La Quête de l'oiseau du temps
La Quête de l'oiseau du temps ("The Quest for the Time-Bird") is a French language fantasy comic series written by Serge Le Tendre and drawn by Régis Loisel (1st cycle) and others (2nd cycle), published by "Dargaud" since 1983. Plot overview. The world of Akbar is in danger. In ancient times, one of the gods, Ramor, rebelled against his peers, but was defeated and imprisoned inside a conch. But over the millennia which have passed since that day, the magic has weakened, threatening to unleash Ramor upon the world once more. The sorcerer -princess Mara has found a way to prevent the god's resurrection and to bind him again to his prison. To succeed during the incantation, however, she needs the legendary Time-Bird, a mythical beast able to control the flow of time. Mara sends her daughter, Pelisse to a past lover, Bragon, once a fearsome warrior, now a gray-haired lord of the manor, to convince the aging hero to embark on one last adventure in order to save the world of Akbar. Publication. Third Circle (sequel series): Cycle Troisième : "Après la Quête". In 2006 Loisel and Le Tendre announced  the upcoming publication of a third circle, planned to consist of only one or two albums. It is set to deal with the final days and death of Bragon, still lost in his madness after Pelisse's demise. Translations. The series have been translated into several languages, including Croatian, Spanish, German, Danish, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Czech and Serbian. An English translation titled "Roxanna and The Quest For The Time Bird" was published in the late 80's by NBM. In December 2015 Titan Comics released the hardcover collected edition of "The Quest For The Time Bird" (232 pages, Titan Comics , hardcover, December 2015, ). In other media. A computer game version was released for 16-bit home computers (Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS) by Infogrames in 1989.