Technopolis is a comic book that was created and illustrated by Adrien Van Viersen

Adrien Van Viersen

Adrien van Viersen is a storyboard artist located in Vancouver, Canada. His credits include, Romeo Must Die, X2, X-Men 3, pilot episode of Smallville and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. He was also nominated for the Russ Manning Award for his comic book series Technopolis, published by...

 and written by Peter Taylor and Patrick Sauriol. It was published in 1997 by Caliber Comics

Caliber Comics

Caliber Comics or Caliber Press was an American comic book publisher founded in 1989 by Gary Reed. Featuring primarily creator-owned comics, in the next decade Caliber published over 1300 comics and ranked as one of the America's leading independent publishers...

 and ran for four issues. The book garnered van Viersen with a nomination for a Russ Manning Award

Russ Manning Award

The Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award is an American award presented to a comic book artist whose first professional work appeared within the previous two years. It was named after comic book artist Russ Manning...

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Aliens crash-land their ship in 1932, build a city called Technopolis out of the wreckage, lobby for autonomy, and begin trading technology for the right to stay.