Philippe Druillet is a comics artist and writer, known for his innovative approach to visual design. In the US, he's best known for his graphic adaptation of Michael Moorcock's hit fantasy series, Elric, the Return to Melnibone, and his work for Heavy Metal, such as City of Flowers.
A compendium of superbly crafted and distinctively complex images punctuated by a kind of brutal and futuristic slang expressions, The Night is one of those amazing and unique stories that will be read again and again and again. - Midwest Book Review A darkly flamboyant apocalyptic comic that left me speechless and gawking - Bleeding Cool Page after page still looks amazing forty years after the original publication ... Druillet's wild figures and vivid colour dissolve into insanely detailed scenes of slaughter, and for all the greater coherence about his better known science fiction comics, there's a case to be made for the visceral howl of The Night being Druillet's best work - The Slings And Arrows