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Infected
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First published January 1, 2011
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Jean-David Morvan
541 books73 followersJean-David Morvan is a French comic author, best known as the creator of the Sillage/Wake series.
After studying arts at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels, he first tried being a graphic artist, but eventually settled for writing instead.
His main series are 'Spirou and Fantasio', 'Sir Pyle' and 'Merlin', all with José Luis Munuera, and 'Sillage', with Philippe Buchet.
After studying arts at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels, he first tried being a graphic artist, but eventually settled for writing instead.
His main series are 'Spirou and Fantasio', 'Sir Pyle' and 'Merlin', all with José Luis Munuera, and 'Sillage', with Philippe Buchet.
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October 23, 2014
The fourth information comic that I've read, in an effort to read all comics officially published by the EU, and undoubtedly the best so far. I've ravd against the fact that all EU sponsored comics I've read so far have not had any big name comics artists attached to them, which is sort of strange, as the EU is schock full of great artists working with comics. Well, here it was. The writer of this graphic novel is Jean-David Morvan, probably best know for having written the classic album series Spirou and Fantasio. The art was done by Huang Jia Wei, who's not as well known as Morvan, but has done the series Zaya, als from a script by Morvan.
This is a fictitious story, though one that is very topical right now, as it deals with a pandemic virus which bears an uncanny resemblance to Ebola. The story involves time-travelling in order to avoid the death of large parts of humanity (this part feels very much inspired by the film Terminator 2), but is otherwise rotted in reality, with major real-life world organisations, including the EU of course, working to stop the spread of the deadly decease. The general set-up feels like it could have worked better in a longer story, as it now feels a bit crammed into the 48 pages available in a standard album, but it works. And the art is good, using a mostly realistic style that fits the action oriented story.
If I had that option, I would have given this book 3,5 stars. And viewed specifically as an information comic, this would probably have gotten 4,5 stars, as this is a genre that seldom sees stories this engaging and fast paced.
I'm going to try to get hold of, read and review all comics officially made by the EU. So far, I've covered the following:
* Rebonds
* Hidden Disaster
* Competition in Europe it's your deal
* Infected
If you want to read any of these books, most are available as pdf:s to download for free, at the EU online bookshop .
This is a fictitious story, though one that is very topical right now, as it deals with a pandemic virus which bears an uncanny resemblance to Ebola. The story involves time-travelling in order to avoid the death of large parts of humanity (this part feels very much inspired by the film Terminator 2), but is otherwise rotted in reality, with major real-life world organisations, including the EU of course, working to stop the spread of the deadly decease. The general set-up feels like it could have worked better in a longer story, as it now feels a bit crammed into the 48 pages available in a standard album, but it works. And the art is good, using a mostly realistic style that fits the action oriented story.
If I had that option, I would have given this book 3,5 stars. And viewed specifically as an information comic, this would probably have gotten 4,5 stars, as this is a genre that seldom sees stories this engaging and fast paced.
I'm going to try to get hold of, read and review all comics officially made by the EU. So far, I've covered the following:
* Rebonds
* Hidden Disaster
* Competition in Europe it's your deal
* Infected
If you want to read any of these books, most are available as pdf:s to download for free, at the EU online bookshop .
May 27, 2020
Must read, extremely relevant to this pandemic (and not only)!
June 13, 2021
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