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The Trial Of Sherlock Holmes (2009)

by Leah Moore(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1606900587 (ISBN13: 9781606900581)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Dynamite Entertainment

series

Sherlock Holmes Dynamite Comics

review 1: As a fan of the books as well as of comics I'm enjoying reading these. The writing style still manages to keep the intrigue of the books even in this panelled comic book format. The artwork can sometimes seem dark & somewhat grungy but I think that this serves well to reflect the seedier side of London in Sherlockian times. The ending was a little rushed in the last couple of pages & probably could have done with an additional page, but even so I did enjoy this & plan to continue reading this series.
review 2: Any reader of Sherlock Holmes pastiches knows getting the right mix of tone and plot is a tricky thing indeed for the great detective. I think Moore and Reppion nail the tone (and the character's voices), but don't quite ace the plot. The beginning of the... more tale works perfectly, with an indelible set up of both a locked room mystery and Holmes himself being the chief suspect. The finale of the tale works well too (the solution to the crime is very nifty indeed), but the middle part of the tale feels like a lot of vamping and extraneous plot. Moore in the afterwards speaks to the difficulty of using Holmes as a writer simply because he is too dang perceptive, so their trick was to sideline him from the action, which was very clever. The other thing to note too is that the art is just ok for the story. Aaron Campbell's art is solid, but mixed with so-so coloring made it hard at points to recognize characters and required re-reading a few parts constantly (seemed like everyone had a brown suit and a mustache!). Anyway, there is a lot to enjoy here, and I look forward to future installments from Moore and Reppion! less

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