Part of Series
Mermaid Project est une série imaginée par Leo, Corine Jamar et Fred Simon qui, on le découvre dans ce 1er tome, s'inscrit dans un futur pas si lointain, dans un monde qui a subi de profonds bouleversements climatiques et économiques... Le 1er épisode de Mermaid Project, nous entraîne sur les pas de l'inspecteur Romane Pennac. ... Celle-ci se voit confier des enquêtes sans intérêt jusqu'au jour où un couple vient la voir pour lui parler du décès de leur fille dont le corps a, en outre, disparu. La jeune fille travaillait à New York pour la société Algapower, une entreprise spécialisée dans la production de méthane (un substitut au pétrole, devenu rare) qui procède à des manipulations génétiques sur des algues afin d'en tirer de l'énergie. Romane, dont le frère travaille pour Algapower, réussit à convaincre son chef d'aller enquêter à New York. Sur place, elle découvre que les activités de la société ne se limitent pas à la production énergétique et que leurs expériences vont bien plus loin que l'imaginable... Ce premier volet de Mermaid Project annonce un grand polar d'anticipation et une bande dessinée qui donne à réfléchir !
Author
Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira (born on December 13, 1944 in Brazil),[1] more famous under his artist name LEO is a Brazilian comics creator. After having graduated as an engineer in mechanics, Oliveira left Brazil because of the military dictatorship that was in power at the time. He went first to Chile, but the following year saw the Chilean coup of 1973. This led Oliveira to leave, moving to Argentina, from where he finally returned to Brazil in 1974. He found work as an illustrator in the advertising industry of São Paulo, before once more leaving Brazil, in 1981, this time moving to France, hoping to illustrate comics. However as the Franco-Belgian comics industry was in recession at the time, he was forced to work in advertising once again, although he managed to get the occasional piece published in L'Écho des savanes and Pilote. In 1986, with the assistance of Jean-Claude Forest, Oliveira began contributing to the youth dedicated magazines of Bayard Presse. He illustrated true stories for Okapi magazine. He then recounted Mahatma Gandhi's life in the album Gandhi, le pèlerin de la paix, for Astrapi. In 1988, the comics writer Rodolphe asked him to provide the artwork for his stories. Their collaboration proved fruitful, producing 8 albums of material for their Trent series and 5 for their Kenya one. In 1993, Oleveira finally achieved an old dream when Dargaud agreed to publish his first solo series: Aldébaran. In 2000, after 5 volumes of Aldébaran, he launched Bételgeuse, which was nominated for the Prize for a Series at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2004.
