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Section Zero is an American comic book series, published in 2000 by Gorilla Comics, a minor comic book company that also acted as an imprint of Image Comics. It was written by Karl Kesel with artwork provided by Tom Grummett. Kynseed guide.

The series featured a fictional covert organization working for the United Nations. Their mission being the investigation and containment of unexplained phenomena from around the world.

At its start Section Zero was intended to be an ongoing series, but due to financial problems experienced by Gorilla Comics, only three issues were published.

Publication history[edit]

Wheelman game download for pc. The three issues of Section Zero that were published were dated June 2000, July 2000 and September 2000. A fourth issue was solicited, but was never published.^[1] Gorilla Comics was intended to be a creator-owned company financed by a comics related website, eHero.com.^[2] The website proved to be a financial failure, leaving the creators to personally finance their own books. Along with the other Gorilla Comics creators, Kesel and Grummett attempted to continue the series they started, but these efforts proved to be unsuccessful.^[3] In January 2012, Kesel announced that he and Grummett would be relaunching Section Zero as a webcomic on the Mad Genius Comics website.^[4][5] The previously published stories are being posted on the site and new material will be added as it is completed.^[6]

Kesel and Grummett launched a Kickstarter project in May 2017 to collect all Section Zero work and complete the storyline.^[7] The Kickstarter was successfully funded, and the book premiered at the Baltimore Comic Con 2018 (September 28–30).^[8] The book and related items began shipping out shortly afterwards.

Kesel and Grummett launched a new website as part of the Kickstarter project, which replaced the older Mad Genius Comics site. The new Panic Button Press site includes information for Section Zero material, and an online store for people to purchase the Kickstarter book, mini-prints, and a full-color print from Adam Hughes.^[9]

In December 2018, Kesel teased a new project, which would be officially announced as Section Zero 1959 to the original Kickstarter backers in January 2019.^[10] The Kickstarter for this project is expected to be launched in Q1 2019.

Characters[edit]

• Sam Wildman, the team's field leader.
• Dr. Titania Challenger, the last living member of a family of scientific adventurers. She is also Sam Wildman's ex-wife.
• Tesla, a childlike alien who pilots the team's flying saucer. Tesla has no memory of his life before he began working for Section Zero.
• Thom Talesi, an American teenager of Asian descent. Tom has a magical tattoo that allows him to transform into an insect-like being for a 24-hour period.
• A. J. Keeler, the group's leader. Keeler secretly also leads the Ghost Soldiers, a second covert group that may or may not be working against the best interests of Section Zero.
• Sargasso, a reptilian being who worked for Section Zero in the 1960s and 1970s only to be found in the present.

Plot synopsis[edit]

In the first issue, after rescuing Thom Talesi from a murderous mob in the Southeast Asian country Siatok, Sam Wildman, Titania Challenger, and Tesla recruit him into Section Zero. Shortly after returning to the abandoned Air Force base that serves as Section Zero's HQ, the team is sent to investigate a series of livestock killings in Australia. After they leave, A.J. Keeler contacts the Ghost Soldiers and orders them to follow.

Issue #2 finds the team discovering and rescuing Sargasso from a cave inside Ayers Rock. Not long after this, they find themselves in a fight with a saber-toothed tiger that ends when it drags Titania Challenger though a portal shaped like a ring of fire.

In the third issue, after attempting to seek the Ring of Fire, the team journeys to its last known stable location, the abandoned subway tunnels beneath New York City. There they face the forces of the Rat King. After defeating their foes, the team is confronted by the Ghost Soldiers.

Although it was never released, issue #4 had a brief plot teaser at the bottom of issue #3's letters page:

Footnotes[edit]

1. ^Section Zero at the Grand Comics Database Project
2. ^Yarbrough, Beau (December 28, 2000). 'State of the (Ape) Nation: How Healthy is Gorilla?'. ComicBookResources.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
3. ^Dean, Michael (June 8, 2001). 'The Case of the Disappearing Gorilla: The Banana Trust Explains How Not to Start a Comics Line'. The Comics Journal #234. Fantagraphics Books. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
4. ^Parkin, JK (January 3, 2012). 'Kesel and Grummett's Section Zero returns as a webcomic'. ComicBookResources.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
5. ^Kesel, Karl (January 2, 2012). 'Back to ZERO!'. MadGeniusComics.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
6. ^Kesel, Karl; Grummett, Tom (2012). 'Archive for Section Zero'. MadGeniusComics.com. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
7. ^'SECTION ZERO'. Kickstarter. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
8. ^'Update 56: The Baltimore Deal · SECTION ZERO'. Kickstarter. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
9. ^'Section Zero Products'. Panic Button Press.
10. ^'Update 76: SIXTY! · SECTION ZERO'. Kickstarter. Retrieved 2019-02-03.

The Frozen Dead (French: Glacé) is a French mysterythriller television series from channel M6, set in the French Pyrenees. The six-episode series is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Bernard Minier.^[1]

The Frozen Dead premiered in France on M6 on 10 January 2017.^[2] It became available for streaming in Australia on SBS On Demand in August 2017,^[3][4] and released internationally on Netflix on 1 January 2018.^[5]

Plot[edit]

The story begins with the discovery of the headless corpse of a horse that belongs to wealthy businessman Eric Lombard, in the French Pyrenees town of Saint-Martin-de-Comminges. The case is then investigated by Commander Martin Servaz, assisted by local police Captain Irène Ziegler.

When Servaz and Ziegler find the horse's head, they also find at the crime scene DNA that is determined to be that of serial killer Julian Hirtmann. Hirtmann, however, is incarcerated at Warnier, a high-security psychiatric prison, where young psychiatrist Diane Berg is showing an unusual interest in him. The case is later found to be linked to the suicides of three teenage girls at a summer camp 15 years earlier.

Cast and characters[edit]

Main[edit]

• Charles Berling as Cmdr. Martin Servaz, head of the criminal investigation department of a Toulouse police division
• Julia Piaton as Capt. Irène Ziegler, head of Saint Martin's detective squad
• Pascal Greggory as Julian Hirtmann, a former prosecutor incarcerated in Warnier
• Nina Meurisse as Diane Berg, a new psychiatrist at the prison
• Lubna Azabal as Elisabeth Ferney, the head psychiatrist at the prison
• Anne Le Ny as Catherine 'Cathy' d'Humières, a town prosecutor.
• Robinson Stévenin as Raphaël Delaunay
• Robert Plagnol as Eric Lombard, wealthy owner of 'Freedom', the decapitated horse
• Sophie Guillemin as Greta, partner of Irène Ziegler and owner of the local inn where Servaz is staying

Recurring[edit]

• Alain Fromager as Francois Levasseur

Development and production[edit]

The series was produced by Gaumont Télévision and co-produced by Metropole Television.^[6][7] Directed by Laurent Herbiet, it was created and written by Gérard Carré, Caroline Van Ruymbeke and Pascal Chaumeil, with a script from Hamid Hlioua and Laurent Herbiet based on the 2011 novel Glacé by Bernard Minier.^[8][9] Filming in the French Pyrenees started on 15 February 2016 and wrapped in early April. Among the locations used are the towns of Bagnères-de-Luchon and Garin, and the Peyragudes ski resort.^[10]

The image used in the title sequence was inspired by a painting by August Friedrich Schenck and represents the harshness of winter and the cruelty of predators towards their prey. The mysterious cloaked figure symbolizes Julian Hirtmann, the manipulative character in the series. The title sequence is accompanied by a children's choir rendition of the song 'Hurt' by Nine Inch Nails.^[11]

Release[edit]

The Frozen Dead premiered in France on 10 January 2017.^[2] Netflix acquired worldwide distributions rights in October 2017,^[12] and released the series on 1 January 2018.^[13][14]

Reception[edit]

Ratings[edit]

The debut on M6 was watched by a peak overnight audience of 4.85 million viewers, an audience share of 19.3%. It was the best premiere of a French drama on the channel since 2010.^[15][16] It averaged at 4.3 million over the first two episodes in the first week,^[15] and reached 5.1 million viewers over a seven-day period.^[17] However, the audience totals decreased in the subsequent weeks, falling to 2.8 million for the next two episodes the following week,^[18] and 2.7 million viewers for the final two episodes.^[19] It had an average audience of 3.28 million (14% audience share) over the entire series,^[17] rising to 4 million in consolidated ratings with an average gain of 760,000 viewers per episode, the best 7 day catch up viewing figure for the channel since Quantico.^[20]

Awards and nominations[edit]

The Frozen Dead was an entry at the Festival de la Fiction TV de La Rochelle in September 2016, where it won the 'Best Series' award.^[21][22]

Episodes[edit]

Season 1 (2017)[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Renault, Jean-Maxime (9 January 2017). 'Glacé : le thriller dépaysant de M6 qui ne laisse pas de trace'. Allociné (in French). (Glacé : the exotic thriller from M6 that does not leave a trace)
2. ^ ^abDidier, Carine; Guerrin, Stéphanie (10 January 2017). '« Glacé » : ce thriller devrait vous glacer'. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 13 January 2018. (« Glacé » : This thriller should chill you)
3. ^Zwierzchaczewski, Anthony (23 August 2017). ''The Frozen Dead' is the psychological thriller meets small town crime drama of your nightmares'. SBS.
4. ^Burke, Justin (25 August 2017). 'The Frozen Dead: French drama with a killer twist'. The Australian.
5. ^Robinson, Joanna; Lawson, Richard (13 December 2017). 'What's New on Netflix in January'. Vanity Fair.
6. ^'GLACÉ'. Festival de la Fiction TV (in French). 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
7. ^Hopewell, John (April 19, 2016). 'Series Mania: 'Section Zero,' 'Frozen Dead,' 'Contact' Underscore France's New TV Ambitions'. Variety.
8. ^'Glace, best serie award at the festival of the tv drama of la rochelle 2017'. Trimaran. 19 October 2016.
9. ^Nurbel, Jean-Christophe (10 January 2017). '[CRITIQUE] 'Glacé' (2016) de Laurent Herbiet'. Bulles de Culture (in French).
10. ^'Tournage sous la neige à Garin pour la série «Glacé»'. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 11 March 2016.
11. ^'Glacé (M6) : le fantastique générique de la série décrypté (VIDEO)'. Télé Loisirs (in French). 10 January 2017.
12. ^V.B (25 October 2017). 'La série télé «Glacé» se développe à l'international'. La Depeche (in French). Retrieved 11 September 2018. (The TV series 'Frozen' is expanding internationally)
13. ^Fernandez, Matt (21 December 2017). 'What's Coming to Netflix in January 2018'. Variety. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
14. ^Budowski, Jade (2 January 2018). 'Netflix's 'The Frozen Dead' Is A Chilling French Thriller With A Killer Twist'. Decider.
15. ^ ^abV.J. (11 January 2017). 'Audiences TV: «Glacé» a tout cassé sur M6'. 20 Minutes (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2018. (Audiences TV: 'Frozen' broke everything on M6)
16. ^'Audiences : très bon départ pour Glacé, la nouvelle série de M6'. Allociné (in French). 11 January 2017.
17. ^ ^abBoucher, Kevin (25 January 2017). 'Audiences : 'Glacé' enregistre un bilan très mitigé sur M6'. Pure Médias.
18. ^'Audiences télé du 17 janvier : «Les Mystères de l'île» en tête (France 3) « Glacé » dévisse sur (M6)'. Stars Actu. 18 January 2017.
19. ^ ^abcCheyron, Romain (26 January 2017). 'La série 'Glacé' aura-t-elle une saison 2 ? M6 hésite…'. LCI.
20. ^Meffre, Benjamin (3 February 2017). 'Audiences : Bon bilan en consolidé pour 'Glacé' (M6)'. Pure Médias.
21. ^'Festival de la fiction TV de La Rochelle : Glacé (bientôt sur M6) élue meilleure série'. Télé Loisirs (in French). 18 September 2016.
22. ^'Festival de la fiction de La Rochelle 2016 : Les Grands, Glacé et Tuer un homme au palmarès'. Allociné (in French). 19 September 2016.
23. ^Moreau, Charlotte (18 January 2017). 'Audiences TV. « Glacé » dévisse sur M6'. Le Parisien.
24. ^Lavarenne, Claire (18 January 2017). 'Audiences : France 3 grande gagnante de la soirée, Glacé (M6) en nette baisse'. Télé-Loisirs.
25. ^Boucher, Kevin (25 January 2017). 'Audiences : France 3 leader devant 'Cash Investigation', 'Chicago Med' passe sous les 3 millions'. Pure Médias.

External links[edit]

• The Frozen Dead on Netflix
• The Frozen Dead on IMDb
• Glacé at Bernard Minier.com