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The Fever in Urbicande

The Fever in Urbicande

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  • Author：Benoît Peeters
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Visit a land full of mystery， ancient alchemy， and modern technologies in this award winning graphic novel series， now in a new edition with all-new colors and an updated translation！

The second book in the original The Obscure Cities series， The Fever in Urbicande was first published in English by NBM in 1990 in black and white。 This updated edition features an all-new translation by ALA award-winning translator Ivanka Hahnenberger and Stephen D。 Smith， and beautiful new coloring supervised by Schuiten and Peeters。

Eugen Robick， Urbatect of Urbicande has been working on restructuring the city for the Commission of High Instances。 With the South side completed， he wants to move on to the Northern part， in order to make the city symmetrical again。 But the Rapporter General is not listening。

While thinking about how to convince the Commission of High Instances to continue construction， Robick receives a cube found during ground work for the Von Hardenberg company。 The cube starts to grow and turns into a network。 Soon the network is too big for his house and begins to disrupt the entire structure of Urbicande。 When Robick's friend Thomas becomes the new Rapporter General， he asks for his help， but Robick has his own ideas about what to do and refuses。

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Reviews

Milla ，

Miljööstä ja etenkin päähenkilöstä tulee mieleen Fullmetal Alchemist！ Kiinnostava teos， yksinkertaisuudessaan hyvin pohdiskeleva。 Pidin piirrostyylistä paljon。

Lotte ，

Second installment in the Cités obscures series。 We turn away from art nouveau to dive right into art deco and architecture reminiscent of fascist regimes。 Yet this strict hierarchised society is shaken upside down when a cubic arrives 。。。 and starts expanding。 This abstract force changes the relations in society and （view spoiler）[then suddenly disappears， remaining a mistery （hide spoiler）]。 This might have been too abstract to my taste。 Second installment in the Cités obscures series。 We turn away from art nouveau to dive right into art deco and architecture reminiscent of fascist regimes。 Yet this strict hierarchised society is shaken upside down when a cubic arrives 。。。 and starts expanding。 This abstract force changes the relations in society and （view spoiler）[then suddenly disappears， remaining a mistery （hide spoiler）]。 This might have been too abstract to my taste。 。。。more

Ritinha ，

Das pirexias arquitectónicasNuma distopia （que se apresenta como utopia mas de aroma claramente duvidoso） em que a arquitectura desempenha um papel central numa segregação por classes， uma estrutura inicia um ciclo de crescimento aparentemente exponencial。Deste fenómeno tudo parte e para ele tudo converge。 A implosão de uma sociedade， desejada isolada， pelo até então proibido convívio com «os outros»， num deboche figurado mas também factual。 A crise identitária， a falência das crenças， a incerte Das pirexias arquitectónicasNuma distopia （que se apresenta como utopia mas de aroma claramente duvidoso） em que a arquitectura desempenha um papel central numa segregação por classes， uma estrutura inicia um ciclo de crescimento aparentemente exponencial。Deste fenómeno tudo parte e para ele tudo converge。 A implosão de uma sociedade， desejada isolada， pelo até então proibido convívio com «os outros»， num deboche figurado mas também factual。 A crise identitária， a falência das crenças， a incerteza da origem e do futuro。 Erigido em tudo isto temos， acima de tudo， uma sólida base para a exuberância visual que esperamos da dupla Schuiten/Peeters， num exercício que tem tanto de exploratório como de irónico （cf。 apêndices + epílogo）。 。。。more

Martti ，

What a weird premise。 Too many things left unsaid and unexplained。 Why is there a totalitarian regime on the south bank？ Why aren't two bridges enough？ Where is this taking place？ Why does it end with some weird "analysis" and Brazil？ What the hell is going on？ But the art was nice。 Also the fact that it was translated into Estonian - we don't get many graphic novels。 What a weird premise。 Too many things left unsaid and unexplained。 Why is there a totalitarian regime on the south bank？ Why aren't two bridges enough？ Where is this taking place？ Why does it end with some weird "analysis" and Brazil？ What the hell is going on？ But the art was nice。 Also the fact that it was translated into Estonian - we don't get many graphic novels。 。。。more

Yohann Zermati ，

Histoire de cube qui grandit et bouleverse une architecture "parfaite"， fait le lien avec l'autre rive et dépasse la cité pour aller dans le système solaire。 Étonnant， un peu bizarre， un sentiment partagé après la lecture， une lecture symbolique qui commence à se dessiner。。。 Histoire de cube qui grandit et bouleverse une architecture "parfaite"， fait le lien avec l'autre rive et dépasse la cité pour aller dans le système solaire。 Étonnant， un peu bizarre， un sentiment partagé après la lecture， une lecture symbolique qui commence à se dessiner。。。 。。。more

Nathalie Vanhauwaert ，

Album culte publié en Noir et Blanc en 1983 dans le magazine bd "A suivre"。 A l'époque c'était la contrainte chez Casterman : le noir et blanc lorsqu'un album dépassait les 48 pages。Il fut récompensé à Angoulême pour le meilleur album。Robick est urbatecte à Urbicande， un monde imaginaire。 Il est préoccupé par l'équilibre urbain de la ville et la commission lui refuse la construction d'un troisième pont qui réunirait les rives Nord et Sud。On lui a apporté un étrange cube trouvé sur un chantier， c Album culte publié en Noir et Blanc en 1983 dans le magazine bd "A suivre"。 A l'époque c'était la contrainte chez Casterman : le noir et blanc lorsqu'un album dépassait les 48 pages。Il fut récompensé à Angoulême pour le meilleur album。Robick est urbatecte à Urbicande， un monde imaginaire。 Il est préoccupé par l'équilibre urbain de la ville et la commission lui refuse la construction d'un troisième pont qui réunirait les rives Nord et Sud。On lui a apporté un étrange cube trouvé sur un chantier， ce cube est posé sur son bureau dans une matière inconnue。 Ce cube va prendre toute la place au sens propre comme figuré car il va se mettre à grandir， encore et toujours perturbant l'ordre de la ville et l'envahissant complètement。Un thème intéressant qui va mettre en avant le contrôle de la ville ， une réunification possible， une perte de contrôle， de pouvoir des autorités en place， il met en avant également la répression des idées， des individus， la privation de liberté， le libre arbitre。。。。 Cette bd culte nous revient colorisée 35 ans après sa première publication。 C'est Jack Durieux qui durant le premier confinement a colorisé l'album par ordinateur， une technique qui a permis de donner une autre dimension à cet album。 Il est intervenu sur le trait de François Schuiten avec l'accord de celui-ci。Amateur d'architecture， d'album futuriste， de monde imaginaire c'est l'occasion de découvrir ou de redécouvrir cette superbe bd。Ma note : 9/10https://nathavh49。blogspot。com/2021/0。。。 。。。more

Stephane ，

This little story， set in the city of Urbicande， totally took my by surprise。 Urbicande is a city obsessed with architectural perfection， massive building， straight lines with no details， and clarity of design （think the Pyramids。。。） One day， while digging for a new construction， a strange cube is found， a cube so hard that it breaks the diggers （in reality， it is not really a cube， rather just the edges of an empty cube。。。） While the head architect ponders about the meaning of this， he notices This little story， set in the city of Urbicande， totally took my by surprise。 Urbicande is a city obsessed with architectural perfection， massive building， straight lines with no details， and clarity of design （think the Pyramids。。。） One day， while digging for a new construction， a strange cube is found， a cube so hard that it breaks the diggers （in reality， it is not really a cube， rather just the edges of an empty cube。。。） While the head architect ponders about the meaning of this， he notices that the cube seems to grow; this growth turns out to be exponential， and unstoppable。And this is where the fun starts。 The cube， starting small and growing， bigger and bigger， can be interpreted in any ways you want （even many interpretations are suggested at the end of the book。。。） I would say the cube was an analogy with the very concept of an ideas。 An idea that starts small， in this instances even discovered by accident， and then begins to grow， to eventually encompass all aspect of the life of the city。 And how do the authority react to this idea/cube？ When at first the cube is very small， it is with lack of interest， denial even。 Then as the cube extend to the size of a few buildings， thus begins an active and aggressive attempt to destroy it， with tools first， then with weapons。 Once it becomes obvious that the cube can't be destroyed， the government pivot to a vigilant monitoring of the cube， controlling its uses by the citizen rigorously。 Even that， eventually， does not work。 People start the ignore the rules， discretely at first， then more openly， as the repression fades。。。 until eventually almost everybody realizes that the presence of the cube， while disturbing to the architectural perfection of the city， enriches their life， allowing them to create connections with others。 So much than once the cube is gone， they attempt to rebuild it， with little success。 Whatever this analogy might turn out to be， religion， God， political or financial system。。。 I think it can be many things， or maybe nothing， maybe just a story about how， as I said， an idea from humble beginning can grow， and grow， like an unstoppable force， to a point where it structures the entire life of a community。 When the cube is gone， as I said， and the city attempts to replace it with no success （it only results in tragedy） perhaps it is also saying something about the divine nature of ideas and the corruption that human action imposes on them， in a very Platonic reading。 Who knows， but it was very interesting to me。 Of course， being a French comic， there must be an rather uninspiring love story that seems to bore even the protagonist。。。 I think involving love in that story was a great idea， bringing a little chaos in there， love， the x factor， but it is not given the philosophical considerations it should here， therefore remaining rather like a moot point。 Nonetheless， I will scramble to find more work from this series now， and I hope that they all have the same philosophical tendencies。 It might be hard， this is rather obscure。 Should be better known。 。。。more

Jan ，

Fremragende - især denne historie ;-） - forunderligt og fantastisk

Joao Correia ，

Um livro magistral visualmente - e aquele cubo é uma metáfora poderosa para todas as mudanças disruprivas e as consequentes reações sociais e políticas。 Uma anatomia dos instrumentos de poder e de empatia。 E o fascínio pelo exercício da arquitectura a partir do desenho。

Meelik Mallene ，

Teretulnud täiendus eestikeelsete graafiliste romaanide ning koomiksialbumite kasinasse ritta。Urbicande’i linna ilmub müstiline sõrestik， mis hakkab kasvama ja haarab endasse kogu linna。 Mõtisklus arhitektuuri rollist totalitaarsete režiimide kujundamises。Loodan， et see ei jää Arhitektuurimuuseumi ainsaks sellesarnakseks üllitiseks。

Tiina ，

Väga põnev graafiline romaan ulmelisest Rubicku "kuubikust" ehk sõrestikust， mis linna üle võimust võtab。 Jah， ulmeline， aga samas näitlikustab tänapäevaseid linnaplaneerimise põhimõtteid。Suurepärane kogemus lugeda seda ja külastada Arhitektuurimuuseumi näitust。 Väga põnev graafiline romaan ulmelisest Rubicku "kuubikust" ehk sõrestikust， mis linna üle võimust võtab。 Jah， ulmeline， aga samas näitlikustab tänapäevaseid linnaplaneerimise põhimõtteid。Suurepärane kogemus lugeda seda ja külastada Arhitektuurimuuseumi näitust。 。。。more

Kaat Brax ，

This is probably my favourite comic book series and I haven't even read all of them。 My dad introduced the dark cities to me and it showed me what graphic novels could be。 When you read this book you have the sense that there is so much more going on。 But it isn't about that more; it's about the people here， and now。 And how they act。 Crazy beautiful， it just is something else。 This is probably my favourite comic book series and I haven't even read all of them。 My dad introduced the dark cities to me and it showed me what graphic novels could be。 When you read this book you have the sense that there is so much more going on。 But it isn't about that more; it's about the people here， and now。 And how they act。 Crazy beautiful， it just is something else。 。。。more

Titus Bird ，

This is my second taste of the Obscure Cities series， after having very much enjoyed Les Murailles de Samaris。 This is essentially more of the same: a self-contained， enigmatic， open-ended story that feels laden with meaning。 It's a style that I love， and here the execution is even better。This story takes Les Murailles de Samaris's focus on architecture and urban planning and brings it very much to centre stage from the outset。 This might not sound particularly appealing to anyone without a spec This is my second taste of the Obscure Cities series， after having very much enjoyed Les Murailles de Samaris。 This is essentially more of the same: a self-contained， enigmatic， open-ended story that feels laden with meaning。 It's a style that I love， and here the execution is even better。This story takes Les Murailles de Samaris's focus on architecture and urban planning and brings it very much to centre stage from the outset。 This might not sound particularly appealing to anyone without a special interest in the topic， but Schuiten and Peeters approach the subject from such an original and intriguing angle as to make it fascinating to any reader。 Just as you don't need any interest in or knowledge of Austro-Hungarian bureaucracy to love Kafka， you don't need to know anything about architecture to be engrossed in the world of Les Cités Obscures。 And that's a comparison I've chosen quite deliberately， as this comic is certainly reminiscent of Kafka。Although the main theme and overall tone are the same， the actual story and central premise are completely different to that of Les Murailles de Samaris。 Whereas that work involves a great journey to a distant city， this one focuses on a single society， exploring its politics and social fabric in detail。 This volume also pays more attention to fleshing out its protagonist's character， though he still remains somewhat distant and inscrutable。 Another difference is that this volume is in black and white， a fact that I don't think makes the art look any worse or better than in the first book: as before， Schuiten does a great job of depicting an awe-inspiring city， using not just architecture but also fashion to give Urbicande a unique feel。Overall， this comic is fantastic in every sense of the word， and I'm very keen to read more of this series。 。。。more

Marc Bosch ，

Hipótesis Den Bosch: El cubo es el acontecimiento que otorga a Eugene Robick la oportunidad de revisar sus postulados formalistas basados exclusivamente en la racionalización y adentrarse en los espacios intuitivos y emocionales que solo es posible contemplar desde la conciencia que se obtiene al transitar hacia la sombría orilla norte。Los dibujos， los postulados y el juego de notas， cartas e investigaciones que acompañan este segundo tomo de las ciudades oscuras reflejan la sabiduría y maestría Hipótesis Den Bosch: El cubo es el acontecimiento que otorga a Eugene Robick la oportunidad de revisar sus postulados formalistas basados exclusivamente en la racionalización y adentrarse en los espacios intuitivos y emocionales que solo es posible contemplar desde la conciencia que se obtiene al transitar hacia la sombría orilla norte。Los dibujos， los postulados y el juego de notas， cartas e investigaciones que acompañan este segundo tomo de las ciudades oscuras reflejan la sabiduría y maestría de Schuiten-Peeters。 。。。more

Rex Hurst ，

Part of the Cities of the Fantastic series。 Eugen Robick designs the perfect city until a foreign element invades， a grid of beams which grows to gigantic proportions， throwing all well-laid plans into disarray but somehow making everyone realize the errors of their ways。 An ironic work with stunning visuals， like all of the entries in this series。

Tristan ，

This graphic novel has extraordinary art， half way between the engravings illustrating Jules Verne novels and the totalitarian architecture of the Nazis and the Stalinists。 The characters are stylised as impossibly stiff， to reflect their inflexible mindsets。The story is very surreal。 In a partitioned city， divided entirely by man-made politics， the lives of a naive and oblivious city planning architect， an opportunist politician， and a social climbing brothel owner， are turned over by the total This graphic novel has extraordinary art， half way between the engravings illustrating Jules Verne novels and the totalitarian architecture of the Nazis and the Stalinists。 The characters are stylised as impossibly stiff， to reflect their inflexible mindsets。The story is very surreal。 In a partitioned city， divided entirely by man-made politics， the lives of a naive and oblivious city planning architect， an opportunist politician， and a social climbing brothel owner， are turned over by the totally unexplained apparition and development of a cubic network， which grows from a small cube to a vast latticework dominating the city， before growing to a planetary and even sidereal scale。 There’s no rime or reason to the plot， other than philosophising on the futility of human social order， political constructs， and beliefs。The scoliosed powers of the city are completely unable to comprehend or cope with inexorable events that trample everything they hold dear。 The architect and the politician flounder， ending up being the opposite of who they were are the beginning， but still as deluded。 The only one to show any energy or initiative， the brothel owner， has vanished at the end， mainly because she has outgrown the two men and moved on， discarding the useless and unchanging tools she has used and found deficient， a bit like the unnatural network moving on to different planes。A very strange， unsettling， dreamlike， and yet at times terribly cliched story， but beautiful enough to reward repeated readings。 。。。more

Lúcia Fonseca ，

Um dia o urbiteto （arquiteto da Urbicandia）， descobre um cubo feito de material desconhecido e que cresce de tal forma que vem a perturbar o normal funcionamento da cidade e os habitantes。 A história é isto， o diário de Eugen Robick， o urbiteto， que testemunha durante meses o desenvolvimento desse cubo misterioso。 O argumento de Peeters não me prendeu。 Até achei algumas partes desnecessárias。 O mais interessante foi mesmo a arte de Schuiten。

César ，

É um pouco datado， mas as lembranças da A Suivre que me despertou fizeram-me perdoá-las。

Irena Pranjić ，

Reviewe koje objavljujem odraz su moje potrebe da pišem o čemu sve razmišljam dok čitam i da to podijelim virtualno， obzirom da u analognoj stvarosti nemam s kim razgovarati o takvim temama。 To nisu naručeni ni namjenski tekstovi i nitko ih ne bi trebao čitati ako to ne želi。 Volim pisati ove osvrte zato jer u tom pisanju nema prisile ni moranja， stoga ću si u duhu te slobode dozvoliti da budem jednako iskrena po pitanju onog što mi se pri čitanju jest ili nije svidjelo。Imala sam dosta problema Reviewe koje objavljujem odraz su moje potrebe da pišem o čemu sve razmišljam dok čitam i da to podijelim virtualno， obzirom da u analognoj stvarosti nemam s kim razgovarati o takvim temama。 To nisu naručeni ni namjenski tekstovi i nitko ih ne bi trebao čitati ako to ne želi。 Volim pisati ove osvrte zato jer u tom pisanju nema prisile ni moranja， stoga ću si u duhu te slobode dozvoliti da budem jednako iskrena po pitanju onog što mi se pri čitanju jest ili nije svidjelo。Imala sam dosta problema s tim da se natjeram na čitanje Opskurnih gradova jer me silno odbijao njegov hvaljeni crtež。 Iako mi je bilo drago što se trudi dosljedno provoditi likovnost grafičkih mapa iz 18。 i 19。 stoljeća， naročito u crno-bijelom kontrastiranju prostornih planova （u pogovoru Tornjeva navodi se da je uzor za to bio Pinaresijev ciklus "Imaginarni zatvori"） smetala mi je njegova sterilna urednost u kojoj je zatomljen svaki trag kretanja ruke i crtačevog impulsa。 Osim toga， cjelina table mi je djelovala zagušeno， a kompozicije kadrova kao da nisu davale pravo uporište raskošnoj težini prizora koje su nosile， i onda su još povrh sveg tog štreberskog perfekcionizma greške u crtanju anatomije izdajnički sramotile ambicioznog crtača。 Zbog svega toga čitanju sam pristupila gotovo protiv svoje volje， s namjerom da savladam ovaj klasik samo zato jer ga u svojoj glavi treba imati svatko tko za sebe tvrdi da se bavi stripom。 Na prvo listanje primijetila sam i da ženski likovi zauzimaju oko 10 % radnje i da su to sve redom mlade djevojke koje elegantno pokazuju sise， na što sam dodatno uzdahnula jednako kao što bih uzdahnula pri， recimo， listanju priručnika za računanje trigonometrijskih vrijednosti lansirnih rampi projektila na raketni pogon， jer je na prvi pogled izgledalo kao da ta materija naprosto nije za mene。 No， kako sam krenula s čitanjem， dojmovi su se izokrenuli。 Crtež je u funkciji priče postao sasvim smislen – dobro je nosio radnju i nije usporavao čitanje unatoč brojnim detaljima。 Kada su se priče rasplele i kada sam došla do toga da počinjem ubirati idejnu nit koja ih povezuje， najednom je sve to nacrtano preobilje raskošnih prostora postalo opravdano， jer je postalo jasno da je prostor zapravo glavni lik ovog niza albuma。 Svaki od devet albuma priča je za sebe， no sve ih povezuje ideja prostora čijoj se širini， visini i dužini dodaje još poneka dimenzija。 U tim se prostorima sukobljavaju geometrija， kao sagledivi， racionalni princip i nesaglediv svijet prirodnog i nagonskog， čiji život stalno i nekontrolirano buja。 U stripu je taj odnos podcrtan odabirom glavnih likova， sve redom racionalnih tipova kojima su povjerene velike i važne misije zato jer sjajno barataju zdravim razumom ili modernom tehnologjiom ili znanstvenim činjenicama ili pak proračunima i matematičkim formulama。 No， njihove misije kao i samu srž njihovog racionalnog bića opstruiraju brojni neobjašnjivi fenomeni koji ih izbacuju iz šina。 U tom kontekstu ženski likovi koje susreću preuzimaju ulogu nadahnuća ili anime ili su personifikacija njihove unutarnje snage koja je kao motor izvršenja misije snažnija i učinkovitija od njihovog racia。 Prostori u kojima se nalaze likovi ovog ciklusa stripova， stoga su obojani snažnom simbolikom psihoanalitičkog tipa， pa povremeno podsjeća na mentalne slike čovjekova unutarnjeg bića。Opskurni gradovi trude se nadovezati na ideju Mauritiusa Corneliusa Eschera koji je na svojim slavnim grafikama iluzijom linearne perspektive stvorio prizore pune zagonetnih začudnosti， pa prostoru， uz stilske osobine pridodaju duh i karakter， profilirajući ga poput kakvog pritajenog bića čiji život pulsira u masi kamenih zidova。 Maštovitost， snovitost i fantazija kojima se to pritajeno biće oživljava u albumima su zadivljujući: u jednom od njih zagonetna geometrijska kocka počinje rasti i umnažati svoj oblik poput biljke; u drugom nas biljni ornamenti art-decoa uvode u priču o gradu čije su kulisne fasade paravan biljke ljudožderke; u trećem radnja opisuje kako napuštenu megalomansku građevinu carstva koje više ne postoji nagriza zub vremena， pa ju jedan od njegovih posljednjih čuvara uzaludno pokušava spasiti。 Stripovi govore i o odnosu prostora gradova i društvenih uređenja u kojima su nastajali， u kojima ulice i trgovi razdvajaju， ograđuju i zatvaraju svoje stanovnike， dotičući se tako pitanja individualne slobode unutar labirinta društvenih normi pretočenih u zidove， zatvore ili tornjeve。Sve te dimenzije prostora kroz maštovite scenarističke koncepte uspješnih i manje uspješnih epizoda tvore fascinantnu cjelinu koja je svakako vrijedna pažnje jer svojom fantazijom divno razigrava maštu čitatelja。 U njemu je ostavljeno puno prostora za individualno tumačenje i razumijevanje djela， jer sadrži puno nedefinirane simbolike i vjerujem da ju svaki čitatelj može doživjeti na svoj način。 Nakon čitanja bilo mi je zabavno u duhu ideje albuma razmišljati o svim gradovima koje sam do sad upoznala i pitala sam se kako bi se autorskom dvojcu， Benoitu Peetersu i Francoisu Schuitenu svidjeli napušteni spomenici NOB-e ili uspavane ljepotice iz televizijskog serijala „Betonski spavači“， obzirom da izmaštani prostori prikazani u albumima stripa imaju svoje korijene u stvarnoj povijesti arhitekture i urbanizma。 Sve u svemu， nije mi žao što sam pročitala Opskurne gradove， iako probavljanje tako kaloričnog štiva nije bilo lako， ali se isplati， jer to štivo u organizam unosi puno kvalitetnih sastojaka。 。。。more

Greta G ，

Fever in UrbicandLife has its own way of breaking borders which humans artificially created。 A great concept， ruined for me by terrible sexism。 I’m seriously disappointed that other reviewers don’t seem to mind this。 Moreover， this graphic novel has won the ‘Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize For Best Album （Fauve d'Or）’， which I feel is an affront to the dignity of women。 Fever in UrbicandLife has its own way of breaking borders which humans artificially created。 A great concept， ruined for me by terrible sexism。 I’m seriously disappointed that other reviewers don’t seem to mind this。 Moreover， this graphic novel has won the ‘Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize For Best Album （Fauve d'Or）’， which I feel is an affront to the dignity of women。 。。。more

Miguel Gosselin Dionne ，

Je suis ambiguë : nous parle-t’on d’architecture ou de psychopathologie ？ Dans les deux cas， l’illustration d’un cheminement visant l’adaptation à l’étrangeté radicale est brillante。

Alex ，

Αριστουργηματικό άλμπουμ。 Είναι από αυτές τις περιπτώσεις που λες ότι οι νοηματικές μεταφράσεις που μπορεί κάποιος να συμπεράνει από αυτό ισούνται με τον αριθμό των αναγνωστών του。 Για μένα ο κύβος αναπαριστούσε ταυτόχρονα τον φόβο του αγνώστου και τον πόθο του αδύνατου。 Όσο οι κάτοικοι φοβούνταν στην αρχή το τερατούργημα που απέδιδαν σε έναν αρχιτέκτονα， τον Ρόμπικ （που συμβολίζει τον αμέτοχο Αρχιτέκτονα που άθελα ή ηθελημένα δωρίζει στον άνθρωπο ένα δώρο ακατανόητο αλλά φορέα ευτυχίας） άλλο τ Αριστουργηματικό άλμπουμ。 Είναι από αυτές τις περιπτώσεις που λες ότι οι νοηματικές μεταφράσεις που μπορεί κάποιος να συμπεράνει από αυτό ισούνται με τον αριθμό των αναγνωστών του。 Για μένα ο κύβος αναπαριστούσε ταυτόχρονα τον φόβο του αγνώστου και τον πόθο του αδύνατου。 Όσο οι κάτοικοι φοβούνταν στην αρχή το τερατούργημα που απέδιδαν σε έναν αρχιτέκτονα， τον Ρόμπικ （που συμβολίζει τον αμέτοχο Αρχιτέκτονα που άθελα ή ηθελημένα δωρίζει στον άνθρωπο ένα δώρο ακατανόητο αλλά φορέα ευτυχίας） άλλο τόσο βρέθηκαν να λατρεύουν το "κοσμικό δώρο" και να απελπίζονται όταν αυτό επιλέγει να τους εγκαταλείψει。 Βέβαια οι κοινωνικές προεκτάσεις είναι άπειρες， από την ισοπέδωση των ολοκληρωτικών καθεστώτων από το λαϊκό αίσθημα μέχρι την αδυναμία του ανθρώπου για υγιή κοινωνικότητα。Το σχέδιο είναι εξαιρετικό。 Μόνο να φανταστώ μπορώ πόσο δύσκολη να σχεδιαστεί ήταν όλη αυτή η διαστρεβλωμένη συμμετρία。 Ο κύβος άλλωστε μεγάλωνε στραβά ως προς το επίπεδο του εδάφους， κάνοντας αξιοθαύμαστο το γεγονός το πως κατάφερε ο σχεδιαστής να παράγει σχέδια της πόλης υπό γωνία χωρίς να φαίνεται λάθος ούτε σε ένα καρέ。 Πάρτε το από κάποιον που δεν τα πάει καθόλου καλά με την επιστημονική φαντασία ότι αυτό το κόμικ και， πιθανολογώ και τα υπόλοιπα της σειράς， είναι δείγματα του τι σημαίνει δυστοπία。 Αφαιρετικό， στρεβλό， συμμετρικό και χαώδες ταυτόχρονα， σκοτεινό。 Άριστο παράδειγμα αποδόμησης της κλινικής και αποστειρωμένης "τάξης" （όπου τάξη είτε κοινωνική/χρηματική είτε κατασκευαστική） από την θεωρία του χάους。Προτείνω χωρίς δεύτερη σκέψη， όχι όμως ότι περίμενε εμένα αυτή η δουλειά。 。。。more

LuinGor ，

Magistral et fouillé， puissant et symbolique， j'ai ressenti à la lecture de La Fièvre d'Urbicande， tome 2 de la série Les Cités Obscures， une nette montée en puissance par rapport aux Murailles de Samaris。Cette superbe BD peut être interprétée de plusieurs manières， sous l'angle du métissage， de la lutte des classes， comme une allégorie totalitaire ou un manuel d'urbanisme， un combat entre la culture et l'instinct， une histoire d'amour contrariée， bref j'ai adoré ！ Magistral et fouillé， puissant et symbolique， j'ai ressenti à la lecture de La Fièvre d'Urbicande， tome 2 de la série Les Cités Obscures， une nette montée en puissance par rapport aux Murailles de Samaris。Cette superbe BD peut être interprétée de plusieurs manières， sous l'angle du métissage， de la lutte des classes， comme une allégorie totalitaire ou un manuel d'urbanisme， un combat entre la culture et l'instinct， une histoire d'amour contrariée， bref j'ai adoré ！ 。。。more

Raffaele ，

Un capolavoro！

Erik ，

It's a really great concept， although it moves incredibly slowly and doesn't seem to go anywhere。 The architecture is really well done but there's a stiffness to all the people。 It's a really great concept， although it moves incredibly slowly and doesn't seem to go anywhere。 The architecture is really well done but there's a stiffness to all the people。 。。。more

Gabriel LLanas ，

Quite poss my favorite find from Cheval Noir。

Reyel2107 ，

just perfect ！！！！

Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay ，

The best in the series I have read so far。 A mysterious cube takes over the city， building its own bizarre network to bridge the gap between spaces， thwarting regulation， ambition， and above everything， logic。 The artwork is spectacular， but the storyline itself makes this a rare treat。 Makes me want to return to my unfinished project of reading all the classic Heavy Metal comics。。。

Ahmad ，

inspirational。 。。。tackles a lot of issues architects deal with these days such networks， order and politics。 。。。I really like and see the potential in the urbatecht term used here for main character。

Pj Over ，

Nemam pravu riječ koja bi mogla opisati ovu sjajnu strip rapsodiju。Užitak je gledati kako Francois Schuiten u ovaj album pretače svu svoju ljubav prema arhitekturi stvarajući time snovite prikaze monumentalnog grada Urbikandea。Kad sam pročitao ovaj album， u tišini sam zaklopio korice i nježno ga odložio na komodu kraj kreveta， pazeći da ne probudim Hanu。 Bilo je 7 ujutro。 Poput nekog gmaza iskrao sam se iz topline pokrivača i pustio hladnom jutru da obriše posljednje tragove sna。Javio se opet on Nemam pravu riječ koja bi mogla opisati ovu sjajnu strip rapsodiju。Užitak je gledati kako Francois Schuiten u ovaj album pretače svu svoju ljubav prema arhitekturi stvarajući time snovite prikaze monumentalnog grada Urbikandea。Kad sam pročitao ovaj album， u tišini sam zaklopio korice i nježno ga odložio na komodu kraj kreveta， pazeći da ne probudim Hanu。 Bilo je 7 ujutro。 Poput nekog gmaza iskrao sam se iz topline pokrivača i pustio hladnom jutru da obriše posljednje tragove sna。Javio se opet onaj isti osjećaj （Kao i kod ostalih albuma ove serije）。 Da li sam sve te gradove samo sanjao？ 。。。more

Reference

google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=The Fever in Urbicande

hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=The Fever in Urbicande&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft

The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,The Fever in Urbicande&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0