Portrait of a Drunk
by Olivier Schrauwen
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"Guy is no master mariner, with a clipped red (or black) beard. He's just an ordinary member of the crew - able enough, but also a lazy, cowardly liar, a drunkard, and a thief. His story is told in two allegorical parts: 'The Blowout' and 'The Hangover.' Three contemporary comics titans, Belgian Olivier Schrauwen (Parallel Lives) and the French duo Ruppert and Mulot (The Perineum Technique) collaborate to bring you the best pictorial and narrative elements of the great tales of the sea - show more bright colors, grand battles, gallows humor - in this tour de force of black comedy."--Provided by publisher. show lessTags
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Not very pleasant character, in a not very pleasant story, with not very pleasant art.
There is humour in this book, but it is very dark. It does have a nice degree of mystery, and the artwork does have some nifty touches, but it is also so rough that it is often difficult to figure out what has happened. I will say that the fighting scenes are all portrayed in an interesting way that mostly communicates the events while still accentuating the chaos.
There is humour in this book, but it is very dark. It does have a nice degree of mystery, and the artwork does have some nifty touches, but it is also so rough that it is often difficult to figure out what has happened. I will say that the fighting scenes are all portrayed in an interesting way that mostly communicates the events while still accentuating the chaos.
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- 741.5 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips
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