# The Nikopol Trilogy

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Series of graphic novels by Enki Bilal

The Nikopol Trilogy (La trilogie Nikopol) Cover of the English edition of The Nikopol Trilogy Publisher Les Humanoïdes Associés Creative team Writers Enki Bilal Artists Enki Bilal Translation Publisher Humanoids Publishing Date 1999 (English edition of the full trilogy) ISBN 978-0967240121

***The Nikopol Trilogy*** is a series of three [science fiction](/source/Science_fiction) [graphic novels](/source/Graphic_novel) written in French by [Yugoslavian](/source/Yugoslavia)-born [Enki Bilal](/source/Enki_Bilal), published between 1980 and 1992. The original French titles of the series are *[La Foire aux immortels](/source/La_Foire_aux_immortels)* (1980), *[La Femme piège](/source/La_Femme_pi%C3%A8ge)* (1986), and *[Froid Équateur](/source/Froid_%C3%89quateur)* (1992), which in 1995 were collected together in a single volume entitled *La Trilogie Nikopol*. The individual stories were translated into English and published by [Humanoids Publishing](/source/Humanoids_Publishing) under the titles *Gods in Chaos*, *The Woman Trap*, and *Cold Equator*.[1] 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.[2]

The central plot of the trilogy, set in 2023 [Paris](/source/Paris), follows Alcide Nikopol who returns from a 30-year sentence spent orbiting the [Earth](/source/Earth) under [cryopreservation](/source/Cryopreservation) to find France under fascist rule following two [nuclear wars](/source/Nuclear_warfare).

The books have been adapted into the video game *[Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals](/source/Nikopol%3A_Secrets_of_the_Immortals)*, published by [White Birds Productions](/source/White_Birds_Productions), and a movie, entitled *[Immortal](/source/Immortal_(2004_film))*.

## Legacy

The track *Nikopol* by Portuguese electronic band [Sensible Soccers](/source/Sensible_Soccers) on their 2014 album *"8"* was inspired by the trilogy.[3]

## References

**Notes**

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBooker2010444_1-0)** [Booker (2010)](#CITEREFBooker2010), p. 444

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMoliterniMellotDenni1996103_&_106_2-0)** [Moliterni, Mellot & Denni (1996)](#CITEREFMoliterniMellotDenni1996), pp. 103 & 106

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2014Bodyspace_3-0)** Cecílio, Paulo (2014-03-24). ["Sensible Soccers – Crescendo Por Você / Growing For You"](https://bodyspace.net/entrevistas/588-sensible-soccers/). *bodyspace.net* (in Portuguese). Bodyspace (Portuguese-language online music webzine). Retrieved 2026-03-03.

**Bibliography**

- Booker, M. Keith, ed. (2010), *Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels*, ABC-CLIO, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-313-35746-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-35746-6)

- Moliterni, Claude; Mellot, Philippe; Denni, Michel (1996). *Les aventures de la BD*. Collection « [Découvertes Gallimard](/source/D%C3%A9couvertes_Gallimard) » (nº 273) (in French). Paris: Éditions Gallimard. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-2-07-053341-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-07-053341-1).

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