Peplum (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781590179833)

The man known as Blutch is one of the giants of contemporary comics, and Peplum may be his masterpiece: a grand, strange dream of ancient Rome. At the edge of the empire, a gang of bandits discovers the body of a beautiful woman in a cave; she is encased in ice but may still be alive. One of the bandits, bearing a stolen name and with the frozen maiden in tow, makes his way toward Rome--seeking power, or maybe just survival, as the world unravels.

Thrilling and hallucinatory, vast in scope yet unnervingly intimate, Peplum weaves together threads from Shakespeare and the Satyricon along with Blutch's own distinctive vision. His hypnotic storytelling and stark, gorgeous art pull us into one of the great works of graphic literature, translated into English for the first time.

This NYRC edition features new English hand-lettering and is an oversized paperback with French flaps and extra-thick paper.

Author: Blutch
ISBN-10: 1590179838
ISBN-13: 9781590179833
Publisher: New York Review Comics
Language: English
Published: 04/19/2016
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 11.30h x 8.70w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/14/2016
Booklist 05/15/2016 pg. 40