Traumavision - Pierre La Police

Traumavision by Pierre La Police is built from two engines: obsessive cinephilia and private nightmares. The book invents imaginary Z-movies—films that never existed, yet feel like artifacts from a parallel VHS shelf. It reads like a catalogue of feverish posters and plots, where genre clichés are pushed past logic into abrupt, comedic violence.

The tone is deliberately excessive. Pierre La Police imagines “masterpieces” that could have been made by filmmakers at their most unhinged, mixing exploit cinema fantasies with cartoon brutality. A reference point offered by the publisher is the impossible film Russ Meyer might have produced if he had shot with Bruce Lee, a few dwarfs, and a lot of blood. Traumavision keeps that promise: surreal set-ups, pulp energy, and images that feel both naïve and strangely precise.

As an éditions Cornélius artist edition in the Collection Sergio, this is a compact object with high impact. The format is square, the printing is in color, and the book moves quickly—more like a burst transmission than a conventional narrative. It is also no longer available in bookshops, which makes this copy especially relevant for collectors of Cornélius and French underground illustration.

Edition details:

• Artist: Pierre La Police

• Publisher: éditions Cornélius

• Series: Collection Sergio

• 72 pages, full color

• Format: 22 × 22 cm

• Binding: Softcover

• ISBN 9782915492033

• Availability note: Out of print / no longer in stores