Tongues, Volume 1 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781524747206)

A fascinating graphic novel retelling of Prometheus from one of the very best artists working today.

Set in a version of modern Central Asia, Tongues is a retelling of the Greek myth of Prometheus. It follows the captive god's friendship with the eagle who carries out his daily sentence of torture and chronicles his pursuit of revenge on the god that has imprisoned him.
Prometheus's story is entwined with that of an East African orphan on an errand of murder, and a young man with a teddy bear strapped to his back, wandering aimlessly into catastrophe (a character readers may recognize from Nilsen's Dogs and Water). The story is set against the backdrop of tensions between rival groups in an oil-rich wilderness.
Created by the three-time Igantz award-winning artist Anders Nilsen, Tongues is both an adventure story and a meditation on human nature in our present fraught, historical moment.

Author: Anders Nilsen
ISBN-10: 1524747203
ISBN-13: 9781524747206
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Language: English
Published: 03/11/2025
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover