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Légendes d'aujourd'hui #2
Ship of Stone
The Grand Large property developers are planning to build a large resort by Trehoet Castle and the tiny fishing village that lies by its shores. As the fishermen begin to realize the problems this poses to their life, the developers find out that the occupant who lives in the castle is the greatest danger. The castle is of great importance to the town's ancestry, and the old man who lives there will stop at nothing to keep it from being demolished. When the town's people learn of this protector, they are able to finally rally against the greedy developers.
53 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 1976
About the author
Enki Bilal
245 books330 followersEnki Bilal (born Enes Bilal) is a French comic book creator and film director.
Bilal was born in Belgrade, then the capital of Yugoslavia, to a Czech mother, Ana, who came to Belgrade as child from Karlovy Vary, and a Bosnian Muslim father, Muhamed Hamo Bilal who had been Josip Broz Tito's tailor. When he was five years old, his father managed to take a trip and stay in Paris as a political émigré. Enki and the rest of the family followed him, four years later.
Enki Bilal has no sense of belonging to any ethnic group and religion, nor is he obsessed with soil and roots. He said in one interview: "I also feel Bosnian by my father's origin, a Serb by my place of birth and a Croat by my relationship with a certain friends, not to mention my other Czech half, who I am inherited from mother".
At age 14, he met René Goscinny and with his encouragement applied his talent to comics. He produced work for Goscinny's Franco-Belgian comics magazine Pilote in the 1970s, publishing his first story, Le Bol Maudit, in 1972.
In 1975, Bilal began working with script writer Pierre Christin on a series of dark and surreal tales, resulting in the body of work titled Légendes d'Aujourd'hui.
He is best known for the Nikopol trilogy (La Foire aux immortels, La Femme piège and Froid Équateur), which took more than a decade to complete. Bilal wrote the script and did the artwork. The final chapter, Froid Équateur, was chosen book of the year by the magazine Lire and is acknowledged by the inventor of chess boxing as the inspiration for the sport.
Quatre? (2007), the last book in the Hatzfeld tetralogy, deals with the breakup of Yugoslavia from a future viewpoint. The first installment came in 1998 in the shape of Le Sommeil du Monstre opening with the main character, Nike, remembering the war in a series of traumatic flashbacks.
In 2012, Bilal was featured in a solo exhibition at The Louvre. The exhibition, titled "The Ghosts of the Louvre", ran from 20 December 2012 to 18 March 2013. The exhibition was organized by Fabrice Douar, and featured a series of paintings of "Ghosts", done atop photographs that Bilal took of the Louvre's collection.
Bilal was born in Belgrade, then the capital of Yugoslavia, to a Czech mother, Ana, who came to Belgrade as child from Karlovy Vary, and a Bosnian Muslim father, Muhamed Hamo Bilal who had been Josip Broz Tito's tailor. When he was five years old, his father managed to take a trip and stay in Paris as a political émigré. Enki and the rest of the family followed him, four years later.
Enki Bilal has no sense of belonging to any ethnic group and religion, nor is he obsessed with soil and roots. He said in one interview: "I also feel Bosnian by my father's origin, a Serb by my place of birth and a Croat by my relationship with a certain friends, not to mention my other Czech half, who I am inherited from mother".
At age 14, he met René Goscinny and with his encouragement applied his talent to comics. He produced work for Goscinny's Franco-Belgian comics magazine Pilote in the 1970s, publishing his first story, Le Bol Maudit, in 1972.
In 1975, Bilal began working with script writer Pierre Christin on a series of dark and surreal tales, resulting in the body of work titled Légendes d'Aujourd'hui.
He is best known for the Nikopol trilogy (La Foire aux immortels, La Femme piège and Froid Équateur), which took more than a decade to complete. Bilal wrote the script and did the artwork. The final chapter, Froid Équateur, was chosen book of the year by the magazine Lire and is acknowledged by the inventor of chess boxing as the inspiration for the sport.
Quatre? (2007), the last book in the Hatzfeld tetralogy, deals with the breakup of Yugoslavia from a future viewpoint. The first installment came in 1998 in the shape of Le Sommeil du Monstre opening with the main character, Nike, remembering the war in a series of traumatic flashbacks.
In 2012, Bilal was featured in a solo exhibition at The Louvre. The exhibition, titled "The Ghosts of the Louvre", ran from 20 December 2012 to 18 March 2013. The exhibition was organized by Fabrice Douar, and featured a series of paintings of "Ghosts", done atop photographs that Bilal took of the Louvre's collection.
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September 22, 2020
Ενδιαφέρουσα ιστορία, κομμάτι της πρώτης τριλογίας που εισάγει τον Bilal στο ευρύ κοινό. Το στιλ είναι πιο "ανθρωπιστικό" τόσο στην αποτύπωση των μορφών όσο και στη θεματολογία. Η μεγάλη στροφή θα γινόταν αργότερα, με την Τριλογία της Νικόπολης.
Πιστεύω ότι το αριστούργημα αυτής της πρώτης τριλογίας είναι το "η Πόλη που δεν υπήρξε", αλλά και αυτό το album έχει πολύ όμορφη εικαστική δουλειά αν και σεναριακά είναι μάλλον ελλιπές.
Πιστεύω ότι το αριστούργημα αυτής της πρώτης τριλογίας είναι το "η Πόλη που δεν υπήρξε", αλλά και αυτό το album έχει πολύ όμορφη εικαστική δουλειά αν και σεναριακά είναι μάλλον ελλιπές.
May 6, 2019
Embora não tenha lido o primeiro volume, achei o traço muito bom e a história com um desenrolar e culminar dignos de uma fantástica banda desenhada.
July 14, 2022
Segunda entrega de esta trilogía sobre los conflictos sociales de los 70 y las nuevas luchas de clases. En este caso en un pueblo bretón enfrentado a un proyecto turístico que va a transformar por completo su entorno; hasta el punto de terminar con construcciones de cientos, incluso miles de años. La manera en que se plantea la situación es igual de directa y maniquea que en El crucero de los olvidados. Sin embargo, Christin y Bilal aciertan a plantear una resolución magnífica: cómo el pueblo, como conjunto de habitantes y sus tradiciones, colaboran para evitar el desastre. Las páginas en las que se da forma a esa idea son muy emocionantes y rescatan el tebeo de ese territorio vulgar que puede ser el resto. Por cierto, cómo se aprecia el progreso de Bilal.
June 5, 2026
Le vaisseau de Pierre est sorti peu après la croisière des oubliées. J'ai eu moins de mal à lire ce tome, qui m'a donné plus de plaisir à le lire. On y retrouve également le genre fantastique, où fiction et réalité se mélange. On ressent toujours un message, une revendication caché entre les lignes qui se révèle au court de la lecture.
October 17, 2021
Diyaloglar, Bröton köylülerinin dayanışması, kapitalist uygarlığa romantik/masalsı direniş hikayenin iyi noktaları. Bağlandığı sonuç biraz zayıf kalmış ve çözüm aceleye gelmiş. Çizimler yine mükemmel.
January 15, 2018
Üçlemenin en iyi kitabı
February 15, 2020
Eh. it works i guess. Not Bilals best work.
February 16, 2023
A sort of charming modern fairy tale about taking your ball and leaving home.
January 5, 2025
Bel fumetto, con un vecchio mago che nel suo castello difende il paese dagli speculatori che lo vogliono trasformare. Con gli splendidi disegni di bilal
January 3, 2013
This is a strange tale, of the interweaving of old magics and new technology and business. In a small fishing village in Brittany, a group of rich businessmen see the chance to become even richer. All they have to do is buy up everything cheap, dismantle and move the local castle, and disrupt the lives of everyone who lives there.
Of course, nothing goes smoothly, and the castle isn't as empty as it's supposed to be, as a very old blind wizard is reported to haunt it.
The characters include businessmen, fishermen, old Nazi collaborators and a host of other odd types, but the resolution is a delightfully strange one. The artwork is a little less jarring than some of Bilal's work, but still in that sort of "Heavy Metal" style.
Of course, nothing goes smoothly, and the castle isn't as empty as it's supposed to be, as a very old blind wizard is reported to haunt it.
The characters include businessmen, fishermen, old Nazi collaborators and a host of other odd types, but the resolution is a delightfully strange one. The artwork is a little less jarring than some of Bilal's work, but still in that sort of "Heavy Metal" style.
September 24, 2012
Dur, beau, intriguant...
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