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Il Corvo - Numero Zero
- GenresComicsGraphic Novels
64 pages, Spillato
First published October 1, 1994
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About the author
James O'Barr
81 books394 followersJames O'Barr is an accomplished artist and writer, best known for creating The Crow.
In 1978, O'Barr's fiancée, Beverly, was killed by a drunk driver, and he joined the Marines in an effort to cope with the loss. He was stationed in Germany and illustrated combat manuals for the military. While living in Berlin in 1981, O'Barr began work on The Crow as a means of dealing with his personal tragedy. O'Barr was further inspired by a Detroit newspaper account of the murder of a young couple over a $20 engagement ring. After his discharge from the Marines, O'Barr continued his painting and illustration as well as doing lots of odd jobs, including working for a Detroit body shop. The Crow sat on a shelf for seven years, but at last someone wanted to publish it: Gary Reed of Caliber Press. In The Crow, the protagonist and his fiancée are murdered by a gang of criminals. He then returns from the dead to hunt their killers.
O'Barr's own hope that his project would result in a personal catharsis went unfulfilled, he told an interviewer in 1994, saying, "[A]s I drew each page, it made me more self-destructive, if anything....There is pure anger on each page". The Crow has sold more than 750,000 copies worldwide.
The book was adapted into a successful film of the same name in 1994, but it resulted in further tragedy. Brandon Lee, who played the main character, was accidentally shot and killed during filming.
O'Barr was the second American to be awarded the "Storyteller Award" by the International Comic Festival held annually in Angoulême, France.
In 1978, O'Barr's fiancée, Beverly, was killed by a drunk driver, and he joined the Marines in an effort to cope with the loss. He was stationed in Germany and illustrated combat manuals for the military. While living in Berlin in 1981, O'Barr began work on The Crow as a means of dealing with his personal tragedy. O'Barr was further inspired by a Detroit newspaper account of the murder of a young couple over a $20 engagement ring. After his discharge from the Marines, O'Barr continued his painting and illustration as well as doing lots of odd jobs, including working for a Detroit body shop. The Crow sat on a shelf for seven years, but at last someone wanted to publish it: Gary Reed of Caliber Press. In The Crow, the protagonist and his fiancée are murdered by a gang of criminals. He then returns from the dead to hunt their killers.
O'Barr's own hope that his project would result in a personal catharsis went unfulfilled, he told an interviewer in 1994, saying, "[A]s I drew each page, it made me more self-destructive, if anything....There is pure anger on each page". The Crow has sold more than 750,000 copies worldwide.
The book was adapted into a successful film of the same name in 1994, but it resulted in further tragedy. Brandon Lee, who played the main character, was accidentally shot and killed during filming.
O'Barr was the second American to be awarded the "Storyteller Award" by the International Comic Festival held annually in Angoulême, France.
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January 12, 2018
It was...interesting, if this is indeed the listing for The Crow #0 that features stories to each reconnected to original GN,Dead Time, Flesh and Blood,Wild Justice and Waking Nightmares. The section for the original GN along with some art, was just a shortened summary(almost) of what happened in the GN, Dead Time showed how Joshua came out of the ground, which If i recall, they never did show in the story, for Flesh and Blood showed Iris coming back again to help out after what happened the first time around, Waking Nightmares showed his kids years later and how Leung is pretty much like Ashe from CoA as well as the Skull Cowboy and then as for Wild Justice, showing his two crows talking to themselves and bringing the mission of the Crow to Korby. This as well as possible intended stories by O'Barr that never came to fruition. I definitely had this back in the day and now I have it. Not a great collection but interesting nonetheless. Also, I've tried to read this on and off but I really managed to read all of it today.
December 16, 2017
Eh
Cheap rehashes for cash. :/
Cheap rehashes for cash. :/
July 25, 2025
Cupo. Romantico. Leggendario.
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