Galopin, Arnould
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1863-1934) French author whose nonfantastic novels were critically respected; several were set in World War One, and reflected his war service in the Merchant Marine. Most of his career, however, was focused on popular thrillers, often containing a fantastic element, as in the Doctor Omega sequence beginning with Le Docteur Omega [for subtitle see Checklist below] (1906; adapted Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier as Doctor Omega 2003), in which the eponymous, only seemingly scatterbrained Scientist travels with contrasting companions (after the Jules Verne pattern) to Mars in a Antigravity-powered Spaceship of his own Invention; the ship also, excitingly, serves as a Time Machine, landing the crew on the Red Planet several aeons earlier, where adventures ensue. Doctor Omega and the Shadowmen (anth 2011) edited by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier assembles Sequels by Other Hands, oddly excluding the short fiction Galopin himself contributed to the series.
The later Harry Dickson sequence includes L'Homme au Complet Gris (1911; trans Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier as Harry Dickson: The American Sherlock Holmes: The Man in Grey 2016), and Tênébras, le bandit fantôme (1912; trans Brian Stableford as Harry Dickson: The American Sherlock Holmes: Vs Tenebras 2016), a Sherlock Holmes pastiche, which includes an earlier Galopin creation, Tênébras, a quasi Antihero with hints of the Superhero in his makeup. Tênébras is not an original character, clearly having been created to compete with the more famous Fantômas. [JC]
Arnould Galopin
born Marbeuf, Haute-Normandie, France: 9 February 1863
died Paris: 9 December 1934
works (highly selected)
series
Doctor Omega
- Le Docteur Oméga: Aventures fantastiques de trois Français dans la Planète Mars ["Doctor Omega: Fantastic Adventures of Three Frenchmen on the Planet Mars"] (Paris: Albin Michel/Librarie Mondiale, 1906) [Doctor Omega: hb/]
- Doctor Omega (Encino, California: Hollywood Comics/Black Coat Press, 2005) [adaptation of the above by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier: Doctor Omega: pb/Gil Formosa]
- Doctor Omega and the Shadowmen (Encino, California: Hollywood Comics/Black Coat Press, 2011) edited by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier [anth: various authors: Doctor Omega: pb/Mike Shoyket]
Harry Dickson (selected)
- L'Homme au Complet Gris (Paris: Librarie contemporanie, 1911) [Harry Dickson: binding unknown/]
- Harry Dickson: The American Sherlock Holmes: The Man in Grey (Encino, California: Hollywood Comics/Black Coat Press, 2016) [trans by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier of the above: Harry Dickson: pb/Stephan Martiniere]
- Tênébras, le bandit fantôme (Paris: Librarie contemporanie, 1912) [Harry Dickson: binding unknown/]
- Harry Dickson: The American Sherlock Holmes: Vs Tenebras (Encino, California: Hollywood Comics/Black Coat Press, 2016) [trans by Brian Stableford of the above: Harry Dickson: pb/Daniele Serra]
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