Hans (comic book)

Hans (comic book)
This is the cover for Volume 1 of Hans, French edition. The cover depicts main characters Hans and Orchid.
Created by	André-Paul Duchâteau Grzegorz Rosiński Zbigniew Kasprzak [pl]
Publication information
Publisher	Le Lombard
Original language	French
Genre	Science fiction
Publication date	1980–2000
Reprints
The series has been reprinted, at least in part, in Polish, German, and Italian.

Hans (Polish: Yans) is a science fiction Franco-Belgian comic with the story written by the Belgian writer André-Paul Duchâteau and drawn by Polish artists Grzegorz Rosiński and later by Zbigniew Kasprzak [pl] (Kas). It was published from 1980 to 2000 and has been collected in twelve volumes published in France by Le Lombard. It has also been translated into Polish, German, Italian, and Greek (the first six issues).

The primary motif of the series is the desire for freedom. The first books have an oppressive post-apocalyptic setting, while the later books move into a space opera setting; the shift in the tone is relevant to the end of the Cold War.