Darkish Horse has introduced Sylvain Repos’ robotic dystopian saga Yojimbot will obtain an English-language launch in December, with a translation by Matt Maden. The 160-page first instalment in a four-part French bande dessinée sequence, Yojimbot Quantity 1: Steel Silence will hit bookstores December 3 and comedian outlets December 4, 2024, as a paperback retailing $19.99.

The synopsis for the primary quantity – written and drawn by Sylvain Repos with colors by Noiry, is as follows:

“Whereas making an attempt to flee a robot-inhabited island, Hideo and his son Hiro are attacked by a troop of armored people. When Hideo sacrifices himself to avoid wasting his son, a lone robot-samurai, known as a Yojimbot, stands between Hiro and his demise. All through their journey to flee the island, the robot-and-child duo are joined by different Yojimbots keen to guard Hiro towards the hazards of the ruined island to search out the mysterious “rights holder” who could maintain the important thing to Hiro’s security. However extra harmful foes lie between Hiro and his freedom…”

Yojimbot debuted in 2021 from Franco-Belgian writer Dargaud. The sequence – which wears its Japanese influences on its sleeves – has to this point reached three volumes and had a prequel webtoon sequence. A fourth quantity is anticipated to conclude the saga. Europe Comics had beforehand produced a digital-exclusive English translation nonetheless it seems that version has been faraway from Amazon Kindle when the worldwide publication rights have been picked up by Darkish Horse.

Sylvain Repos is a French comics creator and illustrator who studied a Masters diploma in Visible Artwork on the prestigious Sorbonne College in Paris. He attracts his influences from a wide range of comics traditions – together with Franco-Belgian bande dessinée, manga, and American indie comics. Yojimbot is his debut work and (as its title suggests) closely leans into his love of Japanese comics and Akira Kurosawa motion pictures.

Auxence Delion, a reviewer for French comics web site ActuaBD stated concerning the first quantity (translated by way of DeepL):

“Colourful, overflowing with high-octane motion and drawing inspiration from the likes of Katsuhiro Otomo, Moebius and Mad Max, younger creator Sylvain Repos imposes his narrative and graphic mastery in only a few pages. Enjoyable, effectively structured and fast-paced, there’s by no means a boring second.”

You possibly can try an extract of the French version of the e-book right here.