Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis by Dave Maass

Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis by Dave Maass

Mixing dystopian sci-fi, mythic fantasy, and zombie horror, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, is a graphic novel based on a suppressed opera written in 1943 by Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, two prisoners at the Terez n concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The authors did not live to see their masterpiece performed.

Set in an alternative universe where Atlantis never sank but instead became a technologically advanced tyranny, the power-mad buffoonish Emperor declares all-out war--everyone against everyone. Death goes on a labor strike, creating a hellscape where everyone fights, but no one dies. Can the spirit of Life stop this terror with the power of love?

Includes designs from the original opera, historical essays, photographs, and more.

One of New York Public Library's Top 10 Comics and Graphic Novels of 2024>

This is beautiful and strange, both for what it is and what it isn't. As a story it's fascinating and excellently told, as an artifact it's heartbreaking and affecting. More than a footnote in Holocaust literature or a lost libretto given visual shape, it's a reminder of what art is for, and how it saves and shapes us when everything else is gone.--Neil Gaiman

Maass's playful script, with its pitch-black humor and fiendish turns of phrase, honors the original opera. This parable captures the defiant spirit of artists.--Publishers Weekly

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ISBN 13	9781506737300
ISBN 10	1506737307
Title	Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis
Author	Dave Maass
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Dark Horse Comics,U.S.
Year published	2024-01-23
Number of pages	128
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