The Dormant Beast

In 2002, Humanoids published The Dormant Beast, a single-issue graphic novel by writer/artist Enki Bilal, with co-writer Taras Otus. This dense, philosophical work weaves a speculative narrative set in a near-future Europe, exploring themes of memory, identity, and political decay through Bilal’s signature painterly, surreal art. It stands as a striking, self-contained entry in Bilal’s broader, acclaimed body of dystopian fiction.