Dix Petits Nègres

Agatha Christie Graphic Novels #3

by François Rivière (scénario), Frank Leclercq (dessin et couleur), Agatha Christie

Dix personnes que tout oppose se rendent en vacances sur l’Ile du Nègre... Une à une, elles disparaissent. Faudra-t-il attendre qu’il n’en reste plus qu’une seule pour découvrir l’auteur des macabres mises en scène entourant les meurtres successifs ? Un huis clos terrible et pervers.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Mystery, Comics, Agatha Christie, Fiction, Thriller, Crime

46 pages, Cartonné

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Romancier et journaliste, il s’est fait une spécialité des adaptations en bande dessinée d'Agatha Christie chez Emmanuel Proust Editions. Chez le même éditeur, il a également publié Un Drame en Livonie, et les deux tomes de Voyage sous les eaux, d’après Jules Verne.

Reviews

[Melisende]

A recent addition to my Agatha Christie collection and one of my favourite stories from this amazing author.

[bethanyangharad]

The vlog in which I read this can be found in the readathon video here > https://youtu.be/GSiApaojHhM

This is Agatha Christie's famous 'And Then There Were None' reimagined as a graphic novel. I had read Murder on the Orient Express a while ago and, whilst enjoyed it, thought it dragged on a wee bit. So, when I was made aware of this other famous novel of hers in illustrated form (in which a bunch of people are invited to an island where they all die) I new I had to pick it up.

Having the novel illustrated and condensed down, made for a more exciting read. I say this because the adapter, Riviere, didn't have to go into heaps of environmental detail and could instead focus on the mystery and murders at hand. Speaking of the murders, whilst I didn't think the revelation was too shocking, I did enjoy how we are given a nursery rhyme at the beginning which foretells everyones death. Overall a fun read!

Triggers: murder (in some pretty gruesome ways), suicide, cancer

[Anonymous]

Graphics is bad, so much that gender physiognomy is indistinguishable from a corner of the room, so much that shocked face looked like laughing.

[Flo Svn]

Un peu daté niveau dessin mais retranscrit un classique d'Agathe Christie.

[fried.rambutans]

This is one of the better-made titles of the graphic novel version of Agatha Christie's. I've owned several other titles but most of them weren't adapted quite right.

To recap, it's a story of 10 characters summoned to an island off the coast of Devon before being killed one by one.

Adapting a story into graphics can be quite difficult, especially at the task of explaining the background that led to the summoning of each character. The adapter quite succeed in doing just so, but I rather suspect some minor parts are lost in translation. The illustration is made harsh with hard angular strokes and it is not as colorful as the usual BD style, but the text flow is almost spot-on. While nothing can replace the text version, this graphic novel would be a nice companion for fans of Agatha Christie.

[Stephanie Hughes]

Bought. Twice. Haha

[Aimée]

10 Menschen werden auf eine einsame Insel vor Devon eingeladen. Alle haben ein schreckliches Geheimnis. Am Ende sind alle tot, umgebracht wie in dem Kinderreim "10 kleine Negerlein" - doch wer war der Mörder?


Ich wollte Agatha Christies Meisterwerk lesen, weil es in einer meiner Facebook-Gruppen immer wieder auftauchte. Auf der Büchermeile entdeckten wir diese Graphic-Novel-Adaption, also habe ich sie mitgenommen.


Das erwies sich jetzt jedoch als Fehlkauf. Das ist mein erstes Buch von Agatha Christie und anhand der paar Wörter in Sprechblasen kann man den Schreibstil natürlich überhaupt nicht beurteilen. Auch geht die Spannung ziemlich flöten. Rätselraten, einer tot. Rätselraten, noch einer tot. Aber gut, wenn man ein 200 Seiten Buch auf nur 50 Seiten Graphic Novel runterbricht, geht einiges verloren. Fast wie beim Film. Ich glaube, ich habe mir nicht mal das Ende verdorben, weil es doch etwas undurchsichtig ist und durch die fehlende Handlung zwischen den Panels noch undurchsichtiger wird.


Vielleicht für Fans des Buchs oder der Künstler geeignet, eine interessante Aufbereitung - wer sich allerdings mit Agatha Christie beschäftigen will, sollte zum Textbuch greifen... was ich auch noch tun werde.


~ Lilith ~

25.08.2019

[Cookie Au]

Quelle BD !!!!

Laissez vous guider sur l'île du negre.
- 10 invitations
- 10 individus
- 10 singes
- 10 vers
- 1 contine mortelle
- 1 meurtrier

Serez-vous prêt à les accompagner le temps d'un voyage mortel. Allez-vous vous laisser guider jusqu'au porte de l'enfer ? Malheureusement pas de retour possible sur l'île du nègre.

Franchement j'ai adoré, en tant que fan d'Agatha Christie c'est un coup de cœur. Je trouve que c'est un fabuleux moyen de faire découvrir aux enfants ce formidable univers de nos romans d'antan.

Une BD à lire et à relire sans modération qui est totalement adaptée aux enfants (voir les notes de fin). Bref, si vous êtes ici, c'est à mettre dans sa pile à acheter direct !

Classement : Coup de cœur ❤
Age minimal de lecture : 8 ans

[Leandra]

Já tinha lido o livro noutro formato e já tinha visto uma série baseada nesta história.
Tive de ler novamente para fixar como tudo tinha ocorrido.
Dez pessoas são convidadas para ir para uma ilha deserta e vão começando a morrer seguindo a letra de uma canção infantil. O que terá realmente acontecido?

[Sourav Jha]

Its one of the beat work of the author... Its a fun to read and I finished it in one read, and surely it make my sunday.. Reading it was fun filled with suspense and questions. Nicely written and beautiful storyline.

[Lotte]

Cooler Schreibstil, absolut dummer Plot Twist am Ende.

Wahrscheinlich kann man das Agatha Christie nicht vorwerfen (ich meine sie hat das Buch 1921 geschrieben (was heißt das sie nie Fight Club gesehen hat, so sie hatte halt auch wenig gute Plot Twist als Inspiration)), aber trotzdem enttäuschend.

[Tabrizia]

Even in graphic novel format, I was still was captivated and terrified of the story. The illustrations really captured the tension and the mysterious nature of the tale.

[Eliana Fasani]

4.5

[Leo Labs]

L'adaptation en BD, certes concise, est tout de même très fidèle au roman. Les dessins sont propres et le coup de crayon précis. Un bon moment de lecture.

[Lucie]

The art style was not my favourite.

[Justine]

3.5 Histoire très bien adaptée mais je ne suis pas fan des illustrations.

[Lucie ⋆ ☾]

2,5/5 stars
Not a fan of the drawings. The story is well taught but not as passionating as in the book.

[Rachel Yuska]

Read this one for the spoiler. I'll read the novel.

[Lilith]

il libro padre (e madre) di tutti i gialli. Uno stile impeccabilmente semplice, per una vicenda che segnerà, per sempre, un genere letterario e non solo. voto 9

[Sylvia Rhett]

The graphics were awesome, but I wish it hadn't ended so soon and had more time to connect with the characters.

[Christina Mastoraki]

Εκπληκτική εικονογράφηση με όλες τις απαραίτητες πληροφορίες. Θα ήθελα να δω πιο πολλές σκηνές από το παρελθόν των πρωταγωνιστών, αλλά δεν πειράζει.

[LCReynolds]

Murder mysteries must not be for me.

I read this to compare to the style of The Hunt which I read for book club in November. Although I found the styles to be very similar, I did not particularly enjoy either book.




Source: Kindle

[StrictlySequential ArtNarrative]

220×295 ¦ A.I.+D.L. 09/2003 ¦ 10.50€
-›originally published by Claude Lefrancq Editeur

Getting this series in English through the rare England editions has cost me much higher price-points and tremendous diligence so, despite how nice those look together on a shelf, I've settled for three French originals. Out of luck, this is one of them, because I realized through title confusion->research which told me that it's a 'Black/Purple Smurf' situation that keeps The Bibliomecca as censor/censure free as can be! I do agree with the reasoning behind why Harper Collins edition switched the grossly racist nursery rhyme from n-words to soldier-boys (even in art through entirety) but I want stories just as they were for the historical truth of it- especially if it's the title of the entire world's best selling mystery (top 10 of anything).

Narrative:
Agatha said it was her most difficult to write and I'll bet it was the toughest for Francois to adapt into tome-length while keeping the reader from knowing "whodunnit". But, without spoiling anything, I must brag that I got it from one phylactere that then matched with the forthcoming nursery-rhyme-killer's name! I'm being confusing but those who finished will know what I mean when I say that I'm disappointed with the police for not thinking "what if the __ __ was actually a __ __ ?".

Visual: ****(b&w)/*(color)
Leclercq is usually great but his self-coloring job ruins the look of the whole thing. It's one of the best examples I have of why a bonafide colorist is necessary. Frank's choices and usage are absolutely garish.

[Mark]

Agatha Christie sets out a new genre of her own with this original multiple homicides mystery in an isolated island, Ten Little NiggersAnd Then There Were None became an instant classic right after its original publication.

Now you can read it in a different way, through a graphic adaptation which is still appealing to Agatha Christie's fans.

[Sohan]

তারপর আর রইল নাকো কেও!


'সৈন্য দ্বীপ' নামক একটি দ্বীপে আমন্ত্রন জানানো হয় দশজন ব্যাক্তিকে। তারা সকলেই নিজ নিজ স্বার্থে দ্বীপে পৌঁছায়। দ্বীপে একটিই বাড়ি। সেখানে দশজন ব্যাক্তি ছাড়া আর কেও নেই। এমনকি আমন্ত্রনকারিও যে কে তাও রহস্যময়। একটি গ্রামোফোনে ভেসে আসে তাদের প্রত্যেকের অতীতের একটি অন্যায় কর্ম আর জানানো হয় তাদের সমন জারির কথা। একে একে দশজনই মারা যায়।

কে খুন করলো তাদের?
যেখানে দ্বীপে অন্য কেও নেই!

[Tremayne]

You have to read the epilogue to find out who the killer is you will fall for one person and think he's the killer but it ends up being the other one. There are 10 deaths and the murderer is a mad person.

[Biserka]

I love a good Crime novel from time to time. Agatha Christie is one of the classic Crime writters so I had to touch some of her work and must I say - I really enjoyed it. This is a crime materpiece. It keeps you on your feet for the wole time and it's not too long.

[Jessica]

Pretty interesting concept for a Classic Christie tale!

[Rebekah]

Much more fun to read than Murder on the Orient Express, but not nearly as delightful as Tommy and Tuppence.

[Jasmine]

Re-reading after watching a Family Guy episode based on this.