Dylan Dog n. 32: Ossessione

Dylan Dog #32

by Tiziano Sclavi, Giuseppe Montanari (Illustrator), Ernesto Grassani (Illustrator)

Quante volte si può uccidere un uomo? Infinite, direbbe Julie Brown... Il temibile Vedovo Nero, il serial killer arrestato e spedito sulla forca grazie a lei, non vuole rassegnarsi alla condizione di defunto. Continua a uscire dalla tomba per vendicarsi, una volta, due volte, tre volte... Non c’è modo di fermarlo. Dylan Dog deve affrontare un fantasma o un assassino dalle molte vite?

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Horror

98 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Tiziano Sclavi is an Italian comic book and novel writer, who has also worked as a journalist. Sclavi is most famous for creating the Italian bestselling comic Dylan Dog, started in 1986 and still ongoing, a horror pastiche featuring a paranormal investigator. More than 450 monthly 90-pages long issues have appeared in the series, with Sclavi as the most recurrent script writer in the first decade of serialisation.

Reviews

[Bob Solanovicz]

Bože dragi. Završetak ovog stripa je takav žestoki facepalm da me boli već danima. Ali ne mogu mu dati jedinicu. Bolje i katastrofalno loš Sclavi nego ikakav Recchioni.

[Frédéric]

The plot is far too far-fetched. Like real far. I might have appreciated the comical irony of the first twist, but the second twist definitely ruins it.
Also, sorry to nitpick, but the death penalty was abolished in 1969 in Great Britain, so I’m kinda pissed to see someone being hanged in the late 80s. I suppose that didn’t suit Sclavi for his story, but I don’t care; it’s up to him to come up with a plausible solution.
The artwork is also decidedly bland and doesn’t help to make it any more palatable.

[Recensioni in tre parole]

Lugubre. Ossessivo. Inarrestabile.

[Celebandùne]

8/10

"Obsession" isn't so much a story about Dylan Dog as it is a story about Julia Brown, a very good friend of Dylan. Julia was a Scotland Yard officer tasked with a very specific case: she had to arrest Lawrence Price, the so called "Black Widower". Lawrence had killed several wealthy spouses one after the other and inherited quite a fortune. Thanks to Julia, he was arrested and condemned to hang. After some bad PR, she resigned from Scotland Yard and became a private eye instead. Some months later she starts having "visions", though... and starts seeing Lawrence here and there. She feels like the ghost of the hanged man is after her, and she refers to Dylan Dog for help. But even he has trouble believing the story... Until Julia starts not only seeing Lawrence, but also killing him... repeatedly...

A fantastic story, loved every moment of it, brilliantly drawn, with memorable characters, this is a great Dylan Dog issue. Have at it! Six times or more! ;)

[Mattia Lugli]

Una buona storia dell'indagatore dell'incubo. Questa volta Dylan si prendere una pausa dall'orrore e dei fantasmi entrando tra le pagine di un vero e proprio thriller noir antico, polveroso e pieno di mistero.

Misteri che, come in ogni buon giallo d'autore, si infittiscono fino a confondere lo stesso protagonista ed il lettore, per poi rivelarsi sul finale, trasformandosi in una buona storia molto godibile. Una lettura piacevole insomma, perfetta per questo periodo estivo.

[Jeane]

Dit soort verhaal komen we niet vaak tegen bij Dylan Dog, een soort van collega (ze houdt zich niet bezig met geesten, poltergeists,....) die nu zelf hulp nodig want de seriemoordenaar die ze gearresteerd heeft en levenslang kreeg, blijft haar stalken. Dylan weet neit of hij haar moet geloven, Bloch is er zeker van dat ze haar niet moeten geloven.
Het verhaal toont je wat meer van Dylan's leven zelf, de mensen in zijn leven en vond ik dan ook heel goed geschreven.

[Jenika Ioffreda]

3.5 stars

[ire]

un po' meno...