The Nikopol Trilogy

{{Short description|Series of graphic novels by Enki Bilal}} {{Infobox graphic novel| image=Nikopol trilogy cover.png |caption=Cover of the English edition of ''The Nikopol Trilogy'' |title=The Nikopol Trilogy |foreigntitle=La trilogie Nikopol |writers=[[Enki Bilal]] |artists=[[Enki Bilal]] |publisher=[[Les Humanoïdes Associés]] |transpublisher=[[Humanoids Publishing]] |transdate=1999 (English edition of the full trilogy) |transisbn=978-0967240121 }}

'''''The Nikopol Trilogy''''' is a series of three [[science fiction]] [[graphic novel]]s written in French by [[Yugoslavia]]n-born [[Enki Bilal]], published between 1980 and 1992. The original French titles of the series are ''[[La Foire aux immortels]]'' (1980), ''[[La Femme piège]]'' (1986), and ''[[Froid Équateur]]'' (1992), which in 1995 were collected together in a single volume entitled {{lang|fr|La Trilogie Nikopol}}. The individual stories were translated into English and published by [[Humanoids Publishing]] under the titles ''Gods in Chaos'', ''The Woman Trap'', and ''Cold Equator''.{{sfnp|Booker|2010|p=444|ps=}} In 1999, the trilogy was also published in English as a single volume, ''The Nikopol Trilogy''. The series is regarded as one of the most original science fiction comics which have revolutionised the conventions of comic art.{{sfnp|Moliterni|Mellot|Denni|1996|pp=103 & 106|ps=}}

The central plot of the trilogy, set in 2023 [[Paris]], follows Alcide Nikopol who returns from a 30-year sentence spent orbiting the [[Earth]] under [[cryopreservation]] to find France under fascist rule following two [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]]s.

The books have been adapted into the video game '' [[Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals]]'', published by [[White Birds Productions]], and a movie, entitled ''[[Immortal (2004 film)|Immortal]]''.

==Legacy== The track ''Nikopol'' by Portuguese electronic band [[Sensible Soccers]] on their 2014 album ''"8"'' was inspired by the trilogy.<ref name=2014Bodyspace>{{Cite web |last = Cecílio | first= Paulo | title= Sensible Soccers – Crescendo Por Você / Growing For You | url=https://bodyspace.net/entrevistas/588-sensible-soccers/ |access-date=2026-03-03 |date= 2014-03-24 | website=bodyspace.net |publisher= Bodyspace (Portuguese-language online music webzine) |language=pt }}</ref>

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'''Bibliography''' {{refbegin}} *{{citation |editor1-last=Booker |editor1-first=M. Keith |title=Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels |year=2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-35746-6}} *{{cite book |last1=Moliterni |first1=Claude |last2=Mellot |first2=Philippe |last3=Denni |first3=Michel |date=1996 |title=Les aventures de la BD |series=Collection « [[Découvertes Gallimard]] » (nº 273) |language=fr |location=Paris |publisher=Éditions Gallimard |isbn=978-2-07-053341-1}} {{refend}}

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