First target: the first comic book on biathlon

Don’t miss the comic book event of the year 2023: First target.     48-page bound comic book. Hardcover.
 Screenplay: Franck Lacroix; Drawings: Beniamino Delvecchio; Colors: Claudio Moreno Editions du Jura Lucas Marceau is a young biathlete aged twenty. He has just been selected for the France B team. His dream. But his life will completely change and the road to the World Cup will not be easy. This is because the very high level requires sacrifices and generates enormous pressure. Not to mention the rivalries that are emerging.     In “First Target”, Franck Lacroix, the screenwriter, and Beniamino Delvecchio, the designer, succeeded in transposing the world of biathlon, a discipline whose notoriety has exploded in recent years, into a comic strip. The story – an initiatory story in the purest tradition – is fictional. Throughout the pages, it nevertheless reveals a realism of great precision and solid credibility.     Competitive spirit, fear of failure, difficult search for sponsors, sacrifices in personal life, rivalries... the author does not avoid any theme, which allows readers to better understand what it really means to evolve among the elite. Along the way, enthusiasts will recognize emblematic biathlon locations such as the Arçon and Prémanon stadiums or even Oslo in Norway.     In this comic, Franck Lacroix and Beniamino Delvecchio have succeeded in restoring the suspense that made biathlon successful on television and in the media. It’s hard not to give in to the urge to turn the page. From the first volume, they also found the recipe to make a whole gallery of characters endearing and familiar to us, starting with Lucas, who could well join the family of heroes in our libraries.