Metaphrog's Sandra Marrs has reviewed one of her favourite graphic novels for Digital Spy.

One half of the Louis creative team, she has chosen Enki Bilal's The Woman Trap.

Enki Bilal

"The Woman Trap (La Femme PiÃ¨ge) by Enki Bilal, originally published in 1986 by Dargaud, is the second book of the Nikopol trilogy, and the graphic novel that got me back into reading comics when I was 16.

"The artwork blew me away, and the story was just perfect for a dark, grumpy teenager.

"Re-reading it now, I find the storytelling perhaps a little murky, and some of it is slightly overwritten, but still is a great read, with fantastic cinematic, painted artwork.

"Set in 2025, Jill Bioskop is a journalist who writes back in time through a Script-Walker, and has a liaison with an alien.

Enki Bilal

Enki Bilal

"As she learns of his death in a bombing, she descends into drug-induced hallucinations, and believes she is killing any man who approaches her. Her story becomes intertwined with Egyptian gods and Alcide Nikopol.

"Bilal is one of the biggest artists in France, and oddly, isn't that well known in the UK or US. His art is at a crossroads between comics, cinema (he has directed films too), and contemporary art.

"Each one of his frames can stand on its own as a painting. His work was a major influence on me starting making comics, and perhaps one reason the Louis graphic novels are hand-painted."

Louis: Red Letter Day and Louis: Night Salad are available on the Sequential iPad app.

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