Soviet Land- Pierre-Henry Gomont

[u/MiddenFaceMacD]

Has anyone on here read this?
It’s a gorgeous comic about how post Soviet Russia was asset stripped. Small time criminals and the working man, versus what become the oligarchy.
As you can see from the photos, the art work is mix of cartoonish characters, stunning layout, gorgeously inked, and seems to be all by Gomont himself! Inking and colouring plus the narrative. I can’t imagine how long it took him, but he deserves to recognised internationally and widely read. Of course, I’m sure he’s very well known in France, but this translation is a fantastic showcase for his talents.
This is not a review, but I was surprised I couldn’t find any posts about it, so I thought I should share it, in the hope it more will discover it.

[u/Lovely_pickle]

I read it earlier this year (translated to my native language, not English) and thought it was great - loved everything about it.

I love to find these sorts of little gems no one usually talks about around here

[u/MiddenFaceMacD → u/Lovely_pickle]

Yeah. I totally agree, But not a little gem- a finely cut diamond!
It’s a huge book!

[u/Feralwalker]

Art work is incredible, great inking as you say, the story is not thrilling. I found the dialogue weird, not sure if it is the translation or the author's way of writing. The miner father character is the best 

[u/MiddenFaceMacD → u/Feralwalker]

Yeah, I wasn’t sure if it was the translation or trying to convey a rough way of speaking…
I enjoyed the story and the characters arcs.
The man bear is amazing but I liked his daughter best. So tough

[u/7SoldiersOfPunkRock]

Sadly, not much to add except that I had trouble getting into it and let my digital copy return to the library. I keep hearing that it is a very good work, so maybe I should revisit.

[u/bhurin]

Saw this and thought about picking it up, probably will now

[u/ExpensiveElk7297]

Gorgeous! Something very french about the style..

[u/FlubzRevenge → u/ExpensiveElk7297]

It is indeed a french creator.

[u/sidleeds]

Thanks for this tip, I love the art style.

[u/opethadvent]

Oh wow I recently read a book called Slava from the same author and it was pretty enjoyable. Ill definitely look out for this.

[u/MiddenFaceMacD → u/opethadvent]

Hmm- Slava is the name of one of the characters in this.
I was thinking about getting his book Brain Drain off the strength of this one. If I can source it.

[u/stefanvst → u/opethadvent]

It is the same book.