‘Titan’ is a science fiction graphic novel written and illustrated by François Vigneault. It starts off slowly and builds to an impressive climax.
MNGR First Class João da Silva arrives on the moon of Titan in order to take charge of Homestead Station. He discovers that the mining colony there is plagued by tensions between the giant, genetically-engineered Titan workers and its Terran management.
He quickly finds himself clashing with Cyrus, the Head of the Homestead Union, yet finds an unexpected ally in Phoebe Mackintosh, Cyrus’ deputy. As anger mounts among the Titans, they must find a way to pull Homestead back from the brink of disaster...
At first I wasn’t that taken with Vigneault’s artwork as it was a little too cartoony for my taste, but as I continued reading it grew on me, though those panels with white text on pink background and pale pink text on white background were a bit difficult to read.
François Vigneault’s world building was excellent and I was surprised how exciting industrial relations could turn out to be! I felt that Phoebe and João made very appealing leads.
Vigneault uses his Titan location to explore issues of racism and colonialism as well as to criticise capitalism. There are some scenes that contain strong violence and also a explicit love scene. Vigneault highlights the latter through the use of a dark red and black palette.
So, after a slow start, I found this a highly effective graphic novel about the struggle for workers’ rights on a moon of Saturn with the extra bonus of a touching love story featuring star-crossed lovers.
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