En cours de chargement...
The famous stiff rakes, Docteur Mystère and his heroic assistant
Cigale, are shot at the moon in a cave projectile. First, they'll set
foot on it. But on board, they're stuck with a stowaway. The handsome
Lady Rowena is looking for her missing fiance who she knows is on the
moon. Oermacho Mystère decides not to defy this woman's logic because
on the moon a welcome committee of strange creatures awaits them.
A
little further on, by a red-and-white checkered rocket, lies the
corpse of a white fox terrier. The drawings are a true tribute to the
naïve adventure tones of the early 20th century, and seem to have run
away from Jules Vernes adventure books. A smiling moon, false
perspectives, the main characters that Blake and Mortimer-wise always
and everywhere keep their composure and phlegma,...
make the strip
seem wonderfully dated. The contrast with the bone-dry humour and the
many persiflages (Star Wars, Alien, Mars Attacks, Star Trek,
Goldorak,...) is all the stronger. But despite this crassness, The
War of the Worlds remains a very consistent story full of brilliant
dialogues.