Graphic smoking

James Leavey looks at a new graphic novel focusing on cigars.

Just published is Flor de Luna – Santa Maria Cristina, the first in a new series of French graphic novels, featuring a young cigar smoking hero.

This exciting 48 page tale is part of the Collection Grafica by France’s leading comics publisher, Glenat. It’s brainchild of writers, Pierre Boisserie and Eric Stalner, and illustrator, Eric Lambert (helped by Stalner), who credit Monsieur Vahe Gerard, the owner of an impressive specialist cigar shop in Geneva, with providing invaluable background on Cuba and cigars.

The story starts in present day Geneva where Antoine Chatel discovers the body of his boss, Charles Porter, the prince of Havana, who has apparently committed suicide, leaving the Cuban empire built up by his ancestors without an heir.

Rather than inform the police, Chatel takes from their hiding place documents giving the tumultuous history of Porter’s family. Chatel then lights a cigar and quietly starts reading....

1820….A night-time slave ship carries its awful cargo towards the island of Cuba, where African labour keeps the business of the rich cane-sugar planters running. The Spanish Crown’s royal monopoly on cigars has just been lifted, and numerous Spanish people come to try their luck in this new market which is opening up for them. In the middle of the Atlantic a mutiny breaks out, which will seal for ever the destinies of this boat’s passengers, emigrants, slaves, Spanish civil servants and Creole planters....

Flor de Luna is a well-written and beautiful.....

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By James Leavey

Section : Cigar Comics

Page number : 22

Published in Cigar Buyer Issue 12 on 12/09/2007.

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	Graphic smoking James Leavey looks at a new graphic novel focusing on cigars. Just published is Flor de Luna – Santa Maria Cristina, the first in a new series of French graphic novels, featuring a young cigar smoking hero. This exciting 48 page tale is part of the Collection Grafica by France’s leading comics publisher, Glenat. It’s brainchild of writers, Pierre Boisserie and Eric Stalner, and illustrator, Eric Lambert (helped by Stalner), who credit Monsieur Vahe Gerard, the owner of an impressive specialist cigar shop in Geneva, with providing invaluable background on Cuba and cigars. The story starts in present day Geneva where Antoine Chatel discovers the body of his boss, Charles Porter, the prince of Havana, who has apparently committed suicide, leaving the Cuban empire built up by his ancestors without an heir. Rather than inform the police, Chatel takes from their hiding place documents giving the tumultuous history of Porter’s family. Chatel then lights a cigar and quietly starts reading.... 1820….A night-time slave ship carries its awful cargo towards the island of Cuba, where African labour keeps the business of the rich cane-sugar planters running. The Spanish Crown’s royal monopoly on cigars has just been lifted, and numerous Spanish people come to try their luck in this new market which is opening up for them. In the middle of the Atlantic a mutiny breaks out, which will seal for ever the destinies of this boat’s passengers, emigrants, slaves, Spanish civil servants and Creole planters.... Flor de Luna is a well-written and beautiful..... To read the rest of this article you can buy this issue or subscribe to Cigar Buyer to have every issue delivered direct to your door. By James Leavey Section : Cigar Comics Page number : 22 Published in Cigar Buyer Issue 12 on 12/09/2007. Subscribe Buy this issue More from this issue Preview other issues This article is 17 months old and some information provided may be time sensitive. Please check all details of events, tours, opening times and other information before travelling or making arrangements. Copyright Cigar Buyer © 1999-2009. All rights reserved. To use or reproduce part or all of this article please contact us for details of how you can do so legally.