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| Original Title: | The Comical Tragedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch |
| ISBN: | 1563892464 (ISBN13: 9781563892462) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=1641 |
Neil Gaiman
Paperback | Pages: 96 pages Rating: 3.77 | 7006 Users | 379 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch |
| Author | : | Neil Gaiman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 96 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 1995 by Vertigo / DC Comics (first published 1994) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Comics. Fantasy. Fiction. Graphic Novels Comics. Horror. Comic Book |
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A dark and frightening fully painted novella, MR. PUNCH tells the tale of a young boy's loss of innocence results from a horrific confrontation with his past. Spending a summer at his grandfather's seaside arcade, a troubled adolescent harmlessly becomes involved with a mysterious Punch and Judy Man and a mermaid-portraying woman. But when the violent puppet show triggers buried memories of the boy's family, the lives of all become feverishly intertwined. With disturbing mysteries and half-truths uncontrollably unraveling, the young boy is forced to deal with his family's dark secrets of violence, betrayal, and guilt.Rating Appertaining To Books The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch
Ratings: 3.77 From 7006 Users | 379 ReviewsEvaluate Appertaining To Books The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch
In the late '80's / early-'90's, when the comics industry was going through another one of it's "growth spurts" that caused all sorts of chaos and speculation with regards to the future of the medium, everyone was scrambling for a way to take advantage of a market that suddenly had a lot of publicity but not much new product. Every publisher launched a number of new titles and developed many new ideas - often letting writers and artists go nuts - in an effort to be the first to have somethingI wavered between three stars for the story and five stars for McKean's art, so settled on four.This, like so many of Gaiman's tales is about memory and how unreliable it can be when an adult is remembering his youth. Bad things happen all the time, and despite the adults around children trying to protect them, they are still aware. Sometimes more so than seems possible. Examining memories of youth in adulthood often makes us remember fear and violence that we would otherwise have forgotten
Graphic novels are really not my thing. But this is the first one I've read that *felt* more like an illustrated novel than a comic book. Or at least, illustrated short story. It might be because this one has as much narrative structure as dialogue and very little action, so the artwork seemed more for building atmosphere and mimicking a sort of stop-motion movie drama, like extreme closeups, rather than depicting characters in action with voice bubbles over their heads. The artwork is strange
This is a tale from earlier years of Neil Gaiman's varied and illustrious career (long may it continue).This edition is from 2006 and although I am no officando of the works and wonders of Neil Gaiman but I can say that for as long as I have known of his works he has always produced something new and unique and reading this I can tell you that its new and unique to me.Now this book tells its story in a combination of hand drawn artwork, composite photographs and combinations of both. The result
I just dont get it. This was boring and dull. The art work couldnt save it because it's lazy. I'm a realist I wanted the story of the British phenomenon known as Punch and Judy. I was really looking forward to something I've heard mentioned by my Brit pals for years. What I got was almost a 100 pages of sad. Boo hoo this little kid had to visit his grandparents while his mom was having a baby and got to see professors do the Punch and Judy show. While visiting his grandparents, he learns about
If I hadn't sworn to read everything by Neil Gaiman, I would have avoided this altogether. That being said, I wish I would've skipped this one.The story line in a word? Disturbing. The main plot, involving the human boy, seemed to have a dream-like quality with the whimsical treatment of time and scene. However, this is not one of the happy-little-dreams. This is an endless nightmare. The secondary plot involves the puppet show. In the show, Mr. Punch is violent in the extreme - he beats his
I have mixed feelings about this.Let me say, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the art will stay with me. The work that went into it, the tone it creates... it will stay with you. It's definitely unlike anything I've seen in a graphic novel before.Full disclosure, this is the first Neil Gaiman anything that I've read. I know, I know, What the hell is wrong with me? I've actually come into contact with several works by his wife but I've never read anything he's done. This was maybe not the
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