Enki Bilal

The Profile

Enki Bilal (born 1951 in Belgrade) is a Yugoslav-born French comics artist, graphic novelist, painter and film director, best known for the Nikopol Trilogy.

The Nikopol Trilogy was first serialized in Pilote and published by Les Humanoides Associés; Bilal directed the film Immortal (Ad Vitam) released in 2004.

The supplied review praises Enki Bilal's Nikopol Trilogy as a masterpiece of comics and science fiction, highlighting a shift toward a distinctive, painterly graphic style. The trilogy's dystopian settings and complex characters are emphasized, with the first volume singled out by the reviewer. The film adaptation Immortal (Ad Vitam, 2004) is noted and dismissed by the reviewer.