Froid Équateur

Equator Cold (Froid Équateur)
Froid-Équateur
Series	Nikopol Trilogy
Publisher	Les Humanoïdes Associés
Creative team
Writers	Enki Bilal
Artists	Enki Bilal
Original publication
Date of publication	1992
ISBN	978-2731609837
Translation
Publisher	Humanoids Publishing

Froid Équateur (French for "Cold Equator") is a science fiction graphic novel published in 1992, written and illustrated by Yugoslavian-French cartoonist and storyteller Enki Bilal. It is the third and final part of the Nikopol Trilogy, started by La Foire aux immortels (The Carnival of Immortals) from 1980 and continuing with La Femme piège (The Woman Trap) in 1986. The books were awarded with the Book of the Year Award by the magazine Lire.

Chess boxing

The book extensively features chess boxing, a hybrid sport mixing chess and boxing. In 2003, chess boxing became a real sport, directly inspired by how it appeared in Froid Équateur.