AUG111057 - EAN
The central character is a big lug and an aspiring poet who runs up tabs at the local bars by day and haunts the docks by night, writing paeans to the seafaring life. When he gets shanghaied aboard a clipper bound for Hong Kong, he finds the sailor's life a bit rougher than his romantic nautical fantasies. He helps rebuff a pirate assault, survives a gunshot to the eye, and learns to live -and love- a Conradian life on the sea, all the while writing poetry about pirates, bad food, unceremonial funerals, foreign ports, and unexpected epiphanies. By the end of his life, he's found satisfaction in living a life of adventure and finding a receptive and appreciative readership. What more could one ask for? This is Drew Weing's debut graphic novel, after honing his craft with numerous, lovingly produced self-published comic stories. Drawn in an elaborate crosshatched style that falls somewhere between Gustave Dor? engravings and ?E. C. Segar's Popeye, Set to Sea is part rollicking adventure, part maritime ballad told in visual rhyme. Every page is a single panel, every panel is a stunning illustration, every illustration a part of a larger whole that tells a story in the deft language of cartooning. (immagine)
Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 09/09/11
By Drew Weing. Artist Drew Weing. Cover by Drew Weing. (NOTE: Price in order form correct. Please order with confidence.)
Prezzo di copertina: USD 16,99
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 15,33
Altri dettagli per materiale USA
Pagina del Previews (AUG/2011): 293
Data di uscita: 28/09/11
Final Order Cutoff: 09/09/11 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilitĂ che l'ordine verrĂ soddisfatto sono molto alte)
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