Mixing dystopian sci-fi, mythic fantasy, and zombie horror, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, is a graphic novel based on a suppressed opera written in 1943 by Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, two prisoners at the Terezìn concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The authors did not live to see their masterpiece performed.
Set in an alternative universe where Atlantis never sank but instead became a technologically advanced tyranny, the power-mad buffoonish Emperor declares all-out war-everyone against everyone. Death goes on a labor strike, creating a hellscape where everyone fights, but no one dies. Can the spirit of Life stop this terror with the power of love?
Includes designs from the original opera, historical essays, photographs, and more.
One of New York Public Library's Top 10 Comics and Graphic Novels of 2024!
"Maass's playful script, with its pitch-black humor and fiendish turns of phrase, honors the original opera... This parable captures the defiant spirit of artists."-Publishers Weekly
| ISBN: | 9781506737300 |
| Publication date: | 23rd January 2024 |
| Author: | Dave Maass |
| Illustrator: | Patrick Lay |
| Publisher: | Berger Books an imprint of Dark Horse Comics |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 128 pages |
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Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Fantasy, esoteric The Holocaust Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions |
Mixing dystopian sci-fi, mythic fantasy, and zombie horror, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, is a graphic novel based on a suppressed opera written in 1943 by Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, two prisoners at the Terezìn concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The authors did not live to see their masterpiece performed.Set in an alternative universe where Atlantis never sank but instead became a technologically advanced tyranny, the power-mad buffoonish Emperor declares all-out war-everyone against everyone.
Death Strikes features in the following genres: Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Fantasy, esoteric, The Holocaust, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions
Hardback. £21.59, down from the £23.99 cover price. In Stock.
Death Strikes was written by Dave Maass and published by Berger Books an imprint of Dark Horse Comics
Death Strikes has 128 pages
£21.59, reduced from £23.99. In Stock.