About The Comic
Outremer, what a strange title for a comic book!
But, this French word for overseas is precisely what the Crusaders called the Holy Land, where the bulk of our story takes place.
Outremer: The Saga of the Knights Templar is a new ongoing comic series by author Stephen Dafoe and artist Bob Prodor, which sets out to tell the story of the Templars without the usual mythological mumbo jumbo that usually follows them wherever they appear.
Although the series will introduce some fictional elements as part of the story, the plot sticks pretty much to the actual history of the Templars, in all its bloody glory.
Origins Story Arc
The first arc in the series is called Origins - a four part tale that tells the story of how Hugues (Hugh) de Payens and Geoffroi de St. Omer assembled a small army to deal with the problems confronting Jerusalem in the years that followed the First Crusade.
The first issue, while providing plenty of action, paints the back story of the many wars for the conquest of Jerusalem, including de Payens' memories of the brutality of the First Crusade.
