The Nikopol Trilogy
Encyclopedia
The Nikopol Trilogy comprises three science fiction
graphic novel
s written in French
by Bosnian born Enki Bilal
between 1980 and 1993. The original French titles of the series are La Foire aux immortels
, La Femme piège
and Froid Équateur which were later translated in English and published by Humanoids Publishing under the titles Carnival of Immortals, Woman Trap and Cold Equator. In 1999, the trilogy was also published in a single album as The Nikopol Trilogy.
The central plot of the trilogy, set in 2023 Paris
, follows Alcide Nikopol who returns from a 30 year sentence spent orbiting the earth under cryopreservation
to find France under fascist rule following two nuclear war
s.
The books have been adapted into a video game Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
by White Birds Productions and a movie called Immortal.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
s written in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
by Bosnian born Enki Bilal
Enki Bilal
Enes Bilal is a French comic book creator, comics artist and film director.-Biography:Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to a Slovak mother and a Bosnian father who had been Josip Broz Tito's tailor, he moved to Paris at the age of 9. At age 14, he met René Goscinny and with his encouragement applied...
between 1980 and 1993. The original French titles of the series are La Foire aux immortels
La Foire aux immortels
The Carnival of Immortals is a science fiction graphic novel from 1980 written and illustrated by the Yugoslavian born French cartoonist and storyteller Enki Bilal. It is the first part of the Nikopol Trilogy, followed up by La Femme piège in 1986 and ending with Froid Équateur in 1992...
, La Femme piège
La Femme piège
La Femme piège, or The Woman Trap, is a science fiction graphic novel from 1986 written and illustrated by the Yugoslavian born cartoonist and storyteller Enki Bilal...
and Froid Équateur which were later translated in English and published by Humanoids Publishing under the titles Carnival of Immortals, Woman Trap and Cold Equator. In 1999, the trilogy was also published in a single album as The Nikopol Trilogy.
The central plot of the trilogy, set in 2023 Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, follows Alcide Nikopol who returns from a 30 year sentence spent orbiting the earth under cryopreservation
Cryopreservation
Cryopreservation is a process where cells or whole tissues are preserved by cooling to low sub-zero temperatures, such as 77 K or −196 °C . At these low temperatures, any biological activity, including the biochemical reactions that would lead to cell death, is effectively stopped...
to find France under fascist rule following two nuclear war
Nuclear warfare
Nuclear warfare, or atomic warfare, is a military conflict or political strategy in which nuclear weaponry is detonated on an opponent. Compared to conventional warfare, nuclear warfare can be vastly more destructive in range and extent of damage...
s.
The books have been adapted into a video game Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals is a point and click adventure game developed by White Birds Productions and based on the graphics novels of Enki Bilal's The Nikopol Trilogy.-Plot:...
by White Birds Productions and a movie called Immortal.