Tell me a story...about the teens of the apocalypse
U4 - Koridwen by Pierre-Paul Renders
Date read: July 11, 2022
A virus has wiped out almost everyone on Earth, leaving only teenagers left. No one knows why. Koridwen is left alone, except for the farm animals, and a mentally-disabled cousin that she loves like a brother. That, and a message she got before the internet went down, to meet someone named Khronos and try to save the world.
There are four volumes of this comic - Jules, Koridwen, Stephane, and Yannis - that can be read in any order. The conclusion - supposedly called Khronos - should be read only after reading the first four. *I say “supposedly”, because it looks like it was called Contagion in the French release…
(Yes, I copied a lot of that from the Jules review. Trying to keep it consistent.)
And, yes! To anyone who read my Jules review, the next volume has been released in English! I’m very happy.
I really enjoyed the character of Koridwen. She’s strong and independent, but also seemed realistic. She knows how to survive like this, but that doesn’t mean she wants to. And I loved her relationship with her cousin.
It was also pretty fun seeing Koridwen’s and Jules’s interactions with each other from the point of view of Koridwen this time. I do still recommend starting with Jules first, although starting with Koridwen would be fine as well. I just felt that the introduction to this dystopian world is a little more complete in Jules.
The same artist did both volumes, and as before, I really liked the style here. It’s simplistic but incredibly expressive, and the style allowed for death and violence to be shown without it getting gory.
I’m looking forward to finishing this series, and now that it appears that the complete set will be released in English at some point, I can fully recommend it. I think comic fans - especially fans of science fiction and dystopian comics - will really enjoy this one. Highly recommend these books.
Rating: 5/5 stars
Content warnings: mass death, pandemic, images of corpses, death of a family member, nudity, murder, child endangerment
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book.
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