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5 unusual facts about Enki Bilal


Enki Bilal

Published in North America by Got Game Entertainment in August 2008, the game is a "point and click" adventure for the PC; however, the Lead Designer was Benoit Sokal and not Bilal himself, who was the art designer, along with Yoshitaka Amano for the upcoming video game Beyond Good & Evil 2.

The final chapter, Froid Équateur, was chosen book of the year by the magazine Lire and is acknowledged by the inventor of chess boxing, Iepe Rubingh as the inspiration for the sport.

Goran Vejvoda

In 1996 he composed the music for Enki Bilal's film Tykho Moon and the original score for his 2004 film Immortel.

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals is a point and click adventure game developed by White Birds Productions and based on the graphics novels of Enki Bilal's The Nikopol Trilogy.

Rendez-vous à Paris

Rendez-vous à Paris is a French comic book by Enki Bilal, and the third album of the tetralogy featuring Nike Hatzfeld.


Iepe Rubingh

Rubingh founded chess boxing in 2003, drawing inspiration from Enki Bilal's comic book Froid Équateur.


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