- The award-winning Thorgal series is one of Europe's most successful comics, in existence for twenty five-years and having sold over six million copies.- The timely release of the Windows/XP game Curse of Atlantis, Thorgal's Quest in May 2003 has introduced the character to an American audience, primarily the same young adult audience that the comic series is designed to attract.- The unprecedented success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy has brought the sword-and-sorcery genre into the limelight. Thorgal is well-suited to satisfy the current appetite for epic fantasies.- In 2003, eight out of the ten best-selling Spanish Language titles for young adults were in the fantasy genre, according to Criticas (a comprehensive review of the latest in Spanish-language publishing created by the editors of Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and School Library Journal). These included books from J.K. Rowling's blockbuster Harry Potter series and titles by the popular Chilean novelist Isabel Allende.