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Mermaid Project #5
Mermaid Project, episode 5
Romane and Brahim have reached Algapower's artificial island, with the help of some cetaceans with a quite extraordinary behaviour. All they need to do now is sneak into the laboratories, locate Romane's kidnapped niece, and find a way to escape with her before the corporation's mad scientists transplant a dolphin's tail onto her. Not an easy task, especially as Algapower's found some ruthless allies. But the two agents, too, have some rather unexpected allies - and a revolution is coming...
48 pages, Paperback
First published February 24, 2017
About the author
Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira (Leo)
107 books171 followersLuiz Eduardo de Oliveira (born on December 13, 1944 in Brazil),[1] more famous under his artist name LEO is a Brazilian comics creator.
After having graduated as an engineer in mechanics, Oliveira left Brazil because of the military dictatorship that was in power at the time. He went first to Chile, but the following year saw the Chilean coup of 1973. This led Oliveira to leave, moving to Argentina, from where he finally returned to Brazil in 1974.
He found work as an illustrator in the advertising industry of São Paulo, before once more leaving Brazil, in 1981, this time moving to France, hoping to illustrate comics. However as the Franco-Belgian comics industry was in recession at the time, he was forced to work in advertising once again, although he managed to get the occasional piece published in L'Écho des savanes and Pilote.
In 1986, with the assistance of Jean-Claude Forest, Oliveira began contributing to the youth dedicated magazines of Bayard Presse. He illustrated true stories for Okapi magazine. He then recounted Mahatma Gandhi's life in the album Gandhi, le pèlerin de la paix, for Astrapi.
In 1988, the comics writer Rodolphe asked him to provide the artwork for his stories. Their collaboration proved fruitful, producing 8 albums of material for their Trent series and 5 for their Kenya one.
In 1993, Oleveira finally achieved an old dream when Dargaud agreed to publish his first solo series: Aldébaran. In 2000, after 5 volumes of Aldébaran, he launched Bételgeuse, which was nominated for the Prize for a Series at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2004.
After having graduated as an engineer in mechanics, Oliveira left Brazil because of the military dictatorship that was in power at the time. He went first to Chile, but the following year saw the Chilean coup of 1973. This led Oliveira to leave, moving to Argentina, from where he finally returned to Brazil in 1974.
He found work as an illustrator in the advertising industry of São Paulo, before once more leaving Brazil, in 1981, this time moving to France, hoping to illustrate comics. However as the Franco-Belgian comics industry was in recession at the time, he was forced to work in advertising once again, although he managed to get the occasional piece published in L'Écho des savanes and Pilote.
In 1986, with the assistance of Jean-Claude Forest, Oliveira began contributing to the youth dedicated magazines of Bayard Presse. He illustrated true stories for Okapi magazine. He then recounted Mahatma Gandhi's life in the album Gandhi, le pèlerin de la paix, for Astrapi.
In 1988, the comics writer Rodolphe asked him to provide the artwork for his stories. Their collaboration proved fruitful, producing 8 albums of material for their Trent series and 5 for their Kenya one.
In 1993, Oleveira finally achieved an old dream when Dargaud agreed to publish his first solo series: Aldébaran. In 2000, after 5 volumes of Aldébaran, he launched Bételgeuse, which was nominated for the Prize for a Series at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2004.
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July 5, 2017
Voilà une série qui sait se terminer au bon moment. J'ai aimé la finale et la façon que c'est amené, mais je regrette que les aspects qui m'ont plu dans le premier tome ne soient plus aussi présents : la chute de l'hégémonie européenne bien que l'allusion soit faite souvent, elle est moins frappante.
Ce tome m'apparait moins exotique aussi.
Ceci dit, cette série mérite vraiment d'être connu! LEO évolue aussi dans un style très différent d'Aldebaran et Terres lointaines grâce au choix de l'excellent dessinateur dans cette série.
Ce tome m'apparait moins exotique aussi.
Ceci dit, cette série mérite vraiment d'être connu! LEO évolue aussi dans un style très différent d'Aldebaran et Terres lointaines grâce au choix de l'excellent dessinateur dans cette série.
December 2, 2019
Finito. Bello. Davvero molto bello. Una storia appassionante di pura avventura. Una storia di fantascienza che parte da un presupposto negativo, e che alla fine, proprio alla fine, offre un speranza. Come mi sembra logico, e come sarebbe certamente meglio, una speranza che non annovera gli esseri umani nei componenti dell’equazione. E sarebbe un gran bene per il pianeta e tutti i suoi esseri viventi. Assolutamente da leggere.
December 15, 2017
Très bonne série même si le dernier épisode ma un peu déçu... comme l'impression que l'auteur aurait pu étirer sur plusieurs autres pages pour étoffer la finale. Bien hâte de voir les prochaines aventures de Romane :)
August 5, 2022
Rounds off the story nicely, with some epic scenes of whales taking action against the bad guys. The racial politics of the series, though essentially well-meaning, still seem a bit awkward, with one of our heroine's last lines being particularly iffy. Glad I read the series, though.
August 7, 2022
Really well made story (episodes #1 - #5). I never get disappointed reading stories by Leo.
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