Didier Graffet was the cover illustrator for the French translations of the Black Company series published by L'Atalante, including the individual novels and the omnibus editions. Series author Glen Cook praised his artwork, stating "the covers for the French first editions of the Black Company books by Didier Graffet are genius" in a 2009 [1] interview and later stating "I think he’s a genius, I love the work that he does" in a 2011 [2] interview. He also illustrated covers for numerous other fantasy series, including David Gemmell's Waylander trilogy.
When the French translations of the Black Company were reprinted in smaller paperback format (poche) by J'ai Lu, Graffet's artwork was replaced by new original art by Johan Camou, then Slava Gerj for the novels; and by Samuel White and Johann Blais for the omnibus editions.
For a list of Didier Graffet's Black Company images on this wiki, see: Category:Images (art by Didier Graffet).
Some of his illustrations for the series were collected in the Illustrations pour La Compagnie noire de Glen Cook art book.
French editions[]
Novels[]
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- Title: La Compagnie noire (The Black Company)
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Patrick Couton
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 19 June 1998
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841720743 (paperback [broché])
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- Title: Le château noir (Shadows Linger)
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- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Alain Robert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 28 May 1999
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841721009 (paperback [broché])
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- Title: La Rose blanche (The White Rose)
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- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Alain Robert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 30 November 1999
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841721191 (paperback [broché])
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- Title: Jeux d'ombres (Shadow Games)
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- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Alain Robert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 18 April 2001
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841721733 (paperback [broché])
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- Title: La pointe d'argent (The Silver Spike)
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- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Alain Robert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 26 February 2002
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841721986 (paperback [broché])
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- Title: Rêves d'acier (Dreams of Steel)
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- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Alain Robert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 28 September 2001
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841721849 (paperback [broché])
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- Title: Saisons funestes (Bleak Seasons)
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- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Alain Robert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 18 March 2003
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841722327 (paperback [broché])
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- Title: Elle est les ténèbres, I (She Is the Darkness Part I)
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- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Frank Reichert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 28 January 2004
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841722587 (paperback [broché])
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- Title: Elle est les ténèbres, II (She Is the Darkness Part II)
- Page shown: Front & back covers
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Frank Reichert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 28 January 2004
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841722594 (paperback [broché])
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- Title: L'eau dort, I (Water Sleeps Part I)
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- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Frank Reichert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 13 January 2005
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841722938 (paperback [broché])
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- Title: L'eau dort, II (Water Sleeps Part II)
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- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Frank Reichert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 13 January 2005
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841722945 (paperback [broché])
- Title: Soldats de pierre, I (Soldiers Live Part I)
- Page shown: Front & back covers
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Frank Reichert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 1 January 2006
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841723232 (paperback [broché])
- Title: Soldats de pierre, II (Soldiers Live Part II)
- Page shown: Front & back covers
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Frank Reichert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 1 January 2006
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841723249 (paperback [broché])
Omnibuses[]
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- Title: Les Livres du Nord (Books of the North)
- Page shown: Front cover (see also back cover)
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Patrick Couton, Alain Robert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 13 May 2005
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841723058 (paperback [broché])
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- Title: Les Livres du Sud (Books of the South)
- Page shown: Front cover (see also back cover)
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Alain Robert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 24 May 2006
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841723355 (paperback [broché])
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- Title: Les Livres de la Pierre Scintillante 1 (Books of Glittering Stone 1)
- Page shown: Front cover (see also back cover)
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Alain Robert, Frank Reichert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 23 May 2007
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841723669 (paperback [broché])
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- Title: Les Livres de la Pierre Scintillante II (Books of Glittering Stone II)
- Page shown: Front cover (see also back cover)
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Frank Reichert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 27 March 2008
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841724253 (paperback [broché])
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Art collection[]
- Title: Illustrations pour La Compagnie noire de Glen Cook
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Didier Graffet
- Language: French
- Translator: Patrick Couton, Alain Robert, Frank Reichert (translated extracts from the Black Company series by Glen Cook)
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 2009
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: This publication has no ISBN