Snowpiercer

Jacques Lob (writer)
Jean-Marc Rochette (artist)
Titan Comics

Snowpiercer is the enthralling and thought-provoking post-apocalyptic graphic novel that inspired the critically acclaimed movie starring Chris Evans (Captain America, Fantastic Four). Originally published in French, this marks the first time that Snowpiercer will be available in English.
In a harsh, uncompromisingly cold future where Earth has succumbed to treacherously low temperatures, the last remaining members of humanity travel on a train while the outside world remains encased in ice.
The surviving community are not without a social hierarchy; those that travel at the front of the train live in relative luxury whilst those unfortunate enough to be at the rear remain clustered like cattle in claustrophobic darkness. Yet, things are about to change aboard the train as passengers become disgruntled.

I watched the film a couple of months ago, it was OK.  It was nothing particularly earth-shattering but still fun.  My friend Steve on the other hand loved it so much he went out and bought the book.  It isn't very good.

As with the film it shows the journey of a rear-ender all the way to the front of the massive train as it traverses a post-apocalyptic frozen wasteland.  Unlike in the film here he is a prisoner in the company of a liberal minded third class passenger. The story of the journey through the train is similar but resolves differently and quite unsatisfactorily which I won't spoil for you here; I'll let them do that for you.

The art is significantly better than the words but the lack of scale brought about by the scenario has left it feeling a little cramped and stilted.

It's a nice idea but not one that's been particularly well realised.