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A Scavengers Reign artist explores contemplative sci-fi in new comics

The Verge / 3/14/2026

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Key Points

  • The Verge profiles Jonathan Djob Nkondo, the French artist known for Scavengers Reign and a Gorillaz short, revisiting his self-published comics with a new release of two graphic novels.
  • Nkondo explains that many followers know him for animation, and this comics-focused release is a strategy to broaden recognition across media.
  • The new graphic novels continue Nkondo's contemplative sci-fi storytelling, exploring alien worlds and future societies through his distinctive visuals.
  • The piece highlights Nkondo's cross-media career and how creators move between animation and comics to reach new audiences.

You may recognize Jonathan Djob Nkondo's work from animated projects like the surreal sci-fi series Scavengers Reign or the recent Gorillaz short film The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God. But before that the French artist and animator made self-published comics that depicted strange alien worlds and future societies. Now he's revisiting that work with a lush release of two graphic novels. "I think most of the people who follow my work don't necessarily know that I published comics," Nkondo tells The Verge. "I am mainly known for my work in animations, so revisiting those books and promoting them again was a good way to spread the wor …

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