Three graphic novel series that I would warmly recommend to anyone interested in... we'll let's call it the industrial revolution sci-fi genre... are The League of Extraodinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin o'Neill, Hauteville House by Duval, Gioux, Quent and Beau, and The Neptune by Jean-Yves Delitte.Fantastic graphics, great storytelling, beautiful characters set in a 1870ish world of rapidly emerging mechanical technology. Re-creating the world of the industrial revolution, pushing the boundaries beyond the limits of what was technically possible then (or even now, for that matter). But these dreamed futuristic manics and machines are designed as if it was all possible in 1870. Fantastic submarines, airships and weaponry. At the same time there is the poverty, the pollution, the overpopulated cities, the struggle for Empire, and the politics of the day. Extremely well-researched all three of them. A must read for any true aficionado of the graphic novel.
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