Jeremiah (comic)
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Jeremiah is a Belgian comic book series by Hermann Huppen. It was created in 1979 for the German magazine Zack and also appeared in Métal Hurlant and Spirou. 27 albums have appeared in French until now.
It tells a post-apocalyptic story: racial wars have torn the USA apart and Jeremiah and his friend Kurdy are trying to find their place in the new world.
Jeremiah has been very successful both critically and commercially in Europe and it has a large fan base. There were several attempts to introduce this Jeremiah series to the US market on several occasions but the results were not promising mostly due to different tastes of American and European comic book public. Jeremiah is available in many languages, but the current holder of English language copy-rights is Strip Art Features. Jeremiah has reached a cult status in Europe and is considered one of the best comic book series of modern times. However it failed when it was introduced to the US in the early 1990s. Strip Art Features attempted in collaboration with Dark Horse Comics to reestablish Jeremiah in the US in the early 2000s.
There is a television series inspired by this comic book: see Jeremiah (series).
