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23 x 16.5 cm
96 pages in full color
Hardcover
ISBN : 9782848410746
Published in October 2023, in stock
18 €
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Le dernier cosmonaute
(Nouvelle édition)

by Aurélien Maury

SHORTLISTED AT THE 2012 ANGOULEME INTERNATIONAL COMICS FESTIVAL | FREDDY LOMBARD CHALAND AWARD 2011

Larry and Alice lead solitary lives in a small American ghost town. He works at an electronic store run by a drunk while she plays the organ in an empty church. They hang out but their relationship seems to go nowhere. Larry takes refuge in his childhood dreams and only seems to care about astronomy and space travel. He likes to share his fears and argue with Teddy, his sententious plush bear who is also his best friend.

But Alice doesn’t see it that way: her dream is to marry and start a family with Larry.

As a dangerous asteroid seems headed for Earth and their relationship turns into the romantic kind, Larry is scared his life is set on a new and frightening course. Torn between his love for Alice and his fear of growing up, will Larry accept to follow this new trajectory to an unknown destination?

Aurélien Maury’s book alternates between humorous, touching sequences showing the young couple’s first steps and oneiric sequences depicting Larry’s coming of age, in which black holes, spaceships and time faults guide this metaphorical astronaut towards his own destiny.

Le dernier cosmonaute is Aurélien Maury’s first work. It was originally published in 2011 and had been sold out for many years. It is now republished in a new edition with reworked text and drawings.

Le dernier cosmonaute, illustration

By the same author

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