The famous aviator Ferdinand Pépin flies tirelessly over the endless ice of the
Far North. Braving the elements, he searches for traces of the missing airship of
Charles Robinson: Helen asked him. Helen, this Robinson's wife;
Helen, the great love of his life. Alone in these cold and hostile lands,
Ferdinand, sent to the aid of a man he hates, must first overcome his
own demons… In line with his previous titles (Lemon Jefferson, Le
Bandit with the Golden Colt), Simon Roussin signs a new adventure revisiting with
brilliantly captures the Hollywood imagination of the 50s - we are thinking in particular of Howard
Hawks. Broken Wings - Prisoner of the Ice is an authentic album
adventure, which can be read with the innocent heart of a child
than with the nostalgic eye of a reader of old illustrated magazines. Printed in three tones
direct, this book could well be - dare we think it! - that of maturity
graphic: continuing his work of reinventing the clear line, Simon
Roussin displays all his talent in these very large landscape images
polar, and draws the reader into a relentless tale on the edge of the
frozen solitudes.
