Trillium (comic)
| Comic | |
|---|---|
| country | Canada |
| author | Jeff Lemire |
| Illustrator | Jeff Lemire |
| publishing company | Vertigo |
| First publication | August 7, 2013 - April 2, 2014 |
| expenditure | 8th |
Trillium (German forest lily ) is an eight-part American comic series by the Canadian author and illustrator Jeff Lemire , which waspublishedby Vertigo from August 2013 to April 2014. The story is about the scientist Nika Temsmith, from the year 3797 and the English explorer William Pike, whocarried outan expedition through the Peruvian rainforest in1921. While Temsmith tries to save humanity, Pike is looking for a lost Incas templethat is said to have magical powers.
characters
- Nika Temsmith
- The scientist lives in a space station on a strange planet and researches the resident aliens there. Through her expertise in the field of linguistics , Temsith tries to establish contact. She has white hair, is resilient and very strong. Sometimes she sees her dead mother in dreams. Lemire describes Nika Temsmith as the heroine of the story.
- William Pike
- The First World War veteran experienced bad things during the war and has not been the same since. When he learns of a mysterious Inca temple, he sets out to find it. The blond Briton is very unstable and thus puts himself and his expedition members in danger.
action
- Chapter 1.1 - The Scientist
- In 3797 a virus ("The Caul") almost wiped out mankind. A total of only 4,000 people are still alive, spread across different colonies within the galaxy. Dr. Nika Temsmith lives and works on the planet Atabithi. She is researching an alien race that feed on a species of Trillium that is believed to be a potential salvation for humanity. However, it only grows within the walled alien area. One day Temsmith finds an opening in the wall and she enters the area. Inside there is a large Inca-like temple, with countless Trillium plants growing around it. They are greeted by a group of Atabithians. A kind of priestess sits in front of the temple and hands her a trillium leaf. She eats it and immediately feels strange and light-headed. Temsmith is then led to the temple and the priestess sticks a dagger into herself in the chest. When she arrives at the temple, she is left alone and locked up. Inside there is old armor, as in the times of the Spanish Inquisition . She goes through an exit and finds herself in front of a temple in the rainforest. In front of her stands a blond man with a bloody machete .
- Chapter 1.2 - The Soldier
- William Pike is looking for a lost Inca temple in the Peruvian rainforest. Meanwhile, he keeps having terrible memories of the First World War. The local guide warns the group about the dangerous area, but Pike wants to keep looking. The temple is said to be the home of the goddess Mama Kuka , the goddess of health and joy and possessing magical abilities. After a while, the group comes across an apparently deserted village where three people have been slashed and tied to stakes. Shortly afterwards, the group of natives is ambushed and killed. William Pike manages to escape. He comes to an old temple and meets a futuristic-looking woman.
background
In 2010, Jeff Lemire came up with the idea for an Adam Strange comic mini-series. Adam and Alanna Strange were supposed to travel back and forth between Earth and the planet Rann in an uncontrolled manner. When nothing came of this project, Lemire took up the basic idea of this story and developed Trillium from it . Jeff Lemire worked on the first issue of the series from January to April 2013, based on research for the period around 1920 and the conception of the world of the future. Lemire created the character of Nika Temsmith to challenge himself, as he has only had male main characters in his stories so far. The future plot was colored by Jeff Lemire himself with watercolors , while José Villarrubia colored the plot digitally in 1921. In future editions, both styles will overlap in order to clarify the connection between the two “worlds”.
The first edition was designed as a flipbook . Nika Temsmith's and William Pike's storylines converge on either side of the booklet and meet in the middle. Each page has exactly the same number of fields as its counterpart at the other end of the booklet.
Reviews
| source | rating |
|---|---|
| Trillium # 1 | |
| paste | 8.4 out of 10 |
| Bloody disgusting |
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| Comic Book Resources |
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| CraveOnline | 9 of 10 |
The first edition, released in August 2013, received consistently positive reviews. Sean Edgar from Paste magazine praised Jeff Lemire for the magazine and called it the best work he has written since Sweet Tooth : “ This is a piece by an artist, brought out from a dark place that no one has seen before. And since Lemire shares this, we can only say thank you. “Zac Thompson of the Bloody Disgusting website called the magazine a must-buy. Trillium is changing the way we read comics, tell stories and experience characters.
Web links
- Official website at Vertigo (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Vaneta Rogers: LEMIRE Treads New Creative Ground With New Vertigo Series TRILLIUM. In: Newsarama. TechMediaNetwork, Inc., August 6, 2013, accessed August 9, 2013 .
- ^ Josie Campbell: Lemire Paints a Bittersweet Romance with "Trillium". In: Comic Book Resources. Boiling Point Productions, June 11, 2013, accessed August 9, 2013 .
- ↑ Matt D. Wilson: 'The Last Love Story Ever Told': Jeff Lemire on 'Trillium' (INTERVIEW). In: MTV Geek . Viacom , August 7, 2013, accessed August 9, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Sean Edgar: Trillium # 1 by Jeff Lemire. In: paste. Wolfgang's Vault, August 8, 2013, accessed August 9, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Zac Thompson: 5 Skull Review: 'Trillium' # 1. In: Bloody Disgusting. The Collective, August 8, 2013, accessed August 9, 2013 .
- ↑ Kelly Thompson: Trillium # 1. In: Comic Book Resources. Boiling Point Productions, August 7, 2013, accessed August 9, 2013 .
- ^ Iann Robinson: Trillium # 1: Jeff Lemire's True Calling. In: CraveOnline. AtomicMedia, August 7, 2013, accessed August 9, 2013 .