Strike

Jeremiah #13

by Hermann Huppen

En perpétuelle errance sur des terres dévastées, confrontés à d'autres survivants qui reproduisent à l'identique tous les travers qui ont déjà conduit la planète à sa destruction, Jeremiah le réfléchi et Kurdy la tête-brûlée ont l'art de mettre les pieds là où il ne faut pas. Dans ce monde anéanti par la folie des hommes, la règle du jeu, c'est la loi du plus fort, dans l'âpre violence d'un retour aux premiers âges.

Genres: Bande Dessinée, Graphic Novels, Dystopia, Comics

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Hermann was born in 1938 in Bévercé (now a part of Malmedy) in Liège Province. After studying to become a furniture maker and working as interior architect, Hermann made his debut as comic book artist in 1964 in the comics magazine Spirou with a four page story. Greg noticed his talent and offered him to work for his studio. In 1966, he began illustrating the Bernard Prince series written by Greg, published in the comic magazine Tintin periodical. In 1969, also in collaboration with Greg, he began the western series Comanche. This appeared at the same time as other western series such as Blueberry.
Hermann began writing his own stories in 1977, starting the post-apocalyptic Jeremiah series, which is still produced today. In the same period, he also made three albums of Nick, inspired by Little Nemo in Slumberland, for Spirou.[1] In 1983 he began a new series, Les Tours de Bois-Maury, which is set in the Middle Ages and is less focused on action than his other works.
Hermann has also created many non-series graphic novels sometimes together with his son Yves H. One of them, Lune de Guerre, with a story by Jean Van Hamme, was later filmed as The Wedding Party by Dominique Deruddere.[2]
Hermann is characterized by a realistic style and stories that are both somber and angry, with a sense of disillusion with regards to the human character in general, and current society more specifically.


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Reviews

[StrictlySequential · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is self-contained so you don't need to worry about knowing the Jeremiah world to enjoy it.

I love Huppen's art- expressive and appropriately dirty because the story is his typical "world gone wrong" scenario. This one is especially deep and intense BUT I say that about all of his books that I've read.

[Koen Claeys · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tiens, Jeremiah kan goed bowlen .... en natuurlijk zichzelf in de problemen spelen...

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read the English translation of this GN. Strange but interesting story about two bowling hustlers who find themselves in a town controlled by a cult. When they try to rescue a young girl who has been brainwashed by the cult leader they find out that they have been framed for murder. Creepy and original - really enjoyed this book!

[Amanda Majasaari · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like books of Hermann very much. And this is really a great Jeremiah book. Interesting persons, great art, multilayered storyline with many twists and the end of story you really could not foresee.

[Math le maudit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Comme souvent dans la série, on suit deux histoires parallèles qui finissent par se rejoindre...

On retrouve dans cet épisode le thème de la secte manipulatrice du tome 6 auquel s'adjoint cette fois un aspect de débauche et de cupidité. Evidemment, Kurdy et Jeremiah se retrouvent au centre de ce mic-mac sans l'avoir voulu...

[Johan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Het verhaal zit beter in elkaar dan bij de vorige Jeremiahs, de tekeningen zijn goed, maar de vele (ver)taalfouten zijn storend.

In het begin van het verhaal gaat het Jeremiah en Kurdy voor de wind. In plaats van eindeloos te zoeken naar werk, verdienen ze grof geld met Jeremiah's bowling talent. Dat wekt afgunst, er wordt vals gespeeld, er is corruptie, er is een sekte, ...