The Baker Street Four 2

The adventures of the Baker Street Irregulars continue in the second volume of the award-winning comics series based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes.

Encompassing Volumes 3 and 4 of the original French series, The Baker Street Four: Volume 2 takes our young heroes from the elegant streets of uptown London to the sinister halls of Bedlam. Together, they’ll face new missions and new enemies, including the terrifying murderer Bloody Percy. Even so, nothing can prepare them for the news from Reichenbach Falls: Sherlock Holmes, the great detective and mentor to the three boys, is no more. Struggling with shock and grief, Billy, Charlie, and Tom face their darkest adventure yet.

Hailed by critics and audiences, The Baker Street Four has received numerous awards and was featured in Angoulême in 2012. Insight Editions is proud to continue to bring this exciting story to English audiences worldwide.

Originally published in 2011 by Vents d’Ouest/Glenat Editions.

Author Bio: Born in Paris, Jean-Blaise Djian grew up with an immense love for comics. He has since become a recognized and indispensible writer in fantasy comics for both young adults and adults.

Author Bio: A fan of comics, role-playing games, and imaginary worlds, Olivier Legrand is also a professor of letters. In 2009, he coauthored The Baker Street Four with Jean-Blaise Djian, a series that has quickly become a must-have in the detective genre, along with The Later Argonauts and Prospero.

Illustrator Bio: David Etien was born in 1981 in the suburbs of Paris. Comic strips have always been the medium by which he wanted to express himself. After studying in Parisian art schools, he returned to Les Gobelins and worked on animated feature films such as Persepolis and Lucky Luke.