Published in the Signé collection, from Le Lombard editions, the new comic strip by Thomas Legrain takes us to the heart of the Vietnamese jungle in 1965 in a captivating and harrowing survival on the border of the fantastic.
At first sight, one thinks that this album is yet another adventure on the hell of Vietnam. And then very quickly, we realize that if war is the backdrop of this realistic story, if it actually makes us see the horrors of war, it’s much more complicated than that. For nearly 120 pages, we are immersed in the oppressive Vietnamese jungle with soldiers fighting for their survival, facing a threat as deadly as it is invisible.
So certainly a war story, but even more a survival story – with all the psychological springs that go with it – and what is more is a touch of the fantastic in this “ One Shot » served by the breathtaking colors of Michaël Olivier, but which speaks of the darkness of men.
” latah ” sign Thomas Legrain can be found at Lombard editions.
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