Really enjoyed the art in this comic, and the plot was a great example of a good story where the protagonist was utterly unlikable. It's also a good parable of the drawbacks of fanaticism of any stripe and the dangers of putting principle over people.

Ashes, Ashes is based on the novel Ravage by Rene Barjavel and follows the story of an unlikely crew trying to live through a power outage in Paris in 2052 that produces a hellish dystopian landscape. Our two main characters are Blanchette, an up-and-coming star in the music industry, and her childhood friend-turned-boyfriend Francois, who wants to pursue academia and study agricultural chemistry. Francois quickly takes charge and ensembles a group of like-minded people with various skills to increase the group's chances of survival in this new world. While I enjoyed the book overall, there were some issues with the pacing, particularly with the story abruptly taking off and ending equally out of the blue.

The real star of the show, however, is the art. Rey Macutay manages to draw people, animals, architecture, and objects with equal mastery and incredible attention to detail by utilizing motion, perspective, and composition. Experiencing the story through his art was fantastic, and it hugely lent to this being a first-class comic book experience. The art is complimented beautifully by the colorization by Walter. They use a combination of beautiful subdued palettes that only enhance the art, evoke the changes in pace, and compliment what's happening in the story.

I would recommend this book to a variety of readers, those looking for a good adventure, mystery, or who have an interest in dystopia and science fiction, with a caveat that the story gets very violent at times and contains scenes that are unsuitable for young readers.

'Ashes, Ashes' with story by Jean-David Morvan is a graphic novel about a world in turmoil and the group that survives it.

The story starts in the future with an old, but still powerful, man known as the Patriarch leading a group of people in the wilderness. We flash back to how he got there and see a vibrant Paris in the near future with flying cars and technology everywhere. There is a subplot about The Patriarch's girlfriend that seems more important than it turns out to be.

I have so many questions after reading this, and I really don't care if they are answered. The Patriarch is obviously anti-technology, but it's never completely clear where this comes from, and then he is not when it comes to advance medical tech. The art is actually decent, but the story is a muddle of things.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Magnetic Press, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

A story about a dystopian future. It was slow and confused me at parts. Personally I would not recommend it.

I have not read the book upon which this graphic novel is based. The graphic novel moves a little too quickly. I felt like parts of the overall plot and aspects of the characters were missing.

A comic about an apocalyptic future. Starts off like a normal drama but then everything goes to 100 quick when all electricity goes out. Am looking forward to the sequel.

Thank you to Netgalley and the author for allowing me to read this!

Amazing work! The art was amazing! This author did amazing. I loved the story and the plot of this graphic novel! I highly recommend.

I received an e-arc copy of this graphic novel through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

So, this was creepy and grotesque and utterly terrifying…The premise of our current world losing all of its electricity and technology is just soooo scary and this graphic novel showed a pretty gruesome post-apocalyptic world where only the toughest and cruelest people survive.😨
I absolutely loved the art, at least the less bloody scenes!😜 I disliked the main character and his total hate for any technology. At some point his antics just got too much to tolerate…🙄

I don't read comic books often, but after reading Ashes, Ashes, I believe that that will change in the future.
This is my first time reading a Jean-David Morvan comic so I didn't know what to expect, but my mind was blown! The drawings are detailed and skillfully done, even if they are graphic and horrible.
Morvan managed to portray the horrors of violence in a way that will stick with you for a long time.

The entire time I was reading this graphic novel I would've hated to be a family member of someone who lost their life in the 09/11 attack in 2001 here in the US. All I could think about the entire time I was reading this book was how scary it was as to how close it depicted the attacks on the world trade centers. I definitely don't recommend this graphic novel unless you can stomach watching that unfold every page you turn.

End of the world stories come in a variety of flavours, optimistic, nihilistic, sarcastic, there's something for everyone out there.

This one is something different, it begins with a battle in what we find out is the future, and the death of someone called the Patriarch, which leads to flashbacks of how this began, and the early days following a solar flare that wiped out all the electronics on earth. How Francois and Blanchette survived those days and went on to make a life for themselves.

What's most interesting is that it's a story that tells of Francois' descent into totalitarian thinking from being a libertarian at heart. How several small decisions, all of them necessary, forced a small shift in perspective, but again, all necessary, and how when added all together, they could make a person every bit as cruel as the people that twisted them.

It's brutal in many places, there are scenes of cruelty, violence, and gore throughout, and there's no corner shaved when it comes to painting how a world without law and order would be.

For those wondering if the book is pandering to Alt-Right thinking and justifying how a person might think that way, it's really not, it's the death of a thousand cuts, as the man that was becomes the man they need to be to survive in a world that has no care. The narrative is always well controlled and leads to a surprising ending from a character that I thought should have had more time in the book.

I enjoyed this a lot, strong writing, good enough to mean that you only need to read this once to get the message. The artwork was not in a style I like, but it was clear and got the scene across clean and clear.

Very good story, it didn't get five stars because I like the idea that a persons fate is in their own hands and you can always choose to be what you want to be, but this book had a convincing argument for why bad things happen and why they perpetuate and I would recommend it.

I received an eARC of this title through NetGalley in return for an honest review.

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this graphic novel. I think the subject matter it posses is interesting, but it took it a little too far for me. The artwork was well done and intriguing.

I just did not personally enjoy this graphic novel as much as I wanted to. I think it is good, but it is not something I would read again.

Hmmm... All I can say is I hope the original novel upon which this is based had a bit more subtlety – although given where we end up during this nonsense, I have to doubt it. We start in some future wastelands, when an aged Luddite, the Patriarch, is demanding that the new-fangled steam engine thingy is not finished, because he knows what it's like when humanity gets too dumb to stop working for itself and lets machines do it. Cut back to the year 2052 and France, where a beautiful woman is being made into a star by a base, obvious and sleazy mogul type, until all the machines everywhere pack up working, which includes the flying cars of course. Through the rain of destruction, it's up to Dwayne Johnson, er, sorry, no – an average student type, actually, to rescue her.

Don't get me wrong, some of the elements of this book are fine, but a lot aren't, and pretty much all the qualities are in the illustrations. The Patriarch appears to come back to life, and generally be an indestructible 129-year old, so those sections are quite clearly piffle, but it's the scenes in France that are the worst, tending towards the heinous. It's so bloody obvious and overt – ooh look, there's a load of flying cars, ooh look, there's a maglev station, where our younger Luddite dislikes the architecture (and lack of control he feels on the 20-odd minute trip the length of France). Subtlety clearly goes out the window when a plane goes through them – a high-rise's windows, that is. What follows is typical of one of those "... Has Fallen" films, where all the "known landmarks" get demolished – you know, as opposed to all those unknown landmarks.

And there's still room for further, really quite lame, switches, in what happens with the survivors bringing their Mad Max game on overnight. Add everything there to the extended scenes of joyless ennui the sleazy mogul had brought, and this really becomes a most skippable read, before descending even further into something purely laughable. It is quite amazing how this book shows the race to the bottom – much as the Patriarch might have warned. So yes, the artwork is really commendable, but boy this is a kind of trash that is seriously not worth your time of day. One and a half stars.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Ashes, Ashes by Jean-David Morvan is a sci-fi graphic novel that will appeal to fans of Star Trek. The story starts off in a post-apocalyptic world where people fight to the death in "tribal combat." The action scenes reminded me of The Walking Dead while the futuristic machines and modes of transportation reminded me of Mad Max. Thankfully, the story doesn't stay there, as one character flashes back to a time before the apocalypse. Back in 2052, in a futuristic world with abundant technology and flying cars, a loss of electricity causes the collapse of civilization.

Overall, Ashes, Ashes is a stunning graphic novel that is both inspired by and adds something new to the science fiction genre. Any science fiction will enjoy reading this book. One highlight of this book is the art. The people are drawn in a very realistic and beautiful way. I definitely continued reading because I enjoyed the art. Unfortunately, I thought most of the story was just mediocre. The part of the story that took place in 2052 was the most engaging for me. The rest was just kind of filler, and when I had reached the end of the book, I didn't feel any particular way about the book as a whole. If you're intrigued by the synopsis or if you're a fan of sci-fi graphic novels, you can check out this book when it comes out in October!