" Un roman graphique novateur et tendu. " Les Inrockuptibles
" Une bande dessinée à nulle autre pareille. " Bodoï
" Derrière la prouesse graphique qui restitue à la perfection le modernisme du Berlin des années 1930, l’histoire n’a rien d’un prétexte. " Le Monde
" Bouleversant. " Zoo
" Une richesse narrative incroyable. " BDGest
A heartbreaking historical tragedy of the damages of war and nationalism
Mostly set in 1930s Berlin, Dum Dum adresses the issue of the repercussions of World War I in Central Europe, a region where national borders have been continously redrawn and where people have been torn between several countries.
Stan, a veteran of the Great War, born in rural Poland and haunted by inner demons, is confronted with the technological and urban frenzy of a city where the first hints of the nazi horror to come are already stirring the citizens.
Inspired by the life of the author’s great-grandfather, this historical graphic novel questions the notions of scientific progress and forced modernization in the context of lives devastated by war... A story told with the author’s unique style, using the architects’ software AutoCAD to draw machines, buildings and urban landscapes.
21 x 15 cm, hardcover
272 pages
b&w
Łukasz Wojciechowski, born 1978 in Poland, is an architect by training and co-founder of the VROA Architekci firm, which carried out the renovation of the Museum of Contemporary Art in the city of Wroclaw. He is also an assistant professor at the Faculty of Architecture of Wrocław University of Technology where he teaches design. He runs an architecture blog, niepokoje.wordpress.com, and participates in the Jednostka Architekturi foundation. He has written several books on architecture, as well as articles for trade magazines ... and he does comics using Autocad. "Soleil Mécanique" is his second book.
