Golden City, an all-ages series written by Daniel Pecqueur with art by Nicolas Malfin, kicks off today with the first volume, Wreck Raiders, available as a digital exclusive from Delcourt at Comixology. It has a Waterworld-meets-Elysium vibe: in an unspecified near future, the rich live on the titular high-tech floating island, while orphans scavenge for scraps on the trash-strewn, disease-ridden continent. Malfin’s boldly colored art shows a ligne claire influence, the comics equivalent of key-lit classical Hollywood cinema.
Golden City floats on the ocean, shielded from the overpopulation and from the violence that reigns over the continent. Only the wealthiest can live there and, as such, Harrison Banks appears to be among one of the privileged… But when his wife’s plane crashes mysteriously, Banks must start a perilous investigation in an unknown territory and embark on a descent into hell, as a sprawling plot unfolds around him…
Golden City, an all-ages series written by Daniel Pecqueur with art by Nicolas Malfin, kicks off today with the first book, Wreck Raiders, available as a digital exclusive from Delcourt at Comixology. It has a Waterworld-meets-Elysium vibe: in an unspecified near future, the rich live on the titular high-tech floating island, while orphans scavenge for scraps on the trash-strewn, disease-ridden continent. Malfin’s boldly colored art shows a ligne claire influence, the comics equivalent of key-lit classical Hollywood cinema.
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