Product Description
by Richard Marazano (Author), Guilhem (Illustrator)
Science meets the supernatural in award winning cartoonist Richard Marazano's graphic novel, when the eccentricities of infamous engineer and inventor, Nikola Tesla, are warped into a terrifying mystery during World War Two.
Amidst the chaos of World War Two, New York is a city of mistrust and melancholy. Rumors abound of German submarines landing on the east coast, mysterious appearances - and disappearances - on the banks of the East River, Thomas Edison's laboratories under supervision of the FBI, experiments of terrible secret weapons by the Japanese forces in the Pacific... Yet Nikola Tesla, probably the only scientist whose originality and brilliant inventions are likely to provide a solution to the destructive war, is nowhere to be found! One summer in 1942, young Travis moves with his mother to a furnished hotel in Manhattan. Little does he know that his enigmatic neighbor will take him on an adventure with terrible and shocking scientific ramifications...Author Biography
Richard Marazano was born on January 27, 1971 in Fontenay-aux-roses. He studied physics and astrophysics at Orsay before joining the Angoulême fine arts comic workshop and the Sanzot workshop.
Guilhem was born on April 20, 1972 in Rodez (France). He graduated from high school with a bachelor degree in mechanics and industrial design, then began a BTS in mechanisms and industrial automation at Rascol high school in Albi. But, inspired by his lifelong love of Tintin, Guilhem decuded to move into comics and landed a job as a cartoonist at Studio Peyo in Belgium. From 1992 to 1994, he animated the series The Tribe of Epithets.
Number of Pages: 152
Dimensions: 0.6 x 10.9 x 8.3 IN
Publication Date: May 02, 2023
