02556cam a2200421 i 4500 884840363 TxAuBib 20230719120000.0 230419s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023015589 9781419745508 HRD 24.99 1419745506 HRD 24.99 TxAuBib rda Jama-Everett, Ayize, 1974-, author. The last count of Monte Cristo [GRAPHIC] / by Ayize Jama-Everett ; illustrated by Tristan Roach. New York : Abrams ComicArts Megascope, 2023. 154 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Chiefly illustrations. The Last Count of Monte Cristo is a bold retelling of Alexandre Dumas’s classic tale of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption. This speculative update pushes the narrative into a future hundreds of years after the polar ice caps have melted and submerged our planet into a new era of technology and culture. In this futuristic reinterpretation, author Ayize Jama-Everett and illustrator Tristan Roach revisit the original inspiration of The Count of Monte Cristo—Alexandre Dumas’s own father. A greatly respected general during the French Revolution, Dumas was one of the highest-ranking officers of African descent in a Western army in history. Like the protagonist of his son’s story, General Dumas was betrayed and spent years in prison before getting a chance to return to his beloved France. The Last Count of Monte Cristo is a radical and powerful graphic novel update that reclaims the cultural heritage of Dumas’s tale and suggests the terrible future that could threaten the human race if we continue to destroy our planet. Provided by publisher. 20230719. Black people Fiction. Black people Comic books, strips, etc. Sailors Fiction. Sailors Comic books, strips, etc. Dystopias Fiction. Dystopias Comic books, strips, etc. Afrofuturist fiction. Graphic novels. Science fiction comic books, strips, etc. Roach, Tristan, artist. Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 Comte de Monte-Cristo.