Le Sommeil du monstre is a 1998 Franco-Belgian sci-fi comic book written and drawn by Enki Bilal, published by Les Humanoïdes Associés. It is the first volume of the Tétralogie du Monstre series. Translated into English as The Dormant Beast, it was published together with the following two volumes, 32 décembre and Rendez-vous à Paris, under the title The Beast Trilogy: Chapters 1 & 2.

Le Sommeil du monstre
The Dormant Beast
Date1998
PublisherLes Humanoïdes Associés
Creative team
WritersEnki Bilal
ArtistsEnki Bilal
ColoristsEnki Bilal
Original publication
LanguageFrench
ISBN2-7316-1230-4
Translation
PublisherHumanoids Publishing
Date2000
ISBN0-9672401-5-8
Chronology
Followed by32 Décembre

Plot synopsis

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New York 2023. Nike, the hero of the Dormant Beast, has a prodigious memory, and he uses his gift to try to understand his part as a Yugoslav orphan, as well as his violent and chaotic present, where obscurantism has become a flourishing business of worldwide manipulation. [1]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "The Dormant Beast by Enki Bilal, Taras Otus". app.thestorygraph.com. Retrieved 2024-05-05.

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