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Infinity 8 #2
Infinity 8 Vol. 2
The city-sized, deep-space cruise ship "Infinity 8" stops halfway in route between the Milky Way and Andromeda, blocked by a massive field of debris containing wreckage and artifacts from countless planets, cultures, and possibly dimensions. The captain of the ship calls upon eight of the ship's top security to investigate the anomaly, each one sent out in a parallel time-loop to collect information which can then be assembled to hopefully discover the truth before disaster erupts. Each time-loop lasts only eighthours, at which point things snap back to the way they were when they started, with no memories of their time in that window. Can the eightagents solve the mystery without making things worse? Danger reveals itself within the interspecies population on the ship, some of whom may know more than they lead on . . . The second in the eight-volume series of pulpy sci-fi adventures, this time by legendary writer Lewis Trondheim and series designer Olivier Vatine themselves. Another venture into the field of debris uncovers some strange artifacts from numerous historical eras . . . including the head of Adolf Hitler! Returning it to the ship for study turns disastrous as their future science restores life and awareness to the head, giving rise to the threat of a brand new Reich made up of robots and fanatics who've lost all understanding of the genocidal agenda the former dictator originally unleashed! Crucial information transmitted by first agent Yoko Keren (at the end of Vol.1) has made the Captain decide to launch a new parallel time-loop and activate a second agent: the impulsive Stella Moonkicker, who will only have eighthours to collect the maximum amount of information possible. Flanked by Bobbie, her boring probation robot, shadowing her since her most recent bout of "unprofessional conduct,"she is assigned as security for a group of fanatics who long for the return of the Nazis, not fully understanding exactly what the Nazis actual did or stood for. Their centuries-old impression has become watered down to something like a simple philosophy for peace . . . a far cry from the dangers of their actual original philosophy. But when they find the cryonized head of Adolf Hitler floating in the mysterious wreckage blocking the ship and try to reactivate it, the threat of a Fourth Reich on the Infinity 8 proves to be very serious. Stella and Bobbiewill have to confront the reanimated Führer, who is confused by this strange future and hell-bent on taking over the world (again). But if the Captain is killed, no reboot can take place and the advent of the Fourth Reich will become the only time frame to have ever existed . . .
102 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 25, 2017
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About the author
Lewis Trondheim
496books234followersThe phenomenal Lewis Trondheim is never where you next expect him. As an artist and writer, Trondheim has earned an international following as one of the most inventive, versatile, and prolific graphic authors. From autobiography to adventure, from bestselling fantasy and children's books to visual essays, Trondheim's unique, seminal imagination consistently dazzles. His work has won numerous awards, including the Angoulême prize for best series with McConey and he also co-created the titanic fantasy epic Dungeon with Joann Sfar.
He is one of the founding members of the alternative publishing house L'Association, a proving ground for many of the greatest talents in European comics working today. He is also the editorial director of a new imprint called Shampooing, dedicated to comics for all ages.
Lewis lives in the South of France with his wife, Brigitte Findakly, and two children.
He is one of the founding members of the alternative publishing house L'Association, a proving ground for many of the greatest talents in European comics working today. He is also the editorial director of a new imprint called Shampooing, dedicated to comics for all ages.
Lewis lives in the South of France with his wife, Brigitte Findakly, and two children.
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July 26, 2023
I liked the minimalist clean artwork. This is a story so stupid that Trondheim and collaborator
Olivier Vatine decided they had to try it.
A group of people on the large space ship Infinity 8 are celebrating Nazism being completely oblivious to what it is. They have think its about cool interior decorating and friendship. An alien caricature of an orthodox Jew is trying to warn the sexy police officer Stella Moonkicker about it when the space ship bumps into a necropolis floating in space.
The would-be Nazis discover Hitler's head and he's brought back to life in the body of a robot. Now he's taking over the space ship and trying to destroy all the impure races on board.
I do appreciate that Trondheim and Vatine go there. Hitler is a true piece of shit in this. They don't shy away depicting the racism and bigotry as Hitler goes on a crazy campaign to take over the ship.
Olivier Vatine decided they had to try it.
A group of people on the large space ship Infinity 8 are celebrating Nazism being completely oblivious to what it is. They have think its about cool interior decorating and friendship. An alien caricature of an orthodox Jew is trying to warn the sexy police officer Stella Moonkicker about it when the space ship bumps into a necropolis floating in space.
The would-be Nazis discover Hitler's head and he's brought back to life in the body of a robot. Now he's taking over the space ship and trying to destroy all the impure races on board.
I do appreciate that Trondheim and Vatine go there. Hitler is a true piece of shit in this. They don't shy away depicting the racism and bigotry as Hitler goes on a crazy campaign to take over the ship.
September 22, 2021
Kako kod slicnih projekata sa Hitlerom ima tu hrpa super fora sa nacistima, ali oživljeni Hitler je prestereotipan da bi priča bila stvarno uzbudljiva. Next restart please
July 21, 2021
Infinity 8 is best thought of not by a volume-by-volume basis, but when viewing the series as a whole. One can read all eight volumes in a sitting and a half, and really most of the volumes stand so poorly on their own that they really have to be judged collectively to be judged at all. Even by this completionist standard, Infinity 8 is a curious and underwhelming thing. It feels a bit like Valerian (if Valerian languished on the reject pile of Metal Hurlant) and trades on the concept of a luxurious, city-sized space ark that comes across a massive necropolis in interstellar space. The ship's captain is a strange alien that can "reboot time" by eight hours, eight times, so each volume of the series is more or less the same: a sexy female operative is summoned by the captain, endures sleazy come-ons by the executive officer, and is sent out to investigate the necropolis. Mayhem ensues, the ship is usually under dire peril, and eventually it all comes down to the captain rebooting things. The writers and artists tend to switch up by volume (Olivier Vatine has an especially good turn on the artwork in Volume 2, even if the writing in that one is, frankly, stupid and offensive), so the quality tends to vary a little. But the real problem here is that none of this really grabs us at all until the last volume when we finally understand what's going on. Expecting us to gut it out for seven volumes before finally getting to the real story is asking a but much, even if the eventual payoff is pretty interesting.
June 22, 2023
20cm x 29cm = D.L. January 2017 = 17� = eo
With my last review (1930-1932 Mickey Mouse strips) on my mind, I pulled this remembering that there was a swastika on the cover- to realize that it very specifically explores and lampoons the topic that I had termed for it pasted here:
� Symbolarceny �:
It's going to be weird seeing pre-nazi-theft swastikas (if that was its contemponomenclature) on gypsy and cannibal clothing that subtly appear over a year apart in here. Those megalomaniac monsters drastically polarized an objectively interesting symbol, throughout a shocking amount of the world, that even rises/bullies strong emotion and even action, simply by sight, that will surely endure at least 100 more years...
->-->--->---->----->------>------->-------->
and this absurdist comedy even plays out a future perception of it thousands hence, in which the symbol inspires a Better Homes and Gardens type fancy�tea�party following, in the full regalia they obsess over as slick fashion, that wouldn't dare cause any aggression or suffering- besides their own from cases of phenomenology to the point of desperate hobby collecting!
*The whole conflict of this tome was from them following their swastika scanner into a space graveyard!
With my last review (1930-1932 Mickey Mouse strips) on my mind, I pulled this remembering that there was a swastika on the cover- to realize that it very specifically explores and lampoons the topic that I had termed for it pasted here:
� Symbolarceny �:
It's going to be weird seeing pre-nazi-theft swastikas (if that was its contemponomenclature) on gypsy and cannibal clothing that subtly appear over a year apart in here. Those megalomaniac monsters drastically polarized an objectively interesting symbol, throughout a shocking amount of the world, that even rises/bullies strong emotion and even action, simply by sight, that will surely endure at least 100 more years...
->-->--->---->----->------>------->-------->
and this absurdist comedy even plays out a future perception of it thousands hence, in which the symbol inspires a Better Homes and Gardens type fancy�tea�party following, in the full regalia they obsess over as slick fashion, that wouldn't dare cause any aggression or suffering- besides their own from cases of phenomenology to the point of desperate hobby collecting!
*The whole conflict of this tome was from them following their swastika scanner into a space graveyard!
February 12, 2017
Recommandé par la Salle 101, ce second tome m'a paru moins bon.
Il est vrai que j'adhère moins au dessin de Vatine.
Il est vrai également que l'héroïne est moins charismatique que la précédente.
Il est vrai enfin que les nazis, je commence à en avoir mas claque comme ressort ironique.
Il est vrai que j'adhère moins au dessin de Vatine.
Il est vrai également que l'héroïne est moins charismatique que la précédente.
Il est vrai enfin que les nazis, je commence à en avoir mas claque comme ressort ironique.
January 8, 2018
Divertissant mais moins bon que le premier tome. C'est sûr que le titre nous a vendu un peu la mèche. J'ai quand même de voir la tournure des autres histoires.
January 31, 2018
Plutôt cliché et rébarbatif comme BD. L'on ne croit jamais à la "véracité" de cet univers; les personnages sont plutôt clichés peu intéressant. Le récit au final ne m'a pas rejoint...
July 19, 2018
Série étonnante et mystérieuse. Hâte de lire la suite, en espérant que Trondheim arrive cette fois à conserver le même niveau tout le long.
August 10, 2018
Pourquoi changer de dessinateur dans la même série? J'ai moins aimé les personnages que pour le premier tome et m'a accroché un peu... l'histoire, par contre, se tient bien.
December 12, 2022
Epic, world building, pointed and full of action! :D
October 29, 2023
3/5 - Graphic Novels
3/5 - Science Fiction
4/5 - Story
3/5 - Characters
3.25/5 - Rating
3/5 - Science Fiction
4/5 - Story
3/5 - Characters
3.25/5 - Rating
August 11, 2024
Cambio de estilo gráfico y una historia con nazis que se ríe de todo y de todos.
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