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Donjon Monsters #9
Les profondeurs
Joann Sfar y Lewis Trondheim han construido un universo propio con divertidísimas aventuras fantástico-heroicas que transcurren en tres escenarios y tres épocas diferentes. L A MAZMORRA MONSTRUOS es una serie de volúmenes autoconclusivos y con dibujantes de lujo donde el protagonismo recae sobre los personajes secundarios de la saga. Killofer se ocupa en esta entrega de ofrecer un dibujo sorprendente y unos colores vivos y contrastados, y de llevarnos de la mano hasta las profundidades marinas del universo de LA MAZMORRA .
48 pages, Hardcover
First published June 16, 2004
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Joann Sfar
485 books509 followersJoann Sfar (born August 28, 1971 in Nice) is a French comics artist, comic book creator, and film director.
Sfar is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu and six other artists. He also worked together with many of the new movement's main artists, e.g. David B. and Lewis Trondheim. The Donjon series which he created with Trondheim has a cult following in many countries.
Some of his comics are inspired by his Jewish heritage as the son of Jewish parents (an Ashkenazi mother and a Sephardic father). He himself says that there is Ashkenazi humor in his Professeur Bell series (loosely based on Joseph Bell), whereas Le chat du rabbin is clearly inspired by his Sephardic side. Les olives noires is a series about a Jewish child in Israel at the time of Jesus. Like Le chat du rabbin, the series contains a lot of historical and theological information.
His main influences are Fred and André Franquin as well as Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, Will Eisner, Hugo Pratt and John Buscema.
From 2009 to 2010, Sfar wrote and directed 'Serge Gainsbourgh: Une Vie Heroique', a biopic of the notorious French songwriter, of whom Sfar is a self-confessed fanatic. The film, which draws substantially on Sfar's abilities as a comic book artist through its extensive use of fantasy artwork, animation and puppetry, was released in 2010 to general critical acclaim.
Sfar is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by Jean-Christophe Menu and six other artists. He also worked together with many of the new movement's main artists, e.g. David B. and Lewis Trondheim. The Donjon series which he created with Trondheim has a cult following in many countries.
Some of his comics are inspired by his Jewish heritage as the son of Jewish parents (an Ashkenazi mother and a Sephardic father). He himself says that there is Ashkenazi humor in his Professeur Bell series (loosely based on Joseph Bell), whereas Le chat du rabbin is clearly inspired by his Sephardic side. Les olives noires is a series about a Jewish child in Israel at the time of Jesus. Like Le chat du rabbin, the series contains a lot of historical and theological information.
His main influences are Fred and André Franquin as well as Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, Will Eisner, Hugo Pratt and John Buscema.
From 2009 to 2010, Sfar wrote and directed 'Serge Gainsbourgh: Une Vie Heroique', a biopic of the notorious French songwriter, of whom Sfar is a self-confessed fanatic. The film, which draws substantially on Sfar's abilities as a comic book artist through its extensive use of fantasy artwork, animation and puppetry, was released in 2010 to general critical acclaim.
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May 30, 2021
This is one of the greatest 48-page albums in BD history... but I'll try to restrain my enthusiasm. Like every 'Donjon' story, Sfar and Trondheim balance moments of warmth and humor with emotionally wrenching and completely unpredictable narrative twists. This is probably the most engaging, tragic and horrifying episode in the entire series, about a young sea dwelling teenager whose comfortable, sheltered existence is brutally shattered. To survive, she is forced to don a uniform and pretend to be one of the soldiers who killed her family. Her attempts to blend in and find escape lead her deeper into the nightmare that will destroy their world: the Empire's descent into civil war and chaos. Her metamorphosis from innocent to hard-eyed killer is strange and suitably shocking.
What really sets it apart, however, is the utterly perfect art of Killoffer. Words really do fall short...
Here are examples of Killoffer's pages after coloring; if I could own any three original pages of comic art, with price being a non-factor, the one directly below (somewhat cropped, unfortunately) would be my first or second choice:
To get a true sense of his genius, however, his original inked pages provide a deeper insight:
Comic art doesn't get any better. Painted work is a bit different, but if better linework exists, I haven't seen it.
What really sets it apart, however, is the utterly perfect art of Killoffer. Words really do fall short...
Here are examples of Killoffer's pages after coloring; if I could own any three original pages of comic art, with price being a non-factor, the one directly below (somewhat cropped, unfortunately) would be my first or second choice:
To get a true sense of his genius, however, his original inked pages provide a deeper insight:
Comic art doesn't get any better. Painted work is a bit different, but if better linework exists, I haven't seen it.
February 11, 2025
Uf este no me ha gustado… me ha dejado muy mal cuerpo. Solo me ha hecho mucha ilusión ver a Herbert y a su hijo 🫶🏻
October 8, 2020
Pff, qu'est-ce qu'il était glauque ce tome ! Après le dernier tome sur Alexandra, on a eu un gros lot sur la torture et le viol... Pour autant, j'ai beaucoup apprécié cette incursion dans un univers (répugnant) que la saga Donjon n'aborde pourtant pas.
September 10, 2015
Tomo bellísimo y perturbador por partes iguales. No, miernto: me perturbó bastante más de lo que me embelezó. Pero que la pasé culposamente bien mientras lo leía, ni lo dudo.
April 4, 2024
Piola pero no pa tanto, es pa pasar el rato aunk 10/10 el dubijo
March 3, 2024
The art was nice but the plot was horrific. Can we stop having female caracter arcs be purely trauma based?
February 22, 2018
(3 for story, 5 for artwork. No detailed review until I can do it in French!)
February 1, 2021
Mouais... pas le meilleur de la série et pas pour les enfants.
October 1, 2015
Un tomo con más muertes absurdas, traiciones y golpes bajos que la próxima temporada de GoT.
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