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Exterminateur 17
Conçus pour mener les guerres à la place des êtres humains, les Exterminateurs sont des androïdes-soldats mis au point par un vieux maître, expert en robotique. Le tout premier de la lignée est l’Exterminateur 17 ou E17, une créature artificielle que le maître a créé à partir de ses propres cellules, pour mieux lui insuffler la vie. Cette liaison charnelle va se réactiver lorsque le maître décède, terrassé par une attaque : laissé pour mort sur le champ de bataille, l’Exterminateur 17, contre toute attente, renaît à la vie, héritier inattendu de l’âme de son créateur. Avec un projet, une idée fixe : faire savoir à tous les androïdes que leur condition de machine servile n’est pas une fatalité. Dès lors, une haletante course-poursuite s’engage entre les détenteurs du pouvoir, acharnés à réduire au silence cette machine encombrante qui s’est éveillée à la conscience, et l’Exterminateur solitaire, qui n’a plus en tête qu’une obsession : libérer les androïdes de l’asservissement.
59 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1979
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Enki Bilal
243 books316 followersEnki Bilal (born Enes Bilal) is a French comic book creator and film director.
Bilal was born in Belgrade, then the capital of Yugoslavia, to a Czech mother, Ana, who came to Belgrade as child from Karlovy Vary, and a Bosnian Muslim father, Muhamed Hamo Bilal who had been Josip Broz Tito's tailor. When he was five years old, his father managed to take a trip and stay in Paris as a political émigré. Enki and the rest of the family followed him, four years later.
Enki Bilal has no sense of belonging to any ethnic group and religion, nor is he obsessed with soil and roots. He said in one interview: "I also feel Bosnian by my father's origin, a Serb by my place of birth and a Croat by my relationship with a certain friends, not to mention my other Czech half, who I am inherited from mother".
At age 14, he met René Goscinny and with his encouragement applied his talent to comics. He produced work for Goscinny's Franco-Belgian comics magazine Pilote in the 1970s, publishing his first story, Le Bol Maudit, in 1972.
In 1975, Bilal began working with script writer Pierre Christin on a series of dark and surreal tales, resulting in the body of work titled Légendes d'Aujourd'hui.
He is best known for the Nikopol trilogy (La Foire aux immortels, La Femme piège and Froid Équateur), which took more than a decade to complete. Bilal wrote the script and did the artwork. The final chapter, Froid Équateur, was chosen book of the year by the magazine Lire and is acknowledged by the inventor of chess boxing as the inspiration for the sport.
Quatre? (2007), the last book in the Hatzfeld tetralogy, deals with the breakup of Yugoslavia from a future viewpoint. The first installment came in 1998 in the shape of Le Sommeil du Monstre opening with the main character, Nike, remembering the war in a series of traumatic flashbacks.
In 2012, Bilal was featured in a solo exhibition at The Louvre. The exhibition, titled "The Ghosts of the Louvre", ran from 20 December 2012 to 18 March 2013. The exhibition was organized by Fabrice Douar, and featured a series of paintings of "Ghosts", done atop photographs that Bilal took of the Louvre's collection.
Bilal was born in Belgrade, then the capital of Yugoslavia, to a Czech mother, Ana, who came to Belgrade as child from Karlovy Vary, and a Bosnian Muslim father, Muhamed Hamo Bilal who had been Josip Broz Tito's tailor. When he was five years old, his father managed to take a trip and stay in Paris as a political émigré. Enki and the rest of the family followed him, four years later.
Enki Bilal has no sense of belonging to any ethnic group and religion, nor is he obsessed with soil and roots. He said in one interview: "I also feel Bosnian by my father's origin, a Serb by my place of birth and a Croat by my relationship with a certain friends, not to mention my other Czech half, who I am inherited from mother".
At age 14, he met René Goscinny and with his encouragement applied his talent to comics. He produced work for Goscinny's Franco-Belgian comics magazine Pilote in the 1970s, publishing his first story, Le Bol Maudit, in 1972.
In 1975, Bilal began working with script writer Pierre Christin on a series of dark and surreal tales, resulting in the body of work titled Légendes d'Aujourd'hui.
He is best known for the Nikopol trilogy (La Foire aux immortels, La Femme piège and Froid Équateur), which took more than a decade to complete. Bilal wrote the script and did the artwork. The final chapter, Froid Équateur, was chosen book of the year by the magazine Lire and is acknowledged by the inventor of chess boxing as the inspiration for the sport.
Quatre? (2007), the last book in the Hatzfeld tetralogy, deals with the breakup of Yugoslavia from a future viewpoint. The first installment came in 1998 in the shape of Le Sommeil du Monstre opening with the main character, Nike, remembering the war in a series of traumatic flashbacks.
In 2012, Bilal was featured in a solo exhibition at The Louvre. The exhibition, titled "The Ghosts of the Louvre", ran from 20 December 2012 to 18 March 2013. The exhibition was organized by Fabrice Douar, and featured a series of paintings of "Ghosts", done atop photographs that Bilal took of the Louvre's collection.
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September 8, 2022
Das Vorwort dieser Ausgabe stellt den Comic in einer Reihe mit den Meisterwerken wie "Blade Runner" und erwähnt explizit die SF Philip K. Dicks, in denen Androiden oder Simulacra eine Rolle spielen.
Das von von Jean-Pierre Dionnet (Autor) und Enki Bilal (Zeichner) geschaffene Comic besitzt aber nicht die Doppelbödigkeit dickscher Werke. Hier ist es der "Exterminator 17" ein für den Krieg geschaffener Androide, der wieder erwarten sein Abschalten überlebt. Vielmehr, es scheint sein Schöpfer in ihm weiterzuleben. Der ist jedoch gestorben und der irreguläre Androide soll seinen Dienstherren auf der Erde nach jedoch terminiert werden. Das wollen die "Neomanichäer", für die alle Materie böse ist, übernehmen. E 17 gelingt es mithilfe eines Tricksters und Erzählers Cleton lange zu entkommen. Doch die Manichäer schnappen ihn doch noch, zögern aber, ihn zu vernichten, weil in ihm der Geist des Schöpfers weiterleben könnte. So nimmt die Handlung eine ganz neue Wendung.
Es mag etwas respektlos klingen, aber von französischen SF-Schaffenden kann man keine logische und naturwissenschaftlich stimmige Story erwarten. Es gibt einige Handlungssprünge und Seltsamkeiten. Die Neo-Manichäer geben dem Stoff etwas Tiefe. Es ist ein Spiel mit Versatzstücken der SF und auch des Western, in unvergleichlichen Stil Bilals umgesetzt. Scharfe Konturen, Schraffuren und Pastelltöne. Der Einfluss von Moebius ist besonders in der Ausstaffierung der Figuren spürbar. Dessen Strich ist aber feiner.
Insgesamt eine eher enttäuschende Story, bei der für ich nur die zeichnerische Umsetzung richtig überzeugen kann. Suboptimal die "Pocket"-Form, der Carlsen-Ausgabe. Mein Exemplar hat die Neigung auseinanderzufallen. Man kann erkennen, dass 4 Seiten dieses Taschenformats eine Seite des Originals bebildet haben.
Das von von Jean-Pierre Dionnet (Autor) und Enki Bilal (Zeichner) geschaffene Comic besitzt aber nicht die Doppelbödigkeit dickscher Werke. Hier ist es der "Exterminator 17" ein für den Krieg geschaffener Androide, der wieder erwarten sein Abschalten überlebt. Vielmehr, es scheint sein Schöpfer in ihm weiterzuleben. Der ist jedoch gestorben und der irreguläre Androide soll seinen Dienstherren auf der Erde nach jedoch terminiert werden. Das wollen die "Neomanichäer", für die alle Materie böse ist, übernehmen. E 17 gelingt es mithilfe eines Tricksters und Erzählers Cleton lange zu entkommen. Doch die Manichäer schnappen ihn doch noch, zögern aber, ihn zu vernichten, weil in ihm der Geist des Schöpfers weiterleben könnte. So nimmt die Handlung eine ganz neue Wendung.
Es mag etwas respektlos klingen, aber von französischen SF-Schaffenden kann man keine logische und naturwissenschaftlich stimmige Story erwarten. Es gibt einige Handlungssprünge und Seltsamkeiten. Die Neo-Manichäer geben dem Stoff etwas Tiefe. Es ist ein Spiel mit Versatzstücken der SF und auch des Western, in unvergleichlichen Stil Bilals umgesetzt. Scharfe Konturen, Schraffuren und Pastelltöne. Der Einfluss von Moebius ist besonders in der Ausstaffierung der Figuren spürbar. Dessen Strich ist aber feiner.
Insgesamt eine eher enttäuschende Story, bei der für ich nur die zeichnerische Umsetzung richtig überzeugen kann. Suboptimal die "Pocket"-Form, der Carlsen-Ausgabe. Mein Exemplar hat die Neigung auseinanderzufallen. Man kann erkennen, dass 4 Seiten dieses Taschenformats eine Seite des Originals bebildet haben.
March 17, 2025
U zabitima opskurnih stripskih foruma, katkad možete čuti izraz "iskren ljubitelj stripa". Taj izraz, ponekad, izađe i na svetlost otvorenog interneta ali ubrzo biva zakopan od strane Neiskrenih, onih koji su nekom srećom (ili nesrećom?) došli do stripa putem izvora viših od -2m nadmorske visine. Ti besramni, neiskreni ljubitelji stripa, žele da razgovaraju o stripu i svojim amaterizmom kaljaju ugled Devete umetnosti sa velikim D i šire reč o crtanoj reči. Ama kako se usuđuju?!
Ovo je bio svojevrstan trigger warning za one Iskrene - slede utisci jednog Neiskrenog.
Dakle šta je Eksterminator 17?
E17 je omaž, sajd/pilot projekat autora, kašičica spejs opere, promo materijal i magazinski stripić na blic, a u 2025, kada ovaj tekst pišem, je samo tačka u vremenu za izučavanje. Originalno je objavljen 1979. godine u (Iskrenima) čuvenom francuskom Metal Hurlant magazinu. Osnivači, poznatiji kao Ujedinjeni Humanoidi, koristili su časopis kao primarnu promociju kako sopstvenog rada (ma je li?) tako i rada ostalih stripskih autora tog vremena koji su po mišljenju zvaničnog komiteta za devetu umetnost zaslužili da budu deo projekta. Dione, jedan od Humanoida, očito primećuje rad, tada još u svakom smislu mladog crtača Bilala (ne, Bilal nije Srbin, samo je rođen u Beogradu), i kreću u akciju.
E17 je jedan od scenaristički najnespretnijih stripova koje sam imao nezadovoljstvo da čitam. Vladar kome vreme na ovom svetu ističe, uspeva da u trenutku smrti prebaci svoj duh (ili um?) u androida Eksterminatora 17, koji je pre mnogo godina izrađen od DNK vladara. Uvidevši grešku koju je napravio stvorivši svesne androide i potčinivši ih čovečanstvu, vladar kreće putem iskupljenja i nastoji da oslobodi sve androide od ljudskih kandži.
Priča je ekvivalent one bake koja ne zna da kuva ali te nakon teškog dana u školi pozove da vas ponudi kolačem napravljenim od "eto tako nečega što sam našla po kući". Red Dine i OGROMNOG sveta prepunog klasa, rasa, klanova, red Filipa Dika, red Volta Diznija, red Mebijusa pre Inkala (još jednog, gle čuda, Ujedinjenog Humanoida), red religije i humanizma. Sve to na 60ak stranica, gde sam u jednom trenutku poželeo da stripu ponudim bocu kiseonika od toliko asfiksije. Nije se odazvao. Stiče se utisak da su oba autora bukvalno otaljala ovaj strip, i scenaristički i crtački, jer im je bilo muka da ga više gledaju u draft verziji. Intervjui sa autorima na kraju stripa zapravo govore u prilog tome.
That being said, što bi rekli stari Latini, E17 sadrži pomenutu "tačka u vremenu" vrednost i idealan je za samoproklamovane Iskrene, kao i za ljubitelje i poznavaoce istorije (devete) umetnosti. Njima će E17 biti, iskrenostripofilski rečeno, prava poslastica za sladokusce. 🍰
Ovo je bio svojevrstan trigger warning za one Iskrene - slede utisci jednog Neiskrenog.
Dakle šta je Eksterminator 17?
E17 je omaž, sajd/pilot projekat autora, kašičica spejs opere, promo materijal i magazinski stripić na blic, a u 2025, kada ovaj tekst pišem, je samo tačka u vremenu za izučavanje. Originalno je objavljen 1979. godine u (Iskrenima) čuvenom francuskom Metal Hurlant magazinu. Osnivači, poznatiji kao Ujedinjeni Humanoidi, koristili su časopis kao primarnu promociju kako sopstvenog rada (ma je li?) tako i rada ostalih stripskih autora tog vremena koji su po mišljenju zvaničnog komiteta za devetu umetnost zaslužili da budu deo projekta. Dione, jedan od Humanoida, očito primećuje rad, tada još u svakom smislu mladog crtača Bilala (ne, Bilal nije Srbin, samo je rođen u Beogradu), i kreću u akciju.
E17 je jedan od scenaristički najnespretnijih stripova koje sam imao nezadovoljstvo da čitam. Vladar kome vreme na ovom svetu ističe, uspeva da u trenutku smrti prebaci svoj duh (ili um?) u androida Eksterminatora 17, koji je pre mnogo godina izrađen od DNK vladara. Uvidevši grešku koju je napravio stvorivši svesne androide i potčinivši ih čovečanstvu, vladar kreće putem iskupljenja i nastoji da oslobodi sve androide od ljudskih kandži.
Priča je ekvivalent one bake koja ne zna da kuva ali te nakon teškog dana u školi pozove da vas ponudi kolačem napravljenim od "eto tako nečega što sam našla po kući". Red Dine i OGROMNOG sveta prepunog klasa, rasa, klanova, red Filipa Dika, red Volta Diznija, red Mebijusa pre Inkala (još jednog, gle čuda, Ujedinjenog Humanoida), red religije i humanizma. Sve to na 60ak stranica, gde sam u jednom trenutku poželeo da stripu ponudim bocu kiseonika od toliko asfiksije. Nije se odazvao. Stiče se utisak da su oba autora bukvalno otaljala ovaj strip, i scenaristički i crtački, jer im je bilo muka da ga više gledaju u draft verziji. Intervjui sa autorima na kraju stripa zapravo govore u prilog tome.
That being said, što bi rekli stari Latini, E17 sadrži pomenutu "tačka u vremenu" vrednost i idealan je za samoproklamovane Iskrene, kao i za ljubitelje i poznavaoce istorije (devete) umetnosti. Njima će E17 biti, iskrenostripofilski rečeno, prava poslastica za sladokusce. 🍰
November 22, 2023
Σε έναν μακρινό πλανήτη γίνεται μια στρατιωτική επιχείρηση με χρήση ανδροειδών, τα οποία ελέγχονται από ανθρώπους. Ανάμεσα τους ένα με το όνομα "Εξολοθρευτής 17", που υποτίθεται πως έχει αποσυρθεί και βγει εκτός λειτουργίας, όπως κάθε ένα που έφτιαχνε ο ένας και μοναδικός δημιουργός τους κάθε φορά που έφτιαχνε ένα αναβαθμισμένο μοντέλο. Όμως εδώ, αυτό όχι μόνο δεν έγινε, αλλά τώρα φιλοξενεί την ψυχή του δημιουργού του μετά τον θάνατο του και στόχος του πλέον είναι να απελευθερώσει τα ρομπότ από τη μοίρα τους που είναι η χωματερή!
Σε μεγάλο χορταστικό μέγεθος (30x23), δημιουργεί προσδοκίες αφού το φουτουριστικό σχέδιο του Bilal είναι καλό, αλλά δυστυχώς χάνει πολύ στο σενάριο. Γι΄ αυτό και το θεωρώ κατώτερα από άλλα που έχει κάνει, αφού συνήθως όχι μόνο σχεδιάζει αλλά γράφει και την ιστορία. Το δυστοπικό sci-fi περιβάλλον, η παραδοξότητα και η εξάπλωση της τεχνολογίας σε μια κοινωνία σε εμφανή παρακμή (φαίνεται έντονα από τα κουρασμένα πρόσωπα, μέχρι τη σκουριά στα κτίρια) είναι πράγματα που διατρέχουν το έργο, αλλά μου άφησε μια αίσθηση κακού βηματισμού ως προς την εξέλιξη του εντελώς μπερδεμένου story και τελικά κακή επίγευση. Το βασικό μειονέκτημα είναι πως προσπαθεί να χωρέσει σε λίγες σελίδες πολλά πράγματα (από την διαφθορά και τον αγώνα για ελευθερία μέχρι την έλευση ενός Μεσσία κα) αλλά δεν δίνει χώρο για σωστή ανάπτυξη αυτών.
Είχε πρωτοδημοσιευτεί στο εμβληματικό Metal Hurlant, στο οποίο εργαζόταν στα 70ς ο Bilal (όπως και ο Dionnet για μια σειρά από σκιτσογράφους, ενώ οι δυο τους είχαν συνεργαστεί και στο Pilote παλιότερα) και εκδόθηκε σαν τόμος πολλές φορές στη Γαλλία. Αργότερα ακολούθησαν άλλα τρία τεύχη σε σενάριο του Dionnet και πάλι, αλλά σε σχέδιο του Igor Baranko. Είναι προφανές πως οι περισσότεροι θα τα αγνοήσουμε, αφού στηρίζουμε Bilal (εκτός και φέρουν/μεταφράσουν την συγκεντρωτική έκδοση και κάνω την καρδιά μου πέτρα)
Σε μεγάλο χορταστικό μέγεθος (30x23), δημιουργεί προσδοκίες αφού το φουτουριστικό σχέδιο του Bilal είναι καλό, αλλά δυστυχώς χάνει πολύ στο σενάριο. Γι΄ αυτό και το θεωρώ κατώτερα από άλλα που έχει κάνει, αφού συνήθως όχι μόνο σχεδιάζει αλλά γράφει και την ιστορία. Το δυστοπικό sci-fi περιβάλλον, η παραδοξότητα και η εξάπλωση της τεχνολογίας σε μια κοινωνία σε εμφανή παρακμή (φαίνεται έντονα από τα κουρασμένα πρόσωπα, μέχρι τη σκουριά στα κτίρια) είναι πράγματα που διατρέχουν το έργο, αλλά μου άφησε μια αίσθηση κακού βηματισμού ως προς την εξέλιξη του εντελώς μπερδεμένου story και τελικά κακή επίγευση. Το βασικό μειονέκτημα είναι πως προσπαθεί να χωρέσει σε λίγες σελίδες πολλά πράγματα (από την διαφθορά και τον αγώνα για ελευθερία μέχρι την έλευση ενός Μεσσία κα) αλλά δεν δίνει χώρο για σωστή ανάπτυξη αυτών.
Είχε πρωτοδημοσιευτεί στο εμβληματικό Metal Hurlant, στο οποίο εργαζόταν στα 70ς ο Bilal (όπως και ο Dionnet για μια σειρά από σκιτσογράφους, ενώ οι δυο τους είχαν συνεργαστεί και στο Pilote παλιότερα) και εκδόθηκε σαν τόμος πολλές φορές στη Γαλλία. Αργότερα ακολούθησαν άλλα τρία τεύχη σε σενάριο του Dionnet και πάλι, αλλά σε σχέδιο του Igor Baranko. Είναι προφανές πως οι περισσότεροι θα τα αγνοήσουμε, αφού στηρίζουμε Bilal (εκτός και φέρουν/μεταφράσουν την συγκεντρωτική έκδοση και κάνω την καρδιά μου πέτρα)
June 11, 2018
Non sarò mai abbastanza grato alle Edizioni Nuova Frontiera, che nei primissimi anni ’80, con le loro riviste Totem e Metal Hurlant e con collane come questa Umanoidi, diedero una bella scossa al mondo del fumetto, che per molti, come me, si riassumeva in Disney e Bonelli. Gli autori erano a volte gli stessi della “nobile” Milano Libri, editrice di Linus e di raffinati volumi neri dove compariva spesso Crepax; ma anche autori a quei tempi considerati underground come Corben, Moebius.. peccato però per il prezzo alto. Gli Umanoidi invece, braccio italiano di una scuola di fumetto prevalentemente francese, ma che pubblicava molto anche in Spagna e Argentina, offrivano a meno di metà prezzo gli stessi autori e in più Druillet, Caza, il primo Manara non ancora ossessivamente monotematico..
Questo “Sterminatore 17” è un capolavoro che spicca: una delle prime opere di Enki Bilal, autore apprezzatissimo anche se forse meno popolare di quelli già citati. In 60 pagg la sceneggiatura di Dionnet crea un mondo futuro torbido come in un romanzo cyberpunk, dove l’androide è già simbolo di un’umanità oppressa; Blade runner uscirà tre anni dopo, ma c’è già un tecnologo creatore, capace di dare vita come un dio, che ha un rapporto difficile con la sua creatura più amata; ci sono questioni teologiche, guerra futura, avventura sulle astronavi.. Bilal dal canto suo, con il suo segno tecnologico e sporco al tempo stesso, concreto ma capace di chiaroscuri come Moebius, si lancia in tavole spettacolari come quella in basso (chiossà se i colori sono suoi?).
Non a caso quest’opera è stata ripubblicata nel 2003, ma quante altre lo meriterebbero!
Questo “Sterminatore 17” è un capolavoro che spicca: una delle prime opere di Enki Bilal, autore apprezzatissimo anche se forse meno popolare di quelli già citati. In 60 pagg la sceneggiatura di Dionnet crea un mondo futuro torbido come in un romanzo cyberpunk, dove l’androide è già simbolo di un’umanità oppressa; Blade runner uscirà tre anni dopo, ma c’è già un tecnologo creatore, capace di dare vita come un dio, che ha un rapporto difficile con la sua creatura più amata; ci sono questioni teologiche, guerra futura, avventura sulle astronavi.. Bilal dal canto suo, con il suo segno tecnologico e sporco al tempo stesso, concreto ma capace di chiaroscuri come Moebius, si lancia in tavole spettacolari come quella in basso (chiossà se i colori sono suoi?).
Non a caso quest’opera è stata ripubblicata nel 2003, ma quante altre lo meriterebbero!
January 4, 2023
I bought this graphic novel years ago because I was in a Forbidden Planet and liked the cover. Only just got around to reading it, and I was doing so mostly because I now work in a school library and was deciding whether to add it to our stock. I was incredibly disappointed. If not for the solid artwork, I'd probably have given this a 1 star. It's a confusing, unsatisfying mess, and I'm astounded by the broadly positive reviews it has here and elsewhere, which seems as far as I can tell because it carries nostalgia for a particular style of graphic sci-fi.
In short, this is like if someone attempted to re-write Dune in about 250 words. It features multiple factions, twists and betrayals, an in-depth universe with significant lore, explores philosophical and ethical conflicts, and centres around a revenge plot, but not a single one of those elements is given room to breathe. Often the story would jump with such suddenness that I'd be leafing back to see if I missed a page. It feels like so much is missing that it could have been three or four times the length without adding a single panel of filler.
I'll have to decide whether it might end up on my library shelf purely because - evidently - some people have enjoyed this book, but if I were basing it entirely on my own judgement it would be destined for the bin. I can't see any teenagers getting anything of value from this, except possibly to admire the artwork detached of its story.
In short, this is like if someone attempted to re-write Dune in about 250 words. It features multiple factions, twists and betrayals, an in-depth universe with significant lore, explores philosophical and ethical conflicts, and centres around a revenge plot, but not a single one of those elements is given room to breathe. Often the story would jump with such suddenness that I'd be leafing back to see if I missed a page. It feels like so much is missing that it could have been three or four times the length without adding a single panel of filler.
I'll have to decide whether it might end up on my library shelf purely because - evidently - some people have enjoyed this book, but if I were basing it entirely on my own judgement it would be destined for the bin. I can't see any teenagers getting anything of value from this, except possibly to admire the artwork detached of its story.
March 5, 2019
Ok, Bilal was phenomenal once more. Whatever this guy draws turns to gold, he's style is really personal and distinctive. I can't get enough of his illustration, weather it's on "Exterminator 17" or the "Chaos Effect/The black order brigade", or even his more abstract nikopol trilogy. Enki is one of the European masters of the 9th art and i love how he always stays on the shadows of fame.
Dionnet is known for his peculiar scripts. He's also known for giving birth, amongst others, to the legend we owe the maturity of the european comic, Metal Hurlant. He'd written scripts for all the major players, including Bilal, Moeb and Druillet. On "Exterminator 17" he starts strong and firm, after the 2/3s he turns a bit too theological for my taste and concludes with a moderate fight scene (a great example of how extravagant fight scenes every 10 pages are NOT necessary). Still, it was an upper self classic story written at the end of the '70s when sci-fi was at it's pick creatively. That was, on every level, truly a golden era for mature BDs.
Dionnet is known for his peculiar scripts. He's also known for giving birth, amongst others, to the legend we owe the maturity of the european comic, Metal Hurlant. He'd written scripts for all the major players, including Bilal, Moeb and Druillet. On "Exterminator 17" he starts strong and firm, after the 2/3s he turns a bit too theological for my taste and concludes with a moderate fight scene (a great example of how extravagant fight scenes every 10 pages are NOT necessary). Still, it was an upper self classic story written at the end of the '70s when sci-fi was at it's pick creatively. That was, on every level, truly a golden era for mature BDs.
December 4, 2021
Класична графічна новела Білала, яка знову в плані малюнку зазіхає на чужу територію. Чесно кажучи, я звик до іншого художнього стилю цього митця, а ця робота так і пищить від того, як наслідує одного видатного француза.
Ось що у нас тут по сюжету: вчений переносить свій розум в одну зі старих моделей своїх андроїдів-вбивць, щоб мати змогу подарувати свободу роботам та андроїдам. Додаємо сюди кремезне майбутнє, космічні подорожі та дуже простенький поворот сюжету.
Це наче й класика, але без довжелезних діалогів, які пояснюють все-все на світі. Діалогів якраз стільки, скільки треба. У світ також не заглиблюються, це такі собі начерки на космічно-утопічну тему. Історія для вбивства часу, більш цікаво розглядати сам малюнок.
Ось що у нас тут по сюжету: вчений переносить свій розум в одну зі старих моделей своїх андроїдів-вбивць, щоб мати змогу подарувати свободу роботам та андроїдам. Додаємо сюди кремезне майбутнє, космічні подорожі та дуже простенький поворот сюжету.
Це наче й класика, але без довжелезних діалогів, які пояснюють все-все на світі. Діалогів якраз стільки, скільки треба. У світ також не заглиблюються, це такі собі начерки на космічно-утопічну тему. Історія для вбивства часу, більш цікаво розглядати сам малюнок.
February 20, 2018
Bogotá,
17 de Febrero de 2017.
Es una novela gráfica que nos cuenta la historia de un androide que busca la forma de ser liberado y de liberar a sus demás compañeros.
Tengo gran afinidad con la ciencia ficción, motivo por el cual decidí leer este cómic, pero la verdad creo que a la historia le falta extenderse más para llegar a explicar bien el origen de #17 y su lucha en pro de liberar a los demás androides, me hubiera gustado que el autor se permitiera algunas páginas más para no brindarnos solo algunos brochazos y partes de historias que pueden llegar a parecer inconexas.
Calificación: 3.2
17 de Febrero de 2017.
Es una novela gráfica que nos cuenta la historia de un androide que busca la forma de ser liberado y de liberar a sus demás compañeros.
Tengo gran afinidad con la ciencia ficción, motivo por el cual decidí leer este cómic, pero la verdad creo que a la historia le falta extenderse más para llegar a explicar bien el origen de #17 y su lucha en pro de liberar a los demás androides, me hubiera gustado que el autor se permitiera algunas páginas más para no brindarnos solo algunos brochazos y partes de historias que pueden llegar a parecer inconexas.
Calificación: 3.2
August 24, 2024
Não conhecia nada sobre esta história nem sobre os autores e atirei-me completamente às cegas.
Houve vários momentos que senti demasiado apressados e alguns até confusos. Existe um grande universo pensado para esta história mas não é bem aproveitado ou explorado.
Acabei por achar razoável mas apenas por causa da arte que achei muito boa e tão cheia de pequenos pormenores em todas as pranchas.
A ideia da história é boa, mas sinto que faltava espaço para respirar, explorar e aprofundar mais. Assim ficou apenas um álbum bonito cheio de cenas superficiais.
Acredito que sofra desta mal por imposição de álbuns pequenos, etc
Não irei ler os restantes, mas espero que melhorem!
Houve vários momentos que senti demasiado apressados e alguns até confusos. Existe um grande universo pensado para esta história mas não é bem aproveitado ou explorado.
Acabei por achar razoável mas apenas por causa da arte que achei muito boa e tão cheia de pequenos pormenores em todas as pranchas.
A ideia da história é boa, mas sinto que faltava espaço para respirar, explorar e aprofundar mais. Assim ficou apenas um álbum bonito cheio de cenas superficiais.
Acredito que sofra desta mal por imposição de álbuns pequenos, etc
Não irei ler os restantes, mas espero que melhorem!
December 21, 2024
El androide exterminador nº 17 ha sido desactivado como parte de un acuerdo de paz. No debería poder volver a levantarse. Pero lo hace: quiere liberar a sus hermanos.
Ninguna historia con esta sinopsis y con semejante derroche de imaginación a la hora de crear su mundo tiene derecho a ser tan aburrida. Consigue que se haga lento un relato increíblemente bien dibujado sobre androides soldados y conspiraciones intergalácticas. Tiene (de)mérito, la verdad.
Su principal problema es que va muy rápido y acaba siendo casi un muestrario de escenas inconexas. Llegué a pensar que le faltaban páginas.
Ninguna historia con esta sinopsis y con semejante derroche de imaginación a la hora de crear su mundo tiene derecho a ser tan aburrida. Consigue que se haga lento un relato increíblemente bien dibujado sobre androides soldados y conspiraciones intergalácticas. Tiene (de)mérito, la verdad.
Su principal problema es que va muy rápido y acaba siendo casi un muestrario de escenas inconexas. Llegué a pensar que le faltaban páginas.
July 19, 2022
3,5/5
A favor: m'ha fascinat tot el component visual, des del disseny de personatges fins al de les naus. Gràficament molt potent.
En contra: tret d'alguns elements puntuals molt originals, la resta de la història m'ha semblat normaleta.
A favor: m'ha fascinat tot el component visual, des del disseny de personatges fins al de les naus. Gràficament molt potent.
En contra: tret d'alguns elements puntuals molt originals, la resta de la història m'ha semblat normaleta.
May 16, 2017
Enki Bilal....¿que más se puede agregar???
April 10, 2019
a good sci fi tale but the art is way better them the story !!!!
May 5, 2019
Beautiful Bilal art with average almost Judorowski stile writing.
April 10, 2020
3,5 en realidad.
Los orígenes de Bilal, que es un maestro del cómic con un estilo personal e inconfundible.
Los orígenes de Bilal, que es un maestro del cómic con un estilo personal e inconfundible.
February 20, 2020
2nd printing = June 1988
August 27, 2007
French comics are class 100%. Undiluted good storytelling with captivating athmosphere. Perhaps this is not the best one I've ever read, but I can't help but thinking that the european school of comics has so much to teach and give. Costumes, dialogues, concept art; the way it looks at moments like a sketchbook makes you appreciate it even more. After years of dry perfect human anotomy of japanese art, eventually I rediscovered the taste of more story focused comic. Reminds me of the old days when I used to read the "Eternauta", "Skorpio" and "Lancio Story".
Bilal and Dionnet could give to the average mangaka a lesson or two...
M.
Bilal and Dionnet could give to the average mangaka a lesson or two...
M.
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