CompleteMartialArts.com - Dungeon: Zenith : Duck Heart (Dungeon)
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Manufacturer: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5944
EAN: 9781561634019
ISBN: 1561634018
Label: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
Manufacturer: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: 2004-08-31
Publisher: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
Studio: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
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Welcome to Dungeon, the looniest world of horror and heroic fantasy you?ll ever be transported into! This series, a best-seller in many countries, starts with the apogee of Dungeon, a mighty castle filled with monsters, trolls and goblins kept by a wily bird, the Dungeon Keeper, and the object of desire of many an uncouth and disgusting form of life (and afterlife) and Herbert the Timorous Duck is assigned to defend it! Thank goodness, the Dungeon Keeper has assigned Marvin the Dragon, a blood-thirsty, uh, vegetarian, warrior, to his side
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Summary: strange and entertaining series
Comment: Dungeon is not my personal favorite among the pile of Trondheim and Sfar books that have been translated by now. I prefer Sfar's more 'literary' historical magical realist books like "The Rabbi's Cat" and "Klezmer" and Trondheim's funny pantomime books like "Mister O" and "A.L.I.E.E.E.N.". However, after having read a couple of more "Dungeon" books, the series is slowly starting to impress me. At first I saw it as a good-natured and sweet fantasy parody in the style of Sergio Aragones' "Groo", or the funny bits in Jeff Smith's "Bone", but "Dungeon" has scenes that are somehow slightly too disturbing to make it a harmless all ages fantasy series - the trolls in 'volume two' are REALLY, really creepy. At its best it can be almost surrealist, like later Miyazaki movies, but with a more sinister and grown up edge. It can also be a bit too meandering sometimes, but I guess it simply comes with the territory, these days I'm simply not a big fan of long fantasty tales, even when they come in smaller stand-alone parts that are more like weird and slightly sinister parodies of the genre. But if you like left-field fantasy you should definitely give this series a try. "Zenith" is the main series, "Early Years" and "Twilight" are about the early and latter days of the dungeon. "Twilight" is VERY dark and apocalyptic. They can be read independently.
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Summary: awtosomal
Comment: Boy I sure hope this book is way more popular in France, where it was originally published, than here in the states. I would never have heard of it if I hadn't chance encountered an online blog raving about how good it is. And indeed, what a gem to have missed.
The first page opens with a great expository introduction to the world of Dungeon and I was hooked from there unto the end. Characterization, gags, artwork, and story are all top notch. I was sad when I plowed through it in one sitting. I just couldn't stop, it always kept me wondering what would happen next to the characters and every turn was more clever and unexpected than the last. Thankfully there are more Dungeon books and I am going to order all of them. I suggest you do the same. It's not everyday you run into a graphic novel that is this bloody good.
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