Morphée

Virginia #1

by Séverine Gauthier, Benoît Blary (Illustrator)

Louisiana, in February 1863, the American Civil War is raging. Doyle, a deserter of the Confederate army, arrives in the small town of Lake Providence, held by the Union troops. Alcoholic and drug addict, the man seeks not only to escape the Confederates, but also to escape from his own memories: former sniper, he had to kill a child in cold blood during a mission, and since feels haunted by the ghost of the little girl. During a particularly violent attack of hallucinations, he killed four soldiers ...

Volume 1 of Virginia, Morpheus, inaugurates a history of flight and pursuit, which will see Doyle, join a marooned community of runaway slaves (borrowed from the Arawaks, from 1540 and where the escaped slave become synonymous with the wild, back to the state of nature) who found refuge in the bayous of Louisiana. The first volume of an enchanting trilogy, and the discovery of two talented authors.

Genres: Bande Dessinée

56 pages, Hardcover

First published May 15, 2013