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Ici Même (1993)

by Jean-Claude Forest(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

2203334010 (ISBN13: 9782203334014)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Casterman

review 1: Picked up at the library cause I wanted to read some Jacques Tardi. Turns out this was only drawn by him, but the drawing is a big part of the effect, both the architectural "realities" of a man living on the walls of a long-past family estate carved up by neighbors and leaving him only the in-betweens and divisions (which is a pretty great concept, too) and in the more fantastic bits that intrude along with our protagonists shifting thoughts. Plotwise, this is about our lead, something of a petty shut-in who never leaves his walls in his efforts to collect tolls from all other residents as they pass through his walls, dealing with a series of invasions into his life, foremost that of a bold young women he'd never taken notice of before, then later a larger political intr... moreigue. Pretty good self-contained story, very French in a lot of ways, but left me wanting to see something that Tardis both wrote and drew.
review 2: This is really a great and enjoyable read-sardonic with a sincere protagonist who is just trying to get his property back in the midst of corrupt politicians facing election and being oppressed but the upper class elite who have taken away his family's property in the first place. Great drawings as usual and interesting characters..I was a little unsure about the ending but overall found it to be a worthwhile read with a farcical demeanor containing more serious political undertones. less

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