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Grendel Tales #5
Grendel Tales: The Devil May Care
It's race time in Indianapolis, and the only thing hotter than the action on the track is the passion boiling outside of the stadium walls. Local Grendel chief Hack has his hands full. Between the volatile visiting Grendel clans tearing up the town, a mysterious vigilante on a Grendel-killing spree, and forces within his own clan that seek to depose him, there's little room for error or emotion.
But when he feels himself falling for Dana, the city hospital's headstrong lead physician, he quickly finds things spiraling out of his control. And he's not the only one with problems. Dana's struggling with her delinquent son, desperately trying to keep him away from the very Grendel that she herself is growing ever attracted to.
But when he feels himself falling for Dana, the city hospital's headstrong lead physician, he quickly finds things spiraling out of his control. And he's not the only one with problems. Dana's struggling with her delinquent son, desperately trying to keep him away from the very Grendel that she herself is growing ever attracted to.
160 pages, Paperback
First published October 18, 2002
About the author
Terry LaBan
116 books32 followersTerry LaBan decided to be a cartoonist at the age of 6. He grew up to draw political cartoons and illustrations, create alternative comics series for Fantagraphics Books and Dark Horse comics, and write for DC Vertigo and Disney Egmont, where he spent 14 years writing Donald Duck comics.
From 2001 to 2015, Terry and his wife Patty created the daily comic strip “Edge City”, which was syndicated by King Features. Terry has two kids and two cats, and lives just outside Philadelphia. Mendel the Mess-Up, his first middle grade graphic novel, will be published in December of 2024.
From 2001 to 2015, Terry and his wife Patty created the daily comic strip “Edge City”, which was syndicated by King Features. Terry has two kids and two cats, and lives just outside Philadelphia. Mendel the Mess-Up, his first middle grade graphic novel, will be published in December of 2024.
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March 24, 2018
An interesting take on one of the Grendel tribes. They ascend in the Grendel hierarchy by challenging each other to races. I found the love story quite unique as well. Peter Doherty's art is very good.
March 19, 2018
After Homecoming another (tragic) love story in the Grendel Tales universe.
Terry Laban writes a very decent story, with strong and even touching characters. Though not original the plot is solid and the dialogues are good and ring true.
I would have rated it better if not for Pete Doherty's art. Not everything's to throw away, the storytelling isn't too shabby and some compositions are quite good but most action scenes are totally lackluster and every panel looks like it was inked with a biro which I simply hate.
Inking is not just putting ink over pencils. It's supposed to enhance them. A good inking can save mediocre pencils. Coming last a poor inking just undermines what's under it, however good it was before .
Terry Laban writes a very decent story, with strong and even touching characters. Though not original the plot is solid and the dialogues are good and ring true.
I would have rated it better if not for Pete Doherty's art. Not everything's to throw away, the storytelling isn't too shabby and some compositions are quite good but most action scenes are totally lackluster and every panel looks like it was inked with a biro which I simply hate.
Inking is not just putting ink over pencils. It's supposed to enhance them. A good inking can save mediocre pencils. Coming last a poor inking just undermines what's under it, however good it was before .
November 4, 2018
I really didn’t like this.
I’m not sure what this had to do with the Grendel Mythos (beyond the obvious symbolism) but, the set and setting here are indubitably Mad Max inspired. Manifesting a post-apocalyptic world ran by jaggedly muscular warlords (called Grendels here) a truly weirdo tale of bizarre romance and inter/intra-tribal warfare surges forth within and without. Featuring a local doctor and a bearded daimyo (who looks just like Lemmy from MotorHead. R.I.P.)a curiously choppy tale of love in a world of grit becomes the theme du jour in this largely forgettable comic.
Riddled with chest hair, nudity, and the typically characteristic torrents of blood, Devil May Care is a post-apocalyptic tale of pure oddity that exists for no other reason than to justify its existence ($ too I’m sure). Saved only by generally well done art, the garishness within and without melts down anything else that might have moved this in a 3 star direction.
I’m not sure what this had to do with the Grendel Mythos (beyond the obvious symbolism) but, the set and setting here are indubitably Mad Max inspired. Manifesting a post-apocalyptic world ran by jaggedly muscular warlords (called Grendels here) a truly weirdo tale of bizarre romance and inter/intra-tribal warfare surges forth within and without. Featuring a local doctor and a bearded daimyo (who looks just like Lemmy from MotorHead. R.I.P.)a curiously choppy tale of love in a world of grit becomes the theme du jour in this largely forgettable comic.
Riddled with chest hair, nudity, and the typically characteristic torrents of blood, Devil May Care is a post-apocalyptic tale of pure oddity that exists for no other reason than to justify its existence ($ too I’m sure). Saved only by generally well done art, the garishness within and without melts down anything else that might have moved this in a 3 star direction.
October 11, 2020
I'm not going to finish this series or the next one, Devils Apprentice.
I'm not into the Grendel project. It reminds me of Crossed but marginally better stories and characters (not including Alan Moore's s.f. inspired run)
They're all assholes but sometimes a few are less so and I guess I'm supposed to root for them? ... the philosophical points are usually heavy-handed. Art varies but the late Biukovic was my favorite.
VIVAT GRENDEL!?... NUMQUAM!!!
I'm not into the Grendel project. It reminds me of Crossed but marginally better stories and characters (not including Alan Moore's s.f. inspired run)
They're all assholes but sometimes a few are less so and I guess I'm supposed to root for them? ... the philosophical points are usually heavy-handed. Art varies but the late Biukovic was my favorite.
VIVAT GRENDEL!?... NUMQUAM!!!
August 19, 2023
The continuing decline of this series bottoms out here, with an overlong story of hackneyed cliché, adding nothing to the Grendel universe—cardboard characters, risible dialogue, and a witless plot; decent art, often poorly composed, and too often muddily coloured. Its only saving grace is that it ends horribly and abruptly, but only after six interminable issues. Bring back Matt Wagner, please.
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