The writer is the venerable Jean-Pierre Dionnet, co-founder of Métal Hurlant. An earlier, Romanesque story of his was posted HERE. In the following sequence, we see a small establishing story to give us a better understanding of this god-like character, who will go on to challenge the up-and-coming Lilith, depicted on the cover further down:

–> https://imgur.com/gallery/meeting-queen-of-night-art-by-baldazzini-9-pages-fQR0tLL <–

It’s a four-part series called Des dieux et des hommes (“Of Gods and Men”), all drawn by different art teams. The material here comes from T2, Entre chiens et loups (“Between Dogs and Wolves”).

“During the financial crisis of 1929, sixty-six creatures were born along Route 66. Immortal, indestructible, and endowed with random powers, they were called “gods” by humans. These gods reproduced at high speed, until they outnumbered humans. Slowly, they watched the planet’s population disappear, with as little interest as if they had observed the extinction of an animal species.” --BDT


https://www.bedetheque.com/media/Couvertures/125985_c.jpg

The artist, Roberto Baldazzini, works in an amazingly clean, attractive LC style. Unfortunately for the BD-viewing public, he seems to prefer erotic works, in which transsexuals are frequently depicted. Personally I have no comment on that, and my point is simply that he’s not as well-known as he might be if he’d worked on more mainstream projects. Not unlike his fellow countryman Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, another tremendous artist who tends towards softcore fantasy and light sadism, meaning again that he’s not in the mainstream for good reason.

  • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialOPMEnglish
    2·
    20 days ago

    Aw, feck…
    I wasn’t really looking too closely at certain details of the Queen’s costume when I posted this excerpt, maybe because I’m usually balancing half-a-dozen potential postings at any given time. But… yeah… I dunno… :S

    So yeah, I guess it’s a BIT more risqué than I’d first realised. Altho TBF-- it does seem like a perfectly fair counterpart & counterpoint to the many, various phallic symbols and representations of male-type hero costumes, if you follow me.

    (actually, I kinda like the way that female energy can manifest in such ways, as a nice, effective counterpart to ‘male superiority tropes’… heh, FWIW.

    Anyway, if there’s a good argument against this posting, then I’ll remove it, with my apologies.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    2·
    21 days ago

    The writer is the venerable Jean-Pierre Dionnet, co-founder of Métal Hurlant.

    WorldCat: Jean-Pierre Dionnet

    The artist, Roberto Baldazzini, works in an amazingly clean, attractive LC style. Unfortunately for the BD-viewing public, he seems to prefer erotic works, in which transsexuals are frequently depicted.

    WorldCat: Roberto Baldazzini

    Not unlike his fellow countryman Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, another tremendous artist who tends towards softcore fantasy and light sadism, meaning again that he’s not in the mainstream for good reason.

    WorldCat: Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri

      • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2·
        21 days ago

        Well, it also links to places that sell them if it can find them. I’m not married to it or anything; I just went through the list of catalogs and databases that Wikipedia’s ISBN handling uses, and this seemed to be the most-complete, as a way to provide access to what they’ve done.

        • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialOPMEnglish
          2·
          21 days ago

          I’ve bookmarked it, and will see about putting it to the test, here and there.

          I do have info in the FAQ, etc about where to buy and borrow BD, both brick & mortar, and online, but it jolly well needs an update one of these days. Anyway, thanks again for doing that work.