The Little Prince 17: The Planet of the Bubble Gob
Age 9+
Comic Strip Fiction / Graphic Novels
The Little Prince and Fox arrive on a planet with an ocean covered with trash. The inhabitants of the island, the Creatall, throw the trash into the ocean for the Bubble Gob, a mechanical creature living underwater. The Bubble Gob used to clean up the ocean, but when the Bubble Gob stopped working and started growing in size, the ocean level rose and continues to rise as the Creatall discard more trash.
Creators
Didier Poli, artistic director, was born in Lyon in 1971. After graduate studies in applied arts, he worked for various animation studios including Disney. He was working as artistic director for the video game company Kalista Entertainment when he met Manuel Bichebois in 2001 and began drawing Bichebois's graphic novel series L'Enfant de l'orage. At the 2004 Nimes Festival, Didier Poli received the Bronze Boar prize for young talent. He continues to work regularly in cartoons and video games as a designer and storyboard artist. In June 2010, he founded Elyum Studio with Guillaume Dorison, Jean-Baptiste Hostache, and Xavier Dorison.
