In a 2019 review of Mathiew Bablet’s graphic novel Shangri-La, Augie De Blieck Jr. had plenty of great things to say about the book. “It’s beautifully drawn with a very cinematic eye,” De Blieck wrote. “If Bryan Hitch was French and wanted to draw manga, this would be the result.”
That graphic novel was the first book in a trilogy; this year, the concluding volume, Silent Jenny, is set for publication via Magnetic Press and ONI Press. A fundraising campaign is set to begin soon on Kickstarter; we’re pleased to debut the cover art above.
Here’s how the publisher describes the book:
SILENT JENNY explores a not-too-distant future, where climate change continues to ravage the planet, and the disappearance of insects has led to the end of pollination, rendering vast areas of land infertile. A survival dynamic has emerged—mobile cities called “monads” have formed, and people strive to help each other; each group with its own customs, traditions, and ways of life.
Jenny is a rather solitary researcher trying to restore the world as it once was. She seeks to recover bee DNA to clone and re-create pollinating insects. However, she will come to realize that this is impossible—the old world no longer exists, and a new one must be built. She will have to make peace with the notion that all things come to an end, no matter how much you may fight the inevitable...
The Kickstarter campaign will also feature an art book, Codex, with the cover artwork featured below.
