piskic), Murder on the Orient Express (Riviere & Solidor), The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (adapted/illustrated by Bruno Lachard) and The Secret of Chimneys (Riviere & Laurence Suhner).

* Inspired by the above news, Tara Mulholland reveals 'More than words: Britain Embraces the graphic novel' (International Herald News, 22 August). Link via Steve Flanagan's Gad, Sir! Comics!

* Uninspired by the above news, Ned Beauman argues that adaptations are a waste of time unless they add something new in 'Comic versions of books need novel angle' (Guardian Unlimited, 23 August)."