The electric state

A hauntingly beautiful sci-fi graphic novel from French publisher Akileos, The Electric State (2022–present) envisions a retro-futuristic America where a young woman and her robot companion journey through a crumbling landscape haunted by the remnants of a failed virtual-reality war. Created by artist Stéphane Levallois, this single-issue work adapts Simon Stålenhag’s acclaimed art book into a dense, painterly narrative that explores memory, loss, and the eerie stillness of a world abandoned by technology. It stands as a striking, self-contained vision that translates Stålenhag’s iconic, melancholic imagery into a cohesive sequential story.