Fatale (11 books in series)
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review 1: Supernatural Noir, must be one of my favorite genres. In the back of this trade is an ad that lists all of the books that Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips have collaborated on. It reads:"Discover the many underworlds of Brubaker and Philips".I am happy to say, I have discovered them...
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review 1: I didn't think it was possible for me to like this book more than the first one, but holy geez, I'm so into this. I can't put them down. Oh god. It's like I'm under Jo's spell. ANYWAY. The art in these books is lovely. Perfectly suited to the type of story it's designed to tell. ...
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review 1: This volume of Fatale is unlike the others. It is comprised of several short stories depicting different stages of Josephine's life. More or less it reveals where Josephine came from and who she was before we were introduced to her in the first volume. The open question from the ...
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review 1: Fatale introduces Josephine, "Jo", a mysterious femme fatale, who has ties to a satanic (I think?) cult. As far as the first volume discloses, she is immortal and doesn't age. It's a noir/horror comic.The narrative switches between San Francisco in the 1930s and present day. Fata...
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review 1: I'm calling give-upsies on this graphic novel. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I sat down and read it all in one sitting, but I've only been reading it on my lunch break at work, so, I keep forgetting the story line and getting confused. My main reason for the low star...
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review 1: I really mean to give this 3.5 stars, but we can't choose 1/2's. I enjoyed the story. It definitely had that classic, "film noir" feel to it, with some black magic and monsters added for good measure. Kinda like Hell Boy. I enjoyed the bouncing back and forward in the timeline. T...
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review 1: This is where I probably call it quits. I did not hate this series, but at this point I'm getting a little bored without getting any sort of clarity on who Jo really is. What is her story? Who are these men chasing her and what kind of monsters are they? All we get are storie...
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review 1: I enjoyed this enough - brought it all together and definitively closed out the stories. How it did it is a still a bit messy and I will need to reread to piece it together. But hey, its Cthulhu! everyone goes insane after witnessing unspeakable trans-dimensional events so a nice...
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review 1: This continues the crime noir/Cthulhu mashup of the first, but it has much less of a horror focus. In some ways it seems to be an exploration of what makes the Femme Fatale character. Josephine has retreated from the world so her power over men no longer ensnares as many men, bu...
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review 1: Reprints Fatale #11-14 (January 2013-May 2013). Josephine is a woman searching for answers in 1936 and 1942 but her search could reach far into the past. With counterparts named Mathilda and Bonnie living in the Middle Ages and the Old West, Jo finds that the past she cannot re...
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review 1: Noir meets Lovecraftian horror in this graphic novel. It's a slow burn that takes place in the 50s with a few men infatuated with one bizarre woman who has quite the pull on them. There are some horrific murders as well as some cult behaviour happening too. Honestly I was hoping ...