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Pandemonium #2

by Christophe Bec (Scenario), Olivier Peru (Illustrator), Stefano Raffaele (Illustrator)

A macabre tale of a mother and her young daughter's experiences at one of America's most infamous medical institutions. A true tale of horror, literally ! In 1951, Doris and her little girl, Cora, entered one of America's most prestigious facilities for the treatment of Tuberculosis, The Waverly Hills Sanatorium. The events that befell them shortly thereafter, both of a supernatural and criminal nature, were some of the most sordid of the time. Written by prolific author and frequent Humanoids contributor Christophe Bec ( Sanctum ), and drawn by acclaimed artist Stefano Raffaele ( Loving Dead ).

Genres: Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Historical Fiction

56 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Christophe Bec is the writer of over fifty graphic novels. His flagship series as a writer, Shrine, has sold several hundred thousand copies worldwide. He is also the author of the comics Prometheus, Carthago, Darkness, Bunker, and Aéropostale.

Reviews

[Jakub Kvíz]

Pandemonium se zpocatku tvari jako thriller michnutej s trochou duchariny, ale v zaverecny casti se preklopi v cistokrevnej horor, kteryho by se ctenar v americkym komiksu asi nedockal. Tam kde Amici zpravidla tlaci happy-end, tak Christophe Bec priklada pod kotel jak Gernedas.

Na zacatku 50. let prijizdi matka s malou dcerou do sanatoria Waverly Hills, coz bylo zarizeni, kde se v prvni polovine 20. stoleti lecila tubera. To, ze tu neni vsechno jako v dobe, kdy se tu matka sama jako dite hospitalizovala, zacina bejt patrny hned po prijezdu, kdy v okne zmerci zdravotni sestru, o ktery zahy zjisti, ze je davno po smrti.

Vzhledem k tomu, ze na hospitalizaci dcery nema matka penize, tak nastupuje jako sestra, aby si to odpracovala. Vetsina personalu je dost divna a nektery lecebny metody patrej spis do stredoveku nez do 50. letch. A aby toho nebylo malo, tak dcera zacne vidat mrvtvy lidi.

Vic uz nema smysl prozrazovat, ale muzu rict, ze v tretim booku to fakt nabere grady jako blazen. Vahal jsem mezi 3* a 4*, ale diky tomu zaveru, kterej byl vcelku neokoukanej se priklanim k lepsimu hodnoceni :).

[Johan]

Got this via a (disappointing) Humble Bundle. However, this horror series is well-made. The early days of medicine without a lot of the things we take for granted these day like hygiene, antibiotics, vaccines, anesthetics, patients' rights, ... could be horrifying. This is the story of a sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis in the fifties which didn't use antibiotics and a mother who brought her sick daughter here to heal. A story about compassion, cruelty, medical experiments, malpractice, omerta, superstition, hope, despair and loss.
Not my favorite genre for comics, but this was well-made.

[Mehsi]

Het tweede deel in de serie en het wordt bloedje spannend.

Review volgt morgen!

[Ashley]

read translation via hoopla.
translators: quinn and katia donoghue

[Cocoontale]

J'ai été surprise de voir que ces BDs sont inspirées de faits réels ! Ce tome-ci sert de transition, il y a quelques révélations et toujours des scènes effrayantes (voire glauques donc attention aux plus jeunes) !

[Dkolacinski]

Something both evil and banal exists in a sanitarium for those with tuberculosis. The graphics enhances the creepiness and makes the tale even more terrifying.