One of the themes of this story is the idea of hidden and lost treasures from the old, destroyed world. This old man lives in a library full of things he’s collected, including the Mona Lisa. I find the juxtaposition of the Mona Lisa and Violhaine (the main character) in the fifth and sixth tiers to be one of the more elegant sequences in this story.

(Heavy Metal issue #126, May 1990 – Page 41 The Waters of DeadMoon by Adamov and Cothias)