Die Monolithen von Koubé

Carthago Single Issues #4

by Christophe Bec

Zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts löst die Verknappung der Öl- und Erdgasressourcen eine weltweite Krise aus, die einen Wettlauf zur Entdeckung der letzten Vorkommen in Gang setzt. Die Menschen beginnen, die letzten unbekannten Gebiete des Planeten zu erforschen, die Meerestiefen. Bei der Bohrung in einer Unterwasserhöhle werden die Taucher von einem lebenden Fossil angegriffen, einem Megalodon, dem prähistorischen Vorfahr des weißen Hais und dem größten Meeresraubtier, das jemals auf Erden lebte. Und dies ist nicht die letzte ausgestorbene Spezies, die der Ozeanograph Kim Melville entdeckt! Es ist eine wissenschaftliche Sensation. Und eine Entdeckung, die das ökologische Gleichgewicht des Planeten und das Überleben der Menschheit in Frage stellen könnte.

Genres: Comics, Bande Dessinée, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Adventure, Graphic Novels Comics

56 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 2014

About the author

Christophe Bec is the writer of over fifty graphic novels. His flagship series as a writer, Shrine, has sold several hundred thousand copies worldwide. He is also the author of the comics Prometheus, Carthago, Darkness, Bunker, and Aéropostale.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's still a lot of ground to cover with only one volume left. I don't know why so much time was wasted with the main characters living in the desert. It makes no sense they'd even go to live there given the mom is an oceanographer and the kid has gills. There's a great series lying here just waiting for a better writer to come and clean some of this up.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

We are finding out there are even more prehistoric creatures roaming the oceans than we thought, in addition to the Megalodons. There's also further evidence of a humanoid underwater culture that existed in prehistory, which probably explains the little girl with the gills. There's only one volume left and a lot of ground to cover so I'm curious to see how this all ends.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

And so the mysteries keep on coming adding more and more layers to the story - it feels like the whole planet now is at stake rather than a aquatic explorers reputations or billionaires fancies.

The story rips along at a place on several fronts - but you are starting to see how they are slowly starting to draw together and where new alliances are starting to form even though you are not entirely sure to what end.

I will admit that some characters are easier than others to get along with - and I am two minds if that is intentional or just my own personal prejudices we shall see as I have made the rookie mistake of not checking the series - I am not even half way there yet!

[Stephen Theaker · Rating 3 out of 5]

The megalodons become public knowledge after a terrible tsunami leaves one aground in Malaysia. Spectacular art as ever, with beautifully drawn animals and awe-inspiring undersea locations, but it's book four now and the ongoing story has barely moved forward since book one.

[Tristan · Rating 2 out of 5]

See volumes one through three for comments.

This episode remains disappointing. The artwork is lifeless, the story incoherent with too many related villains and not enough progress. It’s dragging badly. The focus of the story is shifting from impressive monsters to the Atlantis origins of the protagonist’s daughter. One thing that particularly rankles: the girl is clearly aquatic, but the several doctors who examine her for an unspecified fever seem unable to spot the fact she has gills. Oh come on!

[Mykhailo Gasyuk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Конкуренту з мегалодоном не пощастило (конкурент виявився не таким вже й чужим хлопом), дочка головної героїні хворіє аж до самого фіналу так, що це стає кліфхенгером. Головному поганцю додають трохи людяності, а в багатія на стороні добра нова забавка - монументи перенесли туди, де їх вже можна нормально вивчати, та ще й команду дослідників розширили. Дуже середня вийшла частина, де побільшало сторінок з австралійськими тубільцями, які говорять про пророцтво. Відмічу, що Крістоф Бек, сценарист, має якусь любов до австралійських тубільців, це вже не вперше він їх використовує.

[Pascal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bien illustré, une intrigue prenante, des personnages bien ficelés, et des scènes qui se déroulent à différents endroits du monde, à différents moments, le tout se lit très bien, on en redemande.

[Adrian Bloxham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Artwork is excellent and the story keeps expanding, wonderful

[Edan Chapman · Rating 5 out of 5]

The plot is moving fairly slowly but I'm seeing the larger picture now.

Art is superb as usual.

[Florian BIBOUD · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pick a tiny bit the slack of the previous one

[Clin · Rating 4 out of 5]

dans la lignée des précédents tome. l'intrigue est maintenue.

[Hubert Ricard · Rating 2 out of 5]

Voir tome 5.

[jedioffsidetrap · Rating 3 out of 5]

Girl with gills that can communicate with giant sharks is in the exact opposite place where she could have adventures & develop her character through her remarkable abilities—the Australian outback. Seriously.

[awesomatik.de · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tolle Serie soweit. Das erste Mal, dass mich ein Comic von Bec wirklich überzeugt. Vor allem auch Dank der beeindruckenden Zeichnungen von Milan Jovanovic. Herrliche Unterwasserwelt. Traumhafte Farben. Und Steinzeit Haifische. Was will man mehr?