A must-have for your graphic novel collection.
Rating:
5 / 5
The only excuse for you not to read this tale is for someone to say "oh heck, i'm not familiar with the characters and story behind Grendel". Well don't fret, neither am I. And that didn't effect me one bit in fully enjoying this moving, tour de force, graphic novel.
The story starts here and ends here. But your thoughts on it won't, atleast for another day or two. It's got everything to captivate you; a little bit of good humour, a lot action, and it's got it's share of dark moments.It's about war, and properly portrayed too, i.e there really isn't any glory in it. How can it when lives are lost?
I have to admit this book is original and creative especially when you loook at 90% of all the other graphic novels put out in the comic market these days. This one rises high above the rest of all that trashy...and only few works of Alan Moore or Neil Gaiman can be compared to it.
a fiction so true to war, and true to Croatia
Rating:
5 / 5
Grendel: Devils and Deaths is one of those great comic fictions (like Dark Knight and Watchmen) which reveal so much of the time and culture which produced them. The story takes place in an imagined distant future, but yet is so clearly about the hatreds and terror of the early 90s Balkan wars (its writer and artist are natives of Croatia).I think what I love so much about this work is the constant mix of strength and weakness in the characters-- there are no supermen here. The boldest warriors are gripped with fear, the most murderous generals are not portrayed without sympathy, and even the most oppressed are not innocent. This is real life. It is true to the Balkans, with its myriad factions, and also so true to Croatia-- the beautiful beaches Borna longs to see... This work is sadly out of print, but hopefully not for long. Highly recommended.
Amazing!!!!
Rating:
5 / 5
Folks,just buy it.You wont be sorry.
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