The Gorgeous Habour

    (Mr. Clement, 2006)
™ and © Mr. Clement
English title probably misspelled (French title is Le Port Magnifique)

Astrolapin, a rabbit in an astronaut suit, floats through life and space as he faces industrialization, violence and other perils of modern life. This is a highly artistic work, with a certain abstract sensibility.

There is a cinematic feel to the layout, a sense of watching the action play out on a screen. Yet the artist also plays with the boundaries of the traditional panel, sending Astrolapin flying across vast expanses of black, splitting his body between two panels on the same page, and inserting a three-page foldout of a whale.

Overall, an unconventional and intriguing comic work.

— Lorie Witkop
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