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Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novels Adaptation #4
The Valley of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel
"There - is - danger!" The warning message decrypted by Sherlock Holmes arrives too late to save John Douglas of Birlstone Manor, Sussex, an American gentleman gruesomely murdered in his study by person or persons unknown. But who was John Douglas, why wasn't he wearing his wedding-ring, and what is the crucial significance of the missing dumb-bell?
124 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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About the author
Ian Edginton
798 books148 followersEdginton sees part of the key to his success coming from good relationships with artists, especially D'Israeli and Steve Yeowell as well as Steve Pugh and Mike Collins. He is best known for his steampunk/alternative history work (often with the artist D'Israeli) and is the co-creator of Scarlet Traces, a sequel to their adaptation of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. With 2000 AD we has written Leviathan, Stickleback and, with art by Steve Yeowell, The Red Seas as well as one-off serials such as American Gothic (2005).
His stories often have a torturous gestation. Scarlet Traces was an idea he had when first reading The War of the Worlds, its first few instalments appeared on Cool Beans website, before being serialised in the Judge Dredd Megazine. Also The Red Seas was initially going to be drawn by Phil Winslade and be the final release by Epic but Winslade was still tied up with Goddess and when ideas for replacement artists were rejected Epic was finally wound up - the series only re-emerging when Edginton was pitching ideas to Matt Smith at the start of his 2000 AD career.
With D'Israeli he has created a number of new series including Stickleback, a tale of a strange villain in an alternative Victorian London, and Gothic, which he describes as "Mary Shelley's Doc Savage". With Simon Davis he recently worked on a survival horror series, Stone Island, and he has also produced a comic version of the computer game Hellgate: London with Steve Pugh.
He is currently working on a dinosaurs and cowboys story called Sixgun Logic. Also as part of Top Cow's Pilot Season he has written an Angelus one-shot.
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His stories often have a torturous gestation. Scarlet Traces was an idea he had when first reading The War of the Worlds, its first few instalments appeared on Cool Beans website, before being serialised in the Judge Dredd Megazine. Also The Red Seas was initially going to be drawn by Phil Winslade and be the final release by Epic but Winslade was still tied up with Goddess and when ideas for replacement artists were rejected Epic was finally wound up - the series only re-emerging when Edginton was pitching ideas to Matt Smith at the start of his 2000 AD career.
With D'Israeli he has created a number of new series including Stickleback, a tale of a strange villain in an alternative Victorian London, and Gothic, which he describes as "Mary Shelley's Doc Savage". With Simon Davis he recently worked on a survival horror series, Stone Island, and he has also produced a comic version of the computer game Hellgate: London with Steve Pugh.
He is currently working on a dinosaurs and cowboys story called Sixgun Logic. Also as part of Top Cow's Pilot Season he has written an Angelus one-shot.
http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Edgi...
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October 23, 2017
A wealthy American businessman is murdered in his English manor house, his head blown off by a double-barrelled shotgun - whodunit and why?
The Valley of Fear is one of the better Sherlock Holmes stories but it’s still a fairly mediocre read. It’s a fine story of revenge and intrigue full of American gangsters and Freemasons (like A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle clearly viewed the United States as a romantically dangerous country full of rogues!), and the mystery is well put-together.
The Holmes stories always lose me in their weak execution though. It’s always characters sat in rooms monologuing at length, page after page, while the action is almost always in the past tense; the frequently static narrative never makes for an exciting read as a result. The ending to this book is also a bit unsatisfying in that, with the first mentions of Professor Moriarty, Holmes’ shadowy nemesis, it feels like you’re reading the first act to a story that doesn’t have a second. And, like in all of these comics adaptations, INJ Culbard’s overly cartoony art style is a terrible pairing for the dramatic material.
The Valley of Fear is a decent mystery but I found the old-fashioned pacing made for a less than thrilling reading experience - I couldn’t takes it, I tells ya! The original Sherlock Holmes stories are definitely outdated and are more quaint curiosities than anything else.
The Valley of Fear is one of the better Sherlock Holmes stories but it’s still a fairly mediocre read. It’s a fine story of revenge and intrigue full of American gangsters and Freemasons (like A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle clearly viewed the United States as a romantically dangerous country full of rogues!), and the mystery is well put-together.
The Holmes stories always lose me in their weak execution though. It’s always characters sat in rooms monologuing at length, page after page, while the action is almost always in the past tense; the frequently static narrative never makes for an exciting read as a result. The ending to this book is also a bit unsatisfying in that, with the first mentions of Professor Moriarty, Holmes’ shadowy nemesis, it feels like you’re reading the first act to a story that doesn’t have a second. And, like in all of these comics adaptations, INJ Culbard’s overly cartoony art style is a terrible pairing for the dramatic material.
The Valley of Fear is a decent mystery but I found the old-fashioned pacing made for a less than thrilling reading experience - I couldn’t takes it, I tells ya! The original Sherlock Holmes stories are definitely outdated and are more quaint curiosities than anything else.
January 9, 2019
Bu çizgi romanların kapaklarına gerçekten bayılıyorum😍 eskimiş kitap havası vermeleri sizce de çok güzel ve orjinal değil mi? Kitabın çizimleri de çok güzel ve kurgu atlanmadan düzgün bir şekilde adapte edilmiş☕️ Bir puan kırmamın nedeni bu serinin ilk kitabında hiç kurgudan kopmamıştım fakat burada öyle bir sorun yaşadım. Ama bence yinede çok güzeldi 4/5
December 2, 2014
Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story The Valley of Fear is translated into a graphic novel excellently by Ian Edginton and the artwork of INJ Culbard. Culbard's style is stark, graphic and dark, echoing the ligne claire style of strong lines and clear colours Herge used for Tintin. The Valley of Fear is a twisting tale of secrets and terror, claustrophobically contained within the moat bound country house of Birlstone Manor and the mysterious murder of the rich country gentleman John Douglas, a tangle of threads leading back to secret societies and goldrush America. A good adaptation.
December 24, 2020
I think this is one of my favourite Sherlock Holmes book and while I did not read this edition I still thought it was really good and the plot twists were some of the best that I’ve read because you thought you knew something and then pew it’s changed I could of rated this book 5 stars but a ) I’m mean and b) the Epiloge is completely pointless and makes the reading of 5his book seem like a waste - like really why? But I did really enjoy this book once it got going do yeah it’s quite good
March 6, 2020
Dört kitaplık Sherlock Holmes grafik romanlarının sonuncu cildi Korku Vadisi. Tıpkı ilk Sherlock romanı Kızıl Dosya gibi ucu ABD'de başlayan ve İngiltere'ye uzanan bir sürecin arka planda ilmek ilmek işlendiği bir hikayesi var kitabın.
Grafik romanın biraz çabuk şekilde finale ulaştığını, Sherlock'un çözüme kitabın yarısında ulaştığını, sonra kalan yarısında hikayenin aktörlerinin geçmişten bağları anlattığını söylemek gerekiyor. Ancak buna rağmen kitap oldukça ilgi çekici ve Sherlock'un şanına yakışır.
Grafik romanın biraz çabuk şekilde finale ulaştığını, Sherlock'un çözüme kitabın yarısında ulaştığını, sonra kalan yarısında hikayenin aktörlerinin geçmişten bağları anlattığını söylemek gerekiyor. Ancak buna rağmen kitap oldukça ilgi çekici ve Sherlock'un şanına yakışır.
October 29, 2019
Sherlock investigates the murder of an English gentleman in an old castle home.
This story did not grasp my interest and I had to restart it several times. In the end, I had to skim to finish it.
I think I prefer sherlock in his original format...
This story did not grasp my interest and I had to restart it several times. In the end, I had to skim to finish it.
I think I prefer sherlock in his original format...
July 10, 2021
قرأتها بنسخة لدار أخرى ، النهاية أعجبتني وأحد الشخصيات الموجودة بالرواية
- لن أذكر اسمه علّ هذا يعتبر حرقًا للأحداث- أثارت إعجابي بدهاءها ، صحيح أني في الفصول الأخيرة احسست اني لا أقرأ روايةً عن شيرلوك لدخولنا بقصة قضية إحدى شخصيات القضية الرئيسية ولكن كان ذلك ممتعًا.
- لن أذكر اسمه علّ هذا يعتبر حرقًا للأحداث- أثارت إعجابي بدهاءها ، صحيح أني في الفصول الأخيرة احسست اني لا أقرأ روايةً عن شيرلوك لدخولنا بقصة قضية إحدى شخصيات القضية الرئيسية ولكن كان ذلك ممتعًا.
August 8, 2018
En sevdiğim Sherlock Holmes kitabı
January 12, 2023
The Valley of Fear, by Ian Edginton
What I like about this fourth story in the series is how faithful they remain to the vision of ACD’s Sherlock tales. ****
What I like about this fourth story in the series is how faithful they remain to the vision of ACD’s Sherlock tales. ****
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August 20, 2023puan verseydim 3 verirdim, meh
November 9, 2023
Sherlock ser lite lustig ut men annars bra adaptation
January 17, 2017
Aunque no sea la novela más popular de sir ACD, esta novela me gusta mucho y tenía curiosidad por la novela gráfica. Me gustó mucho como presenta a Sherlock y Watson, pero me hubiera gustado más desarrollo de la segunda parte de la novela.
En la novela esta parte es independiente y cargada de violencia, intriga y suspenso. En eso me parece que esta novela gráfica sé queda corta.
Cabe mencionar que la introducción y el epílogo que incluye son muy ricos para en pocas palabras presentar datos importantes del canon de Sherlock.
En la novela esta parte es independiente y cargada de violencia, intriga y suspenso. En eso me parece que esta novela gráfica sé queda corta.
Cabe mencionar que la introducción y el epílogo que incluye son muy ricos para en pocas palabras presentar datos importantes del canon de Sherlock.
December 20, 2015
This Sherlock Holmes graphic novel grabbed my attention while I was helping the hubby find graphic novels at the library. Since I love Holmes and mysteries and needed another library book to help me wrap up the I Love Library Books Challenge, it seemed like it really needed to come home with me. Graphic novels aren't my favorite medium for reading, but I have to say that they do help one quickly add another notch to the reading belt.
The Valley of Fear is loosely based on real events in late 19th Century America featuring Pinkerton agents, the coal mining district of Pennsylvania, and the Molly Maguires. Holmes is sent an coded message from an informant in Moriarty's gang warning him--too late--of impending danger to one John Douglas of Birlstone. The Great Detective has just deciphered the warning when Inspector Alec MacDonald of Scotland Yard comes calling to ask his help in the death of Douglas.
The murder is an early version of the English country house mystery--complete with faithful butler and an apparently impossible crime. Douglas's home is surrounded by a moat and has a drawbridge--which, when closed, makes the house fairly inaccessible. There are clues that point to an intruder, but Holmes soon sees that appearances may be a bit misleading.
Ian Edginton and I. N. J. Culbard give the reader the familiar story by Doyle in an easy to follow format. It is a very quick and enjoyable read that manages to cover the story's highlights and present them in a very entertaining manner--particularly to those who may not wish to read standard texts. My one complaint? Holmes looks more like Superman than the Holmes I picture. He's drawn with firm, bold strokes, giving him a very square-jawed, superhero look. Not that Holmes can't seem a bit super-human with his deductive powers, but I don't care to have images of capes and bodysuits in mind rather than greatcoats and deerstalkers.
First posted on my blog My Reader's Block. Please request permission before reposting. Thanks.
The Valley of Fear is loosely based on real events in late 19th Century America featuring Pinkerton agents, the coal mining district of Pennsylvania, and the Molly Maguires. Holmes is sent an coded message from an informant in Moriarty's gang warning him--too late--of impending danger to one John Douglas of Birlstone. The Great Detective has just deciphered the warning when Inspector Alec MacDonald of Scotland Yard comes calling to ask his help in the death of Douglas.
The murder is an early version of the English country house mystery--complete with faithful butler and an apparently impossible crime. Douglas's home is surrounded by a moat and has a drawbridge--which, when closed, makes the house fairly inaccessible. There are clues that point to an intruder, but Holmes soon sees that appearances may be a bit misleading.
Ian Edginton and I. N. J. Culbard give the reader the familiar story by Doyle in an easy to follow format. It is a very quick and enjoyable read that manages to cover the story's highlights and present them in a very entertaining manner--particularly to those who may not wish to read standard texts. My one complaint? Holmes looks more like Superman than the Holmes I picture. He's drawn with firm, bold strokes, giving him a very square-jawed, superhero look. Not that Holmes can't seem a bit super-human with his deductive powers, but I don't care to have images of capes and bodysuits in mind rather than greatcoats and deerstalkers.
First posted on my blog My Reader's Block. Please request permission before reposting. Thanks.
May 16, 2023
I haven't read the novel but this seems like a well-done adaptation of Doyle's work and I enjoyed reading it quite a bit.
October 17, 2013
Fazer uma apreciação a este texto é uma armadilha de que fujo. Trata-se de Conan Doyle, clássico e firmemente dentro do domínio do policial. Edginton faz uma adaptação capaz do conto, mantendo a tensão e o conflito entre as pistas que a narrativa nos dá e a imprevisibilidade das deduções de Holmes cuja lógica só se torna aparente após reveladas. INJ Culbard empresta o seu traço simples e elegante com uma paleta de cores obscura e suave. Houve um pormenor que me surpreendeu. A constância dos olhos. Em todas as vinhetas Culbard utiliza cores sombrias e tons escuros, mas destaca sempre os olhos dos personagens. É um constraste surpreendente, o branco do olhar a brilhar no meio dos tons escuros. Alguma metáfora sobre o brilho da lógica dedutiva sobre as trevas da incompreensão?
February 10, 2020
La vallée de la peur, publié en 1915, est le quatrième et dernier roman de la série Sherlock Holmes. L’adaptation qu’en fait Edginton est excellente et demeure très proche du texte original. J’ai déjà mentionné le travail de Culbard (pour ses adaptations de H.P. Lovecraft). Son style sobre (à la fois très British mais influencé par la BD Franco-Belge) et son utilisation d’une palette de couleurs glauque se prête bien à l’atmosphère victorienne des aventures de Holmes. Cette bande dessinée est une très bonne lecture et offre un raccourci pratique pour ceux qui veulent découvrir Sherlock Holmes d’une façon succincte et agréable.
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August 6, 2011
Tämä tarina ei koskaan ole ollut suosikkini - amerikkalainen kovaksikeitetty ei jotenkin sovi Holmesiin ja salaseurat nautin mieluummin ei-niin-moottoripyöräjengimäisinä. Karkea piirrostyyli ei parantanut sulattamista.
March 19, 2012
It shocks me that people do not love this story more, I still love it a lot :) I really enjoyed this version, the expressions do make me chuckle :D
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