Largo Winch is a comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme that has inspired a 39 episode TV series, the movies, ‘The Burma Conspiracy’ (Belgium 2011) ‘The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch’ (France 2008) and a PlayStation video game ‘Largo Winch’. The award winning movies star Tomer Sisley, Kristin Scott Thomas, Miki Manojlovic and Sharon Stone. The principal character in the comic book series is Largo Winch whose birth name is Largo Winczlav. Largo was adopted when he was very young by Neiro Winch, one of the richest man on earth. The series is a modern adventure thriller about Largo Winch, set in an exotic world of high finance and jet set living.

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In the first two volumes of the series, L’héritier (The Heir) and Le Groupe W (The W Group), Largo, a young and handsome orphan, is propelled to the head of a business empire, Group W, after his adoptive father Nerio is murdered. Largo faces a great many obstacles in trying to preserve his inheritance and avenge Nerio.

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All the stories of the series are published in a two volume set. In the first part of the series Volume One, Largo finds himself put in an impossible situation where he is accused of terrible crimes. The Second Volume he has a very adventurous time trying to get out of his predicament and claim his role as CEO of the Winch empire.

The Creators:

The fame of Van Hamme as one of the major comic authors of Europe is well established.

Les Maîtres de L’orge and Largo Winch have both been made into a TV series, and XIII and again Largo Winch were the basis for computer games. The artists Van Hamme worked with drew the characters in a realistic style, even if the stories themselves tend to verge towards fantasy.The precise and efficient drawings of Francq certainly attest to that style and placed the series amongst the top best ever selling comics.

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Christophe Chanel