Monster (Graphic Novel)

Legendary comics creator Enki Bilal's Monster tetralogy collected in English in its entirety for the first time ever.

The Monster tetralogy is influential creator Enki Bilal's most personal work. The story follows Nike, Leyla, and Amir - three orphans born days apart, in the same bed, amidst the bombs of Sarajevo (Bilal's homeland) during the war of Yugoslavia in 1993. The lives of the three spiral off on different trajectories before bringing them together once more. Collects the entire four-part story in English for the first time. Collection includes - The Dormant Monster, December 32, Rendez-vous in Paris, and Quatre?"[Bilal] entertains while meditating, through his characters, on art, war, religion, relationships, and shared memories and consciousness. A sure bet for science fiction fans, Monster is not to be missed" - Foreword Reviews Starred Review

"A stunning display of storytelling through words and artwork ... anyone into sci-fi is going to adore it!" - Reading With A Flight RingEnki Bilal was born in the former Yugoslavia in 1951, and moved to France aged 10. At age 14, he met Rene Goscinny, and began to focus his attention on a serious art career in comics, starting with strips in Pilote magazine. The Nikopol Trilogy, his most famous work, took over a decade to finally complete, and has been released as both a videogame, called Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals and a film, directed by Bilal, called Immortal, starring Charlotte Rampling.

Enki Bilal was born in the former Yugoslavia in 1951, and moved to France aged 10. At age 14, he met Rene Goscinny, and began to focus his attention on a serious art career in comics, starting with strips in Pilote magazine. The Nikopol Trilogy, his most famous work, took over a decade to finally complete, and has been released as both a videogame, called Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals and a film, directed by Bilal, called Immortal, starring Charlotte Rampling.