Grandville Mon Amour
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (930 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1595825746 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 108 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sam Quixote said J'adore Grandville!. A psychotic murderer is condemned to hang for his crimes but he somehow escapes and makes his way from Blighty to Grandville where he begins to wreak a furious vengeance on a series of prostitutes. But what do these women have in common? Inspector LeBrock returns to Grandville hot on the heels of "Mad Dog" Mastock to stop his killing spree and bring him to justice. But what he finds as he begins to investigate the murders takes him back to the past when Britain was fighting for independence against the French, to an e. alaska said weak followup. Bryan Talbot's a gifted-as-hell writer, and, like Gaiman or McCloud, an historian on storytelling and comics. I've enjoyed everything I've read from Talbot so far, including this, but this is the first book where the flaws really took away from the experience.Grandville Mon Amour is the first sequel to "weak followup" according to alaska. Bryan Talbot's a gifted-as-hell writer, and, like Gaiman or McCloud, an historian on storytelling and comics. I've enjoyed everything I've read from Talbot so far, including this, but this is the first book where the flaws really took away from the experience.Grandville Mon Amour is the first sequel to 2009's Grandville: An intentionally pulpy steampunk tale that thrives (intentionally, I presume) on cliches to tell gripping, silly yarns. It's a huge departure from Talbot's earlier, often abstruse trademark in that it. 009's Grandville: An intentionally pulpy steampunk tale that thrives (intentionally, I presume) on cliches to tell gripping, silly yarns. It's a huge departure from Talbot's earlier, often abstruse trademark in that it. Amazonian said Outstanding graphic novel. One of the best conceived and executed graphic novels ever. Theriomorphic characters in a steampunk alternate world, all SO beautifully drawn. I've got all three of the series so far and hope there will be many more.
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?The badger is back! Set three weeks after the finale of Grandville Bryan Talbot's critically acclaimed steampunk graphic novelGrandville Mon Amour explores an alternate artnouveau world populated by intelligent animals, a human underclass, robot automatons, and advanced steam technology that power everything from hansom cabs to iron flying machines.* 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 Tarantinowith animals!"On Grandville "Every panel is a work of art." Booklist. 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. 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. But dogging Mastock's bloody footsteps is his longtime