by Tsutomu Nihei · Glénat · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782723431033
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«Blame!, volume 2» is the science fiction manga by Tsutomu Nihei, published by Glénat in paperback (217 pages, in French).
Killy, a taciturn cyborg, traverses a colossal labyrinthine city of thousands of levels in search of the «net-gene», a program that may have escaped the global contamination of a computer virus and would be capable of managing the world. Accompanied by the scientist Shibo, he advances through a high-tech universe where flesh merges with metal.
Second volume of the Blame! series, in the French edition published by Glénat in 2000.
For science fiction readers looking for manga with a strong visual component and dystopian atmospheres.
Tsutomu Nihei is a Japanese manga artist. Nihei has been drawing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. In 1995, he was awarded the "Jiro Taniguchi Special Prize" in that year's Afternoon Four Seasons Award for his one-shot submission, Blame. After working as an assistant to veteran comic artist Tsutomu Takahashi, Nihei went on to launch his debut series Blame! in Monthly Afternoon in 1997. Following the success of Blame!, he next penned Wolverine: Snikt! and Biomega. In 2009, Nihei returned to Monthly Afternoon to launch what would become his most successful series, Knights of Sidonia. An architectural student, Nihei's early work were mainly wordless, relying on visuals and backgrounds to tell their stories. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following worldwide.
