Tell me a story... the teens of the apocalypse
U4 - Stephane by Pierre-Paul Renders and Denis Lapiere, art by Adrian Huelva
Publication date: April 27, 2022 (French)
Date read: December 26, 2022
Before the virus, Stéphane led the quiet life of a bourgeois student in Lyon with her father, an eminent epidemiologist. The U4 pandemic wiped out the entire population, with the exception of teenagers, in ten days. But Stéphane has one conviction: his father survived, protected by the army, and he is looking for a solution to the pandemic. Rather than join the R-Point where the majority of the young people are organized, under the supervision of the few surviving soldiers, she prefers to stay alone in the apartment to wait for her father's return... It is a risky choice: creeping anarchy progresses and gradually plunges Lyon into chaos... Stéphane does not believe in this strange appointment in Paris for the expert players of Warriors of Time, but the circumstances may make her change her mind...
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…
I’m really enjoying this series, and can’t wait to see how it all comes together in the end. I like how each story loosely goes together, seeing the main characters from the other volumes pop up briefly in other issues; fun to see scenes played out from two different points of view.
I rated this book a little lower than the previous two that I’ve read - Jules and Koridwen - because I just wasn’t quite as invested in her storyline, but it was still interesting and well-written and illustrated. Stephane just was a little more isolated and less connected to the main pandemic storyline through a lot of this volume, and I was anxious to get back to the action.
Overall, this was still a fun addition to the series, and I think anyone who enjoys post apocalyptic comics will really enjoy this series.
Rating: 4/5 stars
Content warnings: nudity, pandemic, attempted sexual assault, murder, killing of animals, police brutality
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book.
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