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Berlinoir
Reinhard Kleist ist einer der profiliertesten Autoren von Graphic Novels in Deutschland, mit seinem jüngsten Werk DER BOXER konnte er Kritiker und Publikum wieder einmal überzeugen. BERLINOIR ist ein Werk mit düsteren Anleihen aus der Unterwelt, in dem Vampire die Stadt Berlin kontrollieren. Das Szenario stammt von Tobias O. Meißner, der mit Fantasyromanen wie DIE DÄMONEN bekannt wurde. BERLINOIR liegt nun erstmals komplett in einem Band vor und lädt dazu ein, die dunklen Seiten Berlins kennenzulernen.
160 pages, Hardcover
First published September 20, 2012
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Tobias O. Meißner
44 books17 followersTobias Oliver Meißner is a German author of novels and comic books.
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April 26, 2024
Valoración: 3'75 de 5⭐. Una mezcolanza de vampiros, expresionismo alemán, referencias históricas sobre Berlín, y trama política con un trasfondo de crítica social, en contra de las injusticias y que clama por la libertad ciudadana, como la importancia de preservar la diversidad cultural y las distintas tradiciones, tanto de los propios teutones, como de judíos, otomanos, etc, y lo que conlleva el crear un estado totalitario que no tenga en cuenta lo anteriormente dicho.
Incluso, en su segundo capítulo, hay referencias al famoso Vampiro de Düsseldorf, el asesino en serie alemán Peter Kürten, que llegó a declarar en el juicio que bebió la sangre de sus víctimas, y de ahí el sobrenombre con el que pasaría a la historia de los serial killers.
Si le bajo la nota es porque Tengu ediciones, que siempre sobresale por ediciones excelsas de tapa dura, con papel de calidad a un precio muy ajustado, esta vez falló en hacer una revisión concienzuda del texto, puesto que no solo hay numerosos errores ortográficos, sino también el orden de las oraciones no es siempre la idónea, aparte de ciertas palabras que no tienen sentido en la oración, por lo que la traducción deja algo que desear, dificultando su comprensión y, por tanto, también el disfrute de su lectura.
Aún con todo merece ser leída, y más si te gustaron "Nosferatu" de Murnau, "El Gabinete del Dr Caligari" de Wiene o "Metrópolis" de Fritz Lang, pues se inspira muchísimo en las tres, tanto en el arte como en el guion.
Incluso, en su segundo capítulo, hay referencias al famoso Vampiro de Düsseldorf, el asesino en serie alemán Peter Kürten, que llegó a declarar en el juicio que bebió la sangre de sus víctimas, y de ahí el sobrenombre con el que pasaría a la historia de los serial killers.
Si le bajo la nota es porque Tengu ediciones, que siempre sobresale por ediciones excelsas de tapa dura, con papel de calidad a un precio muy ajustado, esta vez falló en hacer una revisión concienzuda del texto, puesto que no solo hay numerosos errores ortográficos, sino también el orden de las oraciones no es siempre la idónea, aparte de ciertas palabras que no tienen sentido en la oración, por lo que la traducción deja algo que desear, dificultando su comprensión y, por tanto, también el disfrute de su lectura.
Aún con todo merece ser leída, y más si te gustaron "Nosferatu" de Murnau, "El Gabinete del Dr Caligari" de Wiene o "Metrópolis" de Fritz Lang, pues se inspira muchísimo en las tres, tanto en el arte como en el guion.
October 21, 2018
Reinhard Kleist habe ich durch seine Cash Biografie schätzen gelernt und Tobias O. Meißner gehört zu meinen favorisierten Autoren. Es wurde also Zeit, Berlinoir endlich zu entdecken und ich wurde nicht enttäuscht. Das Artwork lebt von Kleists expressivem Stil, seinem Gefühl für Farbe, Erzähltempo und Dramaturgie. Die Geschichte ist gut komponiert und liefert, wie von Meißner gewohnt, zahlreiche Denkanstöße. Sprachlich anspruchsvoller als andere Graphic Novels fehlt jedoch der Raum, um das zu bieten was ich an seinen Romanen schätze (natürlich, das liegt am Medium). Leider kann ich nicht benennen, weshalb ich nicht restlos begeistert bin. Vielleicht hatte ich zu hohe Erwartungen?
October 25, 2020
Eine originelle Vampirgeschichte und ein deutscher Comic dazu - teils graphisch etwas grob, in ein zwei Wendungen ungeschickt (ich hatte das Gefühl, dass der zweite Band etwas durchhängt), aber auch intelligent, gespickt mit Anspielungen auf deutsche Geschichte und Kultur und befasst mit Politik, Religion und Fragen der Täterschaft und Verantwortung.
August 2, 2021
Spannende Story, coole Zeichnungen, frag mich allerdings wie man manche Namen ausspricht…
November 19, 2021
Berlinoir is a graphic novel that will tell a story about how vampires seized power in an alternate version of a 1930s Berlin, but actually it seems to be out of time or can be associated with any time or place where there is strong oppression of governors who feed on the blood of the weakest, and any resemblance to German history is not a coincidental.
After decades of hiding and fearing humans, a group of vampires finds in Berlinoir the necessary requirements for their survival and to carry out their plans for conquest and domination, but a group of humans will fight fiercely against their bloodthirsty oppressors. In this story we see a clear allegory of the real Berlin. The script written by Tobias O. Meissner contains much of Germany's history, political regimes, culture, cinema and theatre, as well as the city's dark aura is well portrayed here.
I thought the allegorical use of the Weimar Republic and the transition to Nazi Germany in this violent vampire graphic novel, as violent as this period in German history was, amazing. Another interesting thing is the allusion to films like Fritz Lang's 1931 "M" and also the division of the city into two sectors, clearly referring to the ideological wall that separated real Berlin into East and West.
Berlinoir was first published in a three-volume series, but this edition by Graphics publisher is complete, and Reinhard Kleist's art is outstanding. Although the comic isn't perfect, I had some issues with climax breaking, overall you can enjoy the story even with the dense language and narrative style that makes the reading not flow smoothly all the time, but it's a good story that deserves to be read.
If you read it as another terrifying and suspenseful comic, it will not be a good experience, but as a critique of dictatorial governments and political corruption it works just fine. And what could be more terrifying than having your whole life sucked into supporting an oppressive political class?
@thereader2408
After decades of hiding and fearing humans, a group of vampires finds in Berlinoir the necessary requirements for their survival and to carry out their plans for conquest and domination, but a group of humans will fight fiercely against their bloodthirsty oppressors. In this story we see a clear allegory of the real Berlin. The script written by Tobias O. Meissner contains much of Germany's history, political regimes, culture, cinema and theatre, as well as the city's dark aura is well portrayed here.
I thought the allegorical use of the Weimar Republic and the transition to Nazi Germany in this violent vampire graphic novel, as violent as this period in German history was, amazing. Another interesting thing is the allusion to films like Fritz Lang's 1931 "M" and also the division of the city into two sectors, clearly referring to the ideological wall that separated real Berlin into East and West.
Berlinoir was first published in a three-volume series, but this edition by Graphics publisher is complete, and Reinhard Kleist's art is outstanding. Although the comic isn't perfect, I had some issues with climax breaking, overall you can enjoy the story even with the dense language and narrative style that makes the reading not flow smoothly all the time, but it's a good story that deserves to be read.
If you read it as another terrifying and suspenseful comic, it will not be a good experience, but as a critique of dictatorial governments and political corruption it works just fine. And what could be more terrifying than having your whole life sucked into supporting an oppressive political class?
@thereader2408
February 27, 2015
I had the pleasure of finding out about Kleist through the Goethe Institute's comic section. Here he is the artist, not the writer, but I love this book none the less. The images alone make the whole thing worthwhile, the "Blade Runner" vision of a dystopic Berlin full of references to the past 70 years of German History, paint a visual portrait of death and bitterness; a magical realistic vision of life in a city I've never been to, but of which I'm still a citizen.
It gets gritty and a few times immature in its plot, but the quips alone never steer it too far from the track. The characters stay bound together enough to be unpredictable, but full of enough patterns to make them understandable and relatable. I don't know of any English version, but pick up a dictionary and trudge through it if your Deutsch ain't up to par. The language is complex and sophisticated enough to be challenging, but the payoff is too great to ignore.
5 stars
It gets gritty and a few times immature in its plot, but the quips alone never steer it too far from the track. The characters stay bound together enough to be unpredictable, but full of enough patterns to make them understandable and relatable. I don't know of any English version, but pick up a dictionary and trudge through it if your Deutsch ain't up to par. The language is complex and sophisticated enough to be challenging, but the payoff is too great to ignore.
5 stars
September 5, 2015
Düsterer deutscher Vampir-Comic mit vielen Referenzen auf die deutsche Geschichte der 1920er bis 1960er Jahre.
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