Louvre Collection: Glacial Period (Hardcover)

from blurble

A strange story from an ice-age future where a team of explorers are searching for signs of the lost history, and stumble into the louvre, where the artifacts come to life.

from fyrefly98

An archeological expedition heads out into the snow-covered wasteland in search of a lost relic of an ancient civilization... which turns out to be the Louvre. I loved the idea for this book, of how our culture would look to archaeologists of the future. I particularly liked the part where they'r...

from davidscarter

This is a strange graphic novella, part future travelogue, part art & cultural critique, part ecological warning tract, and part absurdist narrative. The book basically breaks down into three acts. In the first, we are introduced to a group of archaeologist-anthropologist-explorers in a far futur...

from cocoafiend

Glacial Period is Crécy's contribution to a ComicsLit and Louvre Museum co-edition of four graphic novels about the French museum. A witty, futuristic exploration of the meaning of the museum in a post-apocalyptic world, the book re-frames cherished cultural icons as incomprehensible signs of a v...

from nagem13

I really enjoyed the premise of this graphic novel. It takes place far in the future, and these explorers are looking for the Louvre, not knowing what it is because it has been lost to time. They find it, and have absurd theories about the artwork. It was funny, as well as interesting, when they ...