Grandville: Mon Amour by Bryan Talbot, Dark Horse / Jonathan Cape, $19.99 / £16.99
The publisher says:
The badger is back! Set three weeks after the finale of Grandville—Bryan Talbot’s critically acclaimed steampunk graphic novel—Grandville Mon Amour explores an alternate art-nouveau world populated by intelligent animals, a human underclass, robot automatons, and advanced steam technology that power everything from hansom cabs to iron flying machines. Convicted psychotic killer and extremist fanatic Edward ‘Mad Dog’ Mastock violently escapes the guillotine’s blade in the Tower of London to once again terrorize the Socialist Republic of Britain. But dogging Mastock’s bloody footsteps is his longtime adversary and nemesis, Detective Inspector Archie LeBrock, at odds with Scotland Yard and intent on bringing Mastock’s horrific murder spree to an end, once and for all. Aided by his friend and colleague Detective Roderick Ratzi, LeBrock follows the trail of carnage to Paris, otherwise known as Grandville, the largest city in a world dominated by the French Empire and the prime target of Mastock’s sadistic terrorism. Can LeBrock capture the Mad Dog before he can mete out his final vengeance, or will LeBrock’s own quest for redemption be dragged to ground by the demons of his past? Grandville Mon Amour is the second in a planned series of Grandville graphic novels. The world of Grandville is described by Talbot as ‘like Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes directed by Quentin Tarantino - with animals!’ Publication date October 20, 2010 (US) and November 4, 2010 (UK).
Paul Gravett says:
You’ve got to admire Talbot’s tenacity, working flat out to deliver this sequel to last year’s rollicking roller-coaster ride, Grandville. From the opening taster in Sidekick No. 1, a 6-page extract in the free preview comic given away with Comic Heroes No, 2 in UK newsagents now, Talbot looks to be on top form again here as he charges straight off ‘in media res’ with the bloody breakout of the main villain of the piece, ‘Mad Dog’ Mastock.
Heart Of Darkness by David Mairowitz and Catherine Anyango, SelfMadeHero, £12.99
The publisher says:
‘The dreams of men, the seed of commonwealth, the germs of empires.’ In this deeply atmospheric rendering of Joseph Conrad’s classic,we join colonial trader Marlow as he recounts his journey into the heart of Africa. Artist Catherine Anyango uses intricate pencil drawings that disintegrate to abstraction as Marlow travels further towards the dying Kurtz and the heart of darkness… Interspersed with excerpts from Conrad’s The Congo Diary, Mairowitz and Anyango create a powerful vision of Conrad’s finest and most enduring novella. Famously, it was Conrad’s prophetic take on imperialism that inspired Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam war epic Apocalypse Now. Swedish/Kenyan illustrator Catherine Anyango is an internationally exhibited artist with a special interest in the relationship of film and animation to illustration. She has collaborated with musicians The Real Tuesday Weld on live theatrical events around London, including the Victoria & Albert Museum and the National Film Theatre. Her work combines photography, drawing and animation. Anyango is a tutor at the Royal College of Art, London
Paul Gravett says:
Latest in the Eye Classics line of exciting new interpretations of literary classics. First glimpses of Anyango’s imagery here are brooding with mood and menace.
Hokusai: Demons & Other Tales Of The Fox Mother by Al Davison, Astral Gypsy, $17.99
The publisher says:
Hokusai: Demons & Other Tales of the Fox Mother is a full-colour 96-page softcover collection of dream comics with a Japanese theme by award-winning graphic British novelist Al Davison, also known as ‘The Astral Gypsy’. Says Alison Kwitney of Davison: ‘[He] is possessed by demons. How else to explain his art, which can be as lyrical as a Japanese fairy tale, as gnomic as an opium dream, and as gothic and sensual as a Victorian’s secret stash of erotica.’ Introduction by Neil Gaiman.
Paul Gravett says:
Another British graphic novel maestro, from Spiral Cage to Minotaur’s Tale, Al Davison demonstrates once more his versatility and virtuosity as he makes this limited edition full-colour 96-page hardback anthology more accessible and affordable in paperback. Sweet dreams…
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