Epix #1/1985
"Chicago Blues" introduces a moody, atmospheric tale set in North Africa, where a French officer’s fleeting romance with a tennis player and a local maid unravels amid shifting loyalties and hidden tensions. Written by Philippe Paringaux and illustrated in rich, evocative detail by Jacques de Loustal—whose distinctive style defines the issue’s mood—this story unfolds with quiet intensity. The cover, by Daniel Torres, captures its brooding tone, a striking visual that mirrors the narrative’s simmering undercurrents.
In "Chicago Blues," Frank Cassilis and Turner Grady find themselves hunted by the ruthless Costello, their pasts unraveling as secrets from the city's labor wars come to light. As tensions spike and violence erupts, a fateful encounter with gangster Sammy leaves Cassilis wounded and Grady’s true role in the conflict exposed.
In an alternate 1980s where Earth’s half is ravaged by drought and the outer planets are inhabited, the reclusive writer and nightclub owner Armando Mistral is drawn into a sudden, surreal mission when Pierre Kovalsky appears, claiming he is Roco Vargas and proposing a daring journey to ferry ice from Triton to save a dying world.
In "Rekreation," a man seeking solitude at a remote hotel stumbles into a chilling trap when he’s hypnotized by children from a nearby monastery. Drawn into their eerie world, he soon realizes too late that his escape is impossible—and his fate is already decided.
In the dusty heat of North Africa, a chance encounter aboard a ship sets off a quiet storm. As American tennis player Baby and her German friend Eva arrive, French officer Robert finds himself drawn into a web of fleeting moments and forbidden desires—first with Baby, then with the enigmatic maid Nedjma—before a sudden summons to a military tribunal upends everything.
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↩ Reprints Uneeda Comix #[nn] (1970), Fluide Glacial #21 (1978), Corto Maltese #1 (1983), Los álbumes de Cairo #4 (1984), Richard Corben - Obras Completas #5 (1985), Alter Alter #10/1983, Alter Alter #11/1983, Charlie Mensuel #27, Fluide Glacial #44, Fluide Glacial #45, Fluide Glacial #94, Fluide Glacial #99, Pilote Mensuel #118, Pilote Mensuel #124, (À Suivre) #74
Reprinted in Studio Epix #5 (5/1987) (1987)
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