For almost half a century, it has been said that comic strips are a new art form. The late Michel Serres often explained that Hergé’s work made him the Jules Verne of the 20th century.e century and that Tintin’s adventures were reminiscent of the extraordinary voyages inspired by science and world exploration in the 19th century.e century
We are ranked 21st.e century, it is only natural that comics can take a new dimension and face new challenges after our exploration of the solar system and the perspective of extraterrestrial life. A screenwriter, essayist and literary director, Bruno Lesagne, who has worked with no less than Mœbius, Gimenez and even Jodorowsky, has collaborated with several cartoonists, such as Fabien Bedouel, author Cartoonist with a degree in animation from the École Nationale supérieure des Decorative Arts (ENSAD), to take up the gauntlet.
This resulted in a series of comics that are part of what we call hard science fiction (also spelled hard science, hard SF, hard SF), a genre of science fiction in which technologies such as described, may be understood in terms of it. State of Scientific Knowledge Three volumes have already been published by Glénat, the following volumes should be available in the coming years. They offer a journey through the solar system, each volume devoted to one of the main planets, from Mercury to Neptune, but without Earth, and one with 8.e And the last volume is dedicated to the sun and is planned to be released in 2027.
Works dedicated to Mars, then Jupiter and recently Saturn are therefore already available and have the distinction of being provided by a scientific committee composed of astronomers from the Paris Observatory – University of Paris Sciences and Letters. Have benefited from knowledge.
A scientific odyssey in the style of a “Hollywood blockbuster”.
As in the fictional series Once upon a time there was a place.each work not only tells the “Hollywood blockbuster” style odyssey of a team of scientists across the planetary worlds of the solar system. Mission to Mars Or even Alone on Mars, But this is an opportunity for readers aged 7 to 77 to learn more about these planets and answer many questions they might ask themselves.
What would happen if we sent astronauts into Jupiter’s atmosphere? Could we find life on one of its moons? What is the origin of the Grand Canyon on Mars? Is it really a valley? How did the solar system form and did it always look the way we know it today?
So it’s a truly entertaining documentary on our knowledge of the planetary world, embedded in each album with the assurance that its scientific content is rigorously based on our knowledge of the planets thanks to researchers at the Paris Observatory. is accurate and up-to-date. Each album ends like a few episodes. Mysterious cities of goldthat is to say through a presentation worthy of a small encyclopedia and expertly executed by the same researchers.
In this way we can learn more about the history of the discovery of Mars, the characteristics of its interior or its atmosphere, the rings of Saturn and its moons, such as Titan and Enceladus, etc.
However, it is important to read the albums in the order they were published in order to fully understand the plot and not spoil the events that make it up.
The movie Mission to Mars It gives an idea of what it would be like to adapt the comic series to cinema. To get a fairly accurate French translation, click on the white rectangle at the bottom right. Then the English subtitles should appear. Then click on the nut to the right of the rectangle, then on “Subtitles” and finally on “Auto-Translate”. Select “French”. © Touchstone Images
In the footsteps of Arthur Clarke in the solar system
We can still say that the series begins with a number of nods to Arthur Clarke, especially with his famous novels. 2001: A Space OdysseyFrom and Meeting Rama. Thus, during one of the Artemis missions, humanity discovered a large oblong ship that may have given rise to the famous interstellar object ‘Omwamoa’, some of whom wondered if it was an interstellar probe and the case of BD. I, it really is an extraterrestrial ship that was doomed. At least 2,000 years towards the lunar cycle.
We discover a dead crew there… or nearly so. In a kind of hibernation chamber lives a humanoid who survived a shipwreck and which explains that it retains the memory of its missing in a special way because its species is a kind of collective. Forms the soul.
His name is Clark by the human species.
Clark seems kind and offers to thank his rescuers by showing them around the solar system with his ship, which is ultimately less damaged and whose propulsion is advanced enough to reach Mars. can reach But as the journey progresses, doubts arise. Is Clark as kind as he seems? Even considering the fact that there is a difference between the human psyche and the species Clark represents, doesn’t he have a secret agenda that ultimately threatens humanity?
To find out, board Clark’s ship with his six. A wise manFrench, American, Italian or Chinese.
Article written in partnership with Edition Glénat