The work of Jules Verne, a monument of children’s literature, also reflected nineteenth-century Western thought: colonialism, absolute faith in progress and indifference to the environment. The screenwriter Jean-Michel Coblence and the designer Younn Locard dusted off this novel without betraying the original work.
On foot, on horseback, by car and much more! In praise of transport progress and modernity Around the world in 80 days enshrines the triumph of the railroad and the steamboats, as well as the shrinking of the world at the end of the 19th century. A monument of children’s literature signed Jules Verne that the scriptwriter Jean-Michel Coblence and the designer Younn Locard (winner of the Fauve d’or at the Angoulême comic book festival last year with Revolution) fortunately did not content themselves with tracing. Without ever betraying the original work, the tandem has skilfully dusted off it so that it continues to live and captivate future generations. Interview with Younn Locard.
“When Casterman contacted me to adapt the Jules Verne classic, with Jean-Michel Coblence, I said yes straight away. It is a book that I had read as a child and whose themes of travel, adventure and triumphant modernity I had appreciated. I come from a family where there is a tradition of inventors, engineers, travelers. Everyone knows this story, which has been adapted several times to cinema and comics, and I liked the idea of grabbing a big piece of our imagination. On re-reading, however, I was a little taken aback in some aspects.
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