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La Position Du Tireur Couché (1981)

by Jacques Tardi(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

2754803777 (ISBN13: 9782754803779)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Futuropolis

review 1: Another fabulous noir-inflected graphic novel adaptation by Jacques Tardi of french crime writer Manchette, who I definitely need to check out separately from these brilliant graphic novels as a huge noir fan. I might have liked West Coast Blues just a hair better than this one and *spoiler alert* the ending of this one is incredibly bleak. It is a really great, dark work though and reading through it is like getting a chance to watch a previously undiscovered classic Melville or Dassin movie. LOVE.
review 2: Another volume of Tardi from Fantagraphics. This one is one of his more recent works (originally published in 2010). It is a hard-boiled crime thriller based on a novel by Manchettte. Tardi has worked with his material previously and the writing works very... more good together with the drawings. The story is about a professional killer who wants to retire, go back to his home town and marry the love of his life. Unfortunately, things do bot really work out that way. The way Tardi tells the story makes this a real page turner. It is satisfying that the works of Tardi are made available to us non French speaking and I very much look forward to the next volume. less

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