La Bête est morte ! #[nn]

This volume collects the complete 1944-1945 newspaper strip 'La Bête est morte !...', a landmark French allegorical comic that depicts World War II through the lens of anthropomorphic animals. Originally serialized during the war, the story follows the rise and fall of the 'Nazi beast' as seen from the perspective of various animal nations, with the Allies represented as a coalition of animals opposing the predatory Nazi forces. This 1995 Gallimard edition gathers the entire saga in a single hardcover, preserving the original artwork by Edmond-François Calvo and text by Victor Dancette and Pierre Olivier, making it a key historical document of wartime bande dessinée.