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Ishavets Demon (1974)

by Jacques Tardi(Favorite Author)

3.52 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Carlsen Comics

review 1: This caught my attention as an early steampunk title. Like a lot of other reviewers, I was enthralled by the artwork but disappointed by the writing. It is my understanding that this is supposed to be a satirical work, but the references to Jules Verne, etc. just seemed laughingly unclever and lazy. The villains are delightfully evil in action and appearance, but the main character's sudden turn to the dark side makes no sense at all.
review 2: The art in this graphic novel was astounding. However, the writing is terrible. I'm not sure if this is because of it being a translation from French into English, but either way, there are major problems for me with this book.-dialogue and narration are clunky and contrived. It seems like the writer/translator had a... more pen in his right hand and a thesaurus in his left hand. Would the first mate on a ship really use words like "ascertain," "ardor," and "I find myself incapable of formulating an explanation?"-dialoge and narration are didactic to the point of telegraphing every future plot pointIn a few words, the writing reeks of trying too hard, and it's a shame because the overarching story idea and art are pretty cool. less

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