"Absurd and magnificant lyricism." —Jean Cocteau
"The modern Aeneid." —Blaise Cendrars
"A utopia of uninterrupted sensationalism. The book is not a puzzle but an intoxicant." —Geoffrey O'Brien
"Unable to resist the allure of evil, I spent the rest of the day with Fantômas..." —Umberto Eco
"It kept me up and hour and a half after my appointed bedtime." —Punch
For more on the world of the Fantômas novels and films go to Who is Fantômas?
Announcing the original publication of an entirely new Fantômas novel inspired by Edward Sedgwick's lost silent film serial, Fantômas in America by David White. Published by Black Coat Press, other Black Coat Fantômas titles include The Daughter of Fantômas, translated and introduced by Mark Steele, and a rare play script, Nick Carter versus Fantômas.
Souvestre and Allain's original Fantômas novel is currently available from both Dover Books, with an introduction by Robin Walz, and Penguin Classics, with an introduction by John Ashbury. The first novel in Marcel Allain's solo continuation of the Fantômas series from the 1920s, The Lord of Terror, has been reissued by Lulu Books.
If you have a Region 2 DVD player, Louis Feuillade's brilliant Fantômas silent film serial is available through Artificial Eye Films. The double DVD set includes all five Feuillade films made for Gaumont Studios, with English subtitles in addition to the French intertitles.
For more about Fantômas and the Surrealists, read reviews and interviews about Robin Walz’s Pulp Surrealism: Insolent Popular Culture in Early Twentieth-Century Paris.
Site last updated October 2007
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