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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
Mr. Enki Bilal layers mystery upon mystery during a future time of political-religious chaos and an investigators' personal quest. A collision of future-modern times, the seeking for love, personal connection and survival. Bilal's characters are carried along during the intense societal upheaval and collide with the machinations of an adept manipulator.
challenging
Aunque al principio la historia parece confusa los personajes ayudan a clarificar una narrativa que poco a poco se convierte en una maravillosa novela gráfica de ciencia ficción con el arte inigualable de Enki Bilal.
4 stars for the art, 2 for the story. I just can’t get into it. Maybe it’s just me…
I've been a fan of Enki Bilal's work since the glory days of Heavy Metal magazine in the 1980's, and I'm thrilled to see his best work being released in high quality, oversized hardcover volumes.
I had never previously encountered the stories in Monster, which represent a connected sequence of his more recent work. And I'm really glad I did encounter this volume, since it's an amazing tale of art, war, friendship, and the insanity of organized religion. Bilal draws on his Bosnian and Slovak heritage to tell a heart-breaking tale born of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990's, and humanity's inability to derive any wisdom from the lessons of that (and every other) war.
Bilal's highly original graphic style is fully on display, and moreover it's clear that he is only getting better with age. This one is a keeper!
I had never previously encountered the stories in Monster, which represent a connected sequence of his more recent work. And I'm really glad I did encounter this volume, since it's an amazing tale of art, war, friendship, and the insanity of organized religion. Bilal draws on his Bosnian and Slovak heritage to tell a heart-breaking tale born of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990's, and humanity's inability to derive any wisdom from the lessons of that (and every other) war.
Bilal's highly original graphic style is fully on display, and moreover it's clear that he is only getting better with age. This one is a keeper!
A hypnotic, semi-impressionistic depiction of a cyberpunk future. The plot is convoluted but never obtuse, and it's shot through with a sense of absurd humour. The finale has the ring of deus ex machina about it, but I'm minded to forgive as it also contains Bilal's more explicit commentary on the nature of art, his reflections on his Serbian background and what looks like an endorsement of humanist progressive values in the face of religions and nationalisms that seek to divide the world. Probably the best thing he has done.
I can appreciate the quality of the story and art, but it was honestly just not my cup of tea.