Green Manor

Green Manor is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Fabien Vehlmann, illustrated by Denis Bodart and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English. I's a humoristic detective series set in the United Kingdom at the end of the 19th century.

Volumes

 * 1) Assassins et Gentlemen - Jan 2001 ISBN 2-8001-3137-3
 * 2) De l'inconvénient d'être mort - Feb 2002 ISBN 2-8001-3233-7
 * 3) Fantaisies meurtrières - Apr 2005 ISBN 2-8001-3598-0

Translations
Cinebook Ltd is publishing Green Manor. The last two volumes have been compiled together into one English volume.:


 * 1) Assassins and Gentlemen - May 2008 ISBN 978-1-905460-53-3
 * 2) The Inconvenience of Being Dead - Sept 2008 ISBN 978-1-905460-64-9

Reception
The first Cinebook volume was reviewed by who complimented the structure and writing ("These stories get straight to the point and keep you there"), said that "[t]he art is gorgeous," before concluding that "[t]he book might be nearly $14, but the art and the storytelling density make for a better value than what that number looks like on the page."

Awards
The title was nominated for the 2002 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Scenario.