Le Transperceneige
by Benjamin Legrandcomic book series· published 1982
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Snowpiercer (French: Le Transperceneige [lə tʁɑ̃spɛʁsnɛʒ]) is a four-volume post-apocalyptic, climate fiction graphic novel written by Jacques Lob and illustrated by Jean-Marc Rochette. The first volume was serialized in 1982 and published by Casterman under the title Le Transperceneige and later retitled The Escape. The series was continued in two volumes by writer Benjamin Legrand, replacing Jacques Lob, with The Explorers published in 1999 and The Crossing in 2000. A fourth volume, Terminus, was written by Olivier Bocquet and published in 2015, as a conclusion to the series. Titan Comics localized the series in English into three volumes with Snowpiercer: The Explorers compiled with The Crossing. It was followed by a prequel series in 2019.
Adaptations (2)
Le Transperceneige has been adapted 2 times, across film and television series, from 2013 to 2020. The most recent is Snowpiercer (2020).
Snowpiercer2013 · film · 126 min · dir. Bong Joon Ho · IMDb ↗In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Snowpiercer2020 · television series · 60 min · IMDb ↗IMDb6.9More than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe as class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.
