Last of the Atlases

“This was a book that took the creators almost a decade to bring to life. It’s set in a world much like our own, except that right after World War II, the French under De Gaulle’s government are able to greatly modernize Algeria using giant robots. That massive modernization delays insurrectionary desires, such that the Algerian War breaks out fifteen years later than it does in our world. But then there’s a disastrous accident involving one of the nuclear-powered robots, and the entire Atlas program is scrapped.” Read more...

The Best European Graphic Novels

Edward Gauvin, Translator