Alas
By: Spiessert/Bourhis ; colorist, Mathilda ; translation, Montana Kane
Contributors: Spiessert, Rudy, 1974- illustrators; Kane, Montana, translator
Publisher: Europe Comics
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Paris]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9791032805879; 9781032805870
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Teenage girls; Comic books, strips; Floods; Animals; Adolescentes; Bandes dessinées; Inondations; FICTION; General
Work titles: Hélas
Description: When a young girl is captured in the forest and brought to the city, only to escape shortly afterwards, all manner of individuals and organizations try to get their hands on her, no matter the cost. In a chilling and clever tour de force, the authors use the backdrop of the 1910 Great Flood of Paris to depict a world where animals rule and humans are viewed as curiosities, scientific guinea pigs, hunting trophies, and the occasional snack. A political satire that forces us to question our treatment of different species, the nature of intelligence, and more.