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Le Tribut

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Près de vingt ans après la publication du premier tome du Tribut chez Casterman et la parution d'un tome 2 en épisodes dans feu la revue (À suivre), les éditions Cornélius présentent aujourd'hui l'intégrale de l'oeuvre de Jean-Marc Rochette et Benjamin Legrand. Pour cette nouvelle édition, minutieusement travaillée à partir des originaux et remise en couleur par nos soins, Rochette et Legrand se sont replongés dans l'uni- vers glaçant du Tribut, afin de clore la série. Ils livrent spécialement pour cette intégrale un épilogue de 16 pages qui vient conclure une histoire interrompue brutalement par l'éditeur de l'époque, laissant les fans dans l'expectative et la frustration. Benjamin Legrand a repris les pistes envisagées pour le tome 3 et les a synthétisées pour un dénouement parfait. Cette plongée dans un univers de science-fiction où une guerre de civilisations fait rage, une troupe de soldats et de scientifiques débarque sur une planète hos- tile, dans l'espoir d'y trouver une source d'énergie miraculeuse. Ce sujet, exploré ici 20 ans avant Avatar (et de manière bien plus originale), prend une dimension mystique et tragiquement prémonitoire. Cette bande dessinée haletante, qui fait se rejoindre classicisme et expérimentation, est restée pour tous ceux qui l'ont lue une référence de SF française, un livre culte.

160 pages, Hardcover

Published September 22, 2016

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Author 2 books302 followers
August 24, 2025
A science fiction story that starts out interesting, with hints of Stanislav Lem, if you'll allow me to throw around a big name. A confrontation between humanity and something quite alien, which is hard to understand and quantify.

But in the final third it becomes overly confusing, hard to follow what is happening. I quite like the art, it's rough but there's some quite arresting images.

(Thanks to Titan Comics for providing me with a review copy through Edelweiss)
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Author 7 books16 followers
November 20, 2024
Not a fan. Art was great to look at but I had no idea what was going on.
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3,548 reviews38 followers
January 4, 2024
The Tribute details the adventures of a team of scientists and soldiers who land on a hostile alien planet in the hopes of mining a new source of energy to save mankind. The expedition proves challenging as the team deals with the unrelenting climate and dangerous creatures that inhabit the planet. There's a strong pulpy sensibility to this that makes it enjoyable, even if the action adventure tropes are laid on thick. The influence on James Cameron's Avatar is immediately apparent from the opening pages, and just like the film, the visuals of The Tribute do the heavy lifting. Jean-Marc Rochette heavily utilizes landscape panel layouts to establish an almost cinematic quality to the story that just makes this read like a cult sci-fi classic. Characters and their motivations are an afterthought here, all that matters is the highly kinetic pacing and stunning visuals. It's a fun enough time for sure, but the story won't stick with you.
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February 23, 2024
Apparently this was a major influence on Avatar and I get it. It has some of the same basic story. The storytelling is kind of obtuse considering these are also the guys who created Snowpiercer. I had a hard time keeping track of characters or exactly why certain things were happening. The poor coloring didn't help either.
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February 18, 2024
3 1/2 stars. Love the art, story was obviously intended to be longer and felt unnaturally truncated.
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January 20, 2023
Grosse claque visuelle, c’est sombre, c’est oppressant et parfois ça explose en couleurs fauves.
Histoire bien solide aussi, comment l’homme bousille la nature épisode 3758.
Déconseillé à ceux qui aiment les récits qui les prennent par la main.
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