The Group: Aldebaran Vol. 2 [Paperback]

Leo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 16, 2009 | Series: Aldebaran

We return to Aldebaran, the planet where the first human colony in the solar system was founded. Mark and Kim, teenagers whose village was annihilated, have met a woman named Alexia during their escape. She is a biologist and a friend of Driss, the man who knows a lot about the catastrophe. Alexia shares Driss's secrets. The government is very interested in her and sends soldiers to pursue her. While trying to help her, Mark is arrested and languishes in prison for 3 years. It's the mysterious Mr. Pad, an odd character Mark has already met, who helps him escape from prison.

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About the Author

Leo was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1944. In 1968, having acquired an engineering degree, he was a member of the Leftist student movement. He had to leave his country in 1971 to escape from the military dictatorship. In 1974, he was back in Brazil and decided to devote himself to drawing. When Leo discovered European graphic novels, he decided to try his luck in France and settled in Paris in 1981. He started drawing stories in Okapi magazine in 1986, and in 1989, he illustrated an album about the life of Gandhi, published by Editions Centurion. His work drew the attention of scriptwriter Rodolphe, who entrusted him with the drawings for his new series, Trent. Leo's career was established. In 1993, he launched his own series: Aldebaran, a science fiction saga of which he is also the scriptwriter.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 15 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Cinebook, Ltd (January 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905460708
• ISBN-13: 978-1905460700
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,069,985 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This review is for this printed edition...not to the graphic novel, March 24, 2011

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This review is from: The Catastrophe: Aldebaran Vol. 1 (Leo Aldebaran) (Paperback)

IMPORTANT: I'M NOT REVIEWING THE GRAPHIC NOVEL BUT TO THIS PRINTED EDITION FROM CINEBOOK, LTD.

I must say the "The Worlds of Aldebaran" is one of the greatest, if not the greatest sci-fi graphic novel ever made, but CINEBOOK, LTD edition is not at the quality level of this graphic novel. I'm very careful with my stuff and I usually read my graphic novels open in no more than 90 degrees in order to protect them as much a I can, but no matter how neurotically careful I was with this volume, some pages just simply came right off and the entire back cover came off as well.

I'm very sorry I ordered the entire series from the fist volume to Betelgeuse... despite the fact that Leo's Aldebaran is a masterpiece I think is sad to spend your money on something with such a low quality.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't let this slip by, August 7, 2009

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James BraveWolf (Princeton, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Catastrophe: Aldebaran Vol. 1 (Leo Aldebaran) (Paperback)

Another outstanding graphic novel from CINEBOOK. So much of their publishing output is absolutely first rate, stories and art. This is another fine example of what they are publishing. SciFi, mystery, love story all combined. It doesn't get any better.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent sci-fi graphic novel, August 2, 2010

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Catastrophe: Aldebaran Vol. 1 (Leo Aldebaran) (Paperback)

"The Catastrophe: Aldebaran Vol. 1"
Written & Illustrated by Leo
(Dargaud Press/Cinebook, 1994/2009)
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This volume is the start of an excellent sci-fi epic by Brazilian-born cartoonist Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira (aka "LEO"). First published in France in 1994, "Aldebaran" tells the story of a distant human colony, long cut off from Earth as the result of a space program disaster. Over a century, the residents of Aldebaran 4 have spread across their new planet, and yet they know little about the weird sea creatures that live in the depths of the expansive oceans. The story's narrator, Mark Sorenson, is a restless seventeen-year old from a remote fishing village on one of Aldebaran's larger islands. He is unaware of the dark political dealings in the big cities, where a theocracy has taken over the government. Of more immediate concern to Mark and his friends is the appearance of an immense, mysterious sea creature which threatens the entire village, and propels him on a peril-fraught journey.

The Aldebaran series (which is continued in Leo's "Betelgeuse" and "Antares" books) bears the hallmarks of the classic European graphic novels -- finely crafted, draftsmanlike artwork, dense dialogue, and a steady, deliberate pace. There is also a freer attitude towards sex and greater emphasis on character development. Leo also brings a distinctly Brazilian feel to much of this story -- his space colony is multiracial and socially fluid, and in one scene, a musician plays the centuries-old music of Antonio Carlos Jobim. Most of all, though, is the conceptualization and realization of this fantastic future world. As I came to the end of the first volume, I was hungry for more. (Joe Sixpack, ReadThatAgain book reviews)