The Tribute

Illustrated by Jean-Marc Rochette
Hardcover
$29.99 US
On sale Dec 12, 2023 | 160 Pages | 9781787739963

“Before Avatar came The Tribute” From the creative team behind the award winning Snowpiercer, comes the comic which is widely cited as being the inspiration for James Cameron’s Avatar The Tribute!

A soldier must go native to access a strange source of energy, but before long, he finds himself fighting to defend the alien world.


A team of scientists and soldiers land on an alien planet with the hope they will find a new source of energy. The expedition is vital for the survival of humankind as an intergalactic war is raging, and the team must battle a hostile climate and protective, indigenous species to unravel the mysteries of this extraordinary planet before it’s too late.

This thrilling fiction mixes classical and experimental forms and is widely considered a French sci-fi cult classic.
Benjamin Legrand was born in 1950 in Paris, France. He is a writer and assistant director, known for Snowpiercer, New York Mon Amour, and Lone Sloane: Delirius 2.

Jean-Marc Rochette (born 23 April 1956) is a French painter, illustrator and comics creator. He is best known and recognized for the comic book series Snowpiercer and Altitude, as well as for his illustrations of the literary classic Candide, or Optimism by Voltaire, and Homer's Odyssey.

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“Before Avatar came The Tribute” From the creative team behind the award winning Snowpiercer, comes the comic which is widely cited as being the inspiration for James Cameron’s Avatar The Tribute!

A soldier must go native to access a strange source of energy, but before long, he finds himself fighting to defend the alien world.


A team of scientists and soldiers land on an alien planet with the hope they will find a new source of energy. The expedition is vital for the survival of humankind as an intergalactic war is raging, and the team must battle a hostile climate and protective, indigenous species to unravel the mysteries of this extraordinary planet before it’s too late.

This thrilling fiction mixes classical and experimental forms and is widely considered a French sci-fi cult classic.

Author

Benjamin Legrand was born in 1950 in Paris, France. He is a writer and assistant director, known for Snowpiercer, New York Mon Amour, and Lone Sloane: Delirius 2.

Jean-Marc Rochette (born 23 April 1956) is a French painter, illustrator and comics creator. He is best known and recognized for the comic book series Snowpiercer and Altitude, as well as for his illustrations of the literary classic Candide, or Optimism by Voltaire, and Homer's Odyssey.

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