Boom! Studios Once & Future Book One Deluxe Edition

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Price: £45.00

Brand: Boom! Studios

 

Description: The definitive collection of the first three story arcs of the Eisner Award-nominated series collected for the first time in a single deluxe hardcover. WHAT IF ALL THE LEGENDS ARE TRUE? Retired monster hunter Bridgette Mc Guire knows that they are. And when a group of Nationalists uncover the fabled scabbard of Excalibur in order to bring King Arthur back from the dead to reclaim England, she will be the only one who can stop them. In order to do so, she'll need to pull her unsuspecting academic grandson, Duncan, into a deadly world of myth and prophecy. Their quest will lead them to confront the complicated history of their family, confront the deadly secrets of England's past, and throw the Otherworld into shambles, allowing for new legends and characters to make their appearance--and bring a world of trouble along with them. The definitive collection of the first two story arcs of the Eisner Award-nominated series for the first time in a single volume, this deluxe edition hardcover includes Once & Future #1-18 by New York Times Bestselling author, Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine), and Russ Manning Award Winner, Dan Mora (Detective Comics). Boom! Studios Once & Future Book One Deluxe Edition - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk

 

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Author: No More, Mr Mice Guy

Rating: 5

Review: This is British television at its best… err, sorry, that was Warren Ellis’s ‘The Injection’; this is in the same ballpark, but with a much smaller cast of humans and more humour. So, still British television then… You know what I mean; “Gran” is obviously going to be played by a Dame, probably Eileen Atkins, as everyone else will be too expensive after their exposure in America, Duncan will be an up and coming Welsh actor who can almost hide his accent under RADA training, and the Doctor will be a BBC actress who is ready to upgrade from whatever soap or cop/medical show she is currently in. The art is very CG, and a bit cartoony, but at least the anatomy is human (well, the human anatomy is), and the superb colouring makes it look even better than it is. The story is reasonably good – Mr Gillen has obviously read the small print in the Arthurian legends, including the pre-Mallory ones – and the supernatural/other-worldly stuff all makes sense within the story’s frames of reference. The second half references the English myths (or pre-English to be pedantic, but they’ll assimilate anything faster than a Cyberman will if it suits them, he said in a Welsh accent) in another extremely fast-paced adventure/horror story from an excellent writer. Mr Gillen is an excellent writer, so this was very entertaining, and I expect him to keep up the good work, even after the American streaming producers come knocking.

 

Author: claudio santarini

Rating: 2

Review: ....purtroppo viziato alla base. Andando con ordine e senza fare spoilers. Pro : - l'opera a parità di prezzo si presenta voluminosa, con un'ottima rilegatura e un eccellente qualità della carta, - i disegni sono curati e dettagliati, tanto da poter rivaleggiare con gli artisti piu' navigati di altre case di fumetti, - la palette cromatica è buona, con toni cupi alternati a chiari che mettono in evidenza il passaggio tra il mondo reale ed il mondo fantastico. - la storia si presenta come "fantasy nel reale", dove gli elementi fantastici si scontrano e si sovrappongono alla realtà quotidiana, il tutto in accordo con il folclore delle Isole Britanniche. Contro : - Personaggi, sono scritti-presentati in modo pessimo, con una scarsa evoluzione ed una mancanza di progressione durante tutto l'arco narrativo, - L'antagonista principale, non è chiaro se sia realmente tale, sembra piu' una vittima del proprio ruolo considerate le circostanze, - Il tema proposto, quello dell'isolazionismo e di un ritorno in chiave sovranista ad una "Britannia per i veri Britanni", per quanto buono ed intrigante, non viene mai approfondito ma resta sempre sullo sfondo perdendosi tra i vari combattimenti. Complessivamente : - Di base la storia non sarebbe malvagia, visti i continui riferimenti al folclore anglosassone e con una sovrapposizione tra il reale e l'immaginifico che prende in prestito le meccaniche della Mitologia Celtica-Gallese e le saghe inerenti a Re Artu' e ai Normanni. Purtroppo però alla pessima scrittura dei personaggi si accompagna anche un pesante vizio di fondo rappresentato da quello che sembra uno schiacciante femminismo di stampo woke. In questa storia infatti, se un personaggio è maschio sarà inevitabilmente un'idiota per quanto potente e finirà per essere pestato-divorato-mutilato nella maniera peggiore possibile, sia che si tratti di un antagonista sia che si tratti di uno dei buoni. Le donne invece, pare siano quelle sempre sagge, forti e capaci anche quando si comportano da psicopatiche, anche contro ogni buonsenso. Peccato perchè sarebbe potuta essere una bella serie ma onestamente non me la sento di consigliarla...troppi difetti.

 

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