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[https://www.casterman.com/Bande-dessinee/Catalogue/albums/la-douce]

SUMMARY: At the age of fifty, Léon Van Bel, a machinist-mechanic close to retirement, clings passionately to his job as a railway worker, and to the machine that embodies it: the 12.004, a sumptuous steam locomotive more than twenty meters long. , with which he has already circumnavigated the earth four times and whom he affectionately nicknames “la Douce”. But deep down, there are hardly any illusions. In this world that could be ours, traditional rail transport will very soon be dethroned by the cable car, and Van Bel will be irretrievably discarded, sacrificed like its machine to the demands of modernity. To protect the locomotive from being dismembered, the rebellious old railwayman tries, in vain, to steal the Douce. Convinced nevertheless that she was able to escape the scrap dealers, and that he will be able to find her...


See also: [https://www.altaplana.be/en/albums/la-douce]
12 La Douce is the first solo album of François Schuiten in the Obscure Cities series. Along with his mission to design the scenographic for the Train Museum in Brussels, François Schuiten has always been fascinated by the universe of the railways (recall The Rail, designed for four hands with Claude Renard in 1981 AD).
This album focus on the crew of the old railroad and their steam locomotive and facing a changing environment. 12 La Douce evokes the industrial environment of the early twentieth century. The loco is at the heart of the story, based on a model that really existed.
This is the first time that François Schuiten is in sole command of an album 1).
François Schuiten says: “To be precise: when Benoît was in the middle of writing his biography of Jacques Derrida, given what he had to do, he told me he could not begin until some time a new album of the Obscure Cites . I thought it was a good time to try to challenge myself and realize, for the first time, a book alone. Benoît has also encouraged me. It took a little longer than expected. 12 La Douce definitely has things in common with the world of the Obscure Cities but it is not one for many reasons. The main one is that it is not signed by both of us. There are, of course, weaknesses in the stories, weaknesses that I am willing to take. Benoît and I have two projects together. And one of them we will focus all our energy, after the promotion of 12 La Douce is complete” 2).
Of great importance to François Schuiten, 12 La Douce is a long-term task that the designer is gradually in place long ago. One of the main characters is an enigmatic girl one day cross the road to Leon, the railroad hero of the story.
The publication of this one shot of 88 pages in black and white was on April 18, 2012 AD 3). Earlier information talked about 96 pages.

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