October
6
About Town
Townscapes
Creators: Pierre Christin, writer; Enki Bilal, artist
Humanoids/DC Comics, 176 pages, color, $17.95
So? Enki Bilal is one of the most-admired graphic-novel artists in the world, and Pierre Christin one of the field's top writers. This trilogy of political stories from the 1970s show why they're so highly regarded. Each of the stories in this volume focuses on a struggling town. In the first, a military experiment lifts a small town into the sky, where it floats away with unusual results. The second features a small town that comes up with an unusual way to combat unscrupulous developers. The third, and best, story features a down-on-its-luck industrial town that is rejuvenated through the strange plans of the top industrialist’s crippled daughter. The politics in these stories are a far cry from what most American readers will be used to, which makes them more thought-provoking for seeming to go into new territory. The art, as fans of Bilal would expect, is drop-dead gorgeous, full of outstanding detail and texture with no panel spared the artist’s utmost attention and effort. That alone makes this book worth a look; that Christin’s stories are intelligent and fascinating make the combination a superb, rare treat. Grade: A
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