Red Moon

Los Misterios De La Luna Roja #1-4

by Carlos Trillo, Eduardo Risso (Illustrations)

When Moon's village is attacked and her father arrested, she embarks on an adventure to find the power to save him and bring joy back to the people of Burien. With the help of an invisible friend, Moon and her pal Antolin the acrobat will sail the high seas, befriend fairies, and fight volatile monsters. On their journey, they'll gather the strength to confront the vast army controlling the citizens of her home and bring peace to the land.

Red Moon collects four adventurous tales chronicling the heroics of Moon and Antolin!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction

248 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Carlos Trillo was an Argentine comic book writer. Trillo began a prolific career as writer already at the age of 20, writing his first story for Patoruzú magazine. Trillo created, together with Horacio Altuna, the strip El Loco Chávez, which appeared every day at the back of the newspaper Clarín from July 26, 1975 to November 10, 1987. After that, the strip was replaced by El Negro Blanco, which he wrote for the artist Ernesto García Seijas until September 1993. He married writer Ema Wolf and had two children. He participated on the creation of several comics including Cybersix in 1992, with Carlos Meglia, and the Clara de noche and Cicca Dum Dum series with Jordi Bernet. He has also collaborated with Alberto Breccia and Alejandro Dolina. In 1999, his work La grande arnaque won the Prize for Scenario at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. He died in London on May 8, 2011, while on holiday with his wife.
(Source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Václav · Rating 3 out of 5]

(3,3 of 5 for the not bad, but pretty weak fairy tale with three consequent stories)
I don't know where I picked this or why. But it haunted my reading queue on my lunchtime/travel tablet for quite a while.
The art is OK, fitting the fairy tale theme. The story is nice, nothing exactly innovative but not completely copy-paste either. I had an issue with writing, sometimes the story was pushed forward by deus ex machina too obviously (well, it could be almost considered as mocking/parody on classic fairy tales mechanics). On the other hand, I liked the lighter tone of it.
Bottom line: this is one of the comics which are not actually bad and could be even enjoyed, but hard to recommend to anybody (with clear consciousness that person will at least enjoy it).

[Meepelous · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty enjoyable for a 2 star read, it's certainly one of those books that is hard to pin down between stars. Ultimately I erred on the lower side because it is a bit of a simple and somewhat uncreaetive read. I'm sure pretty much every one who grew up reading fantasy has read something like these comics before, and while it was certainly fun, that was more because I enjoy the genre and less because of this particular work.

The art was solid. A very angular kind of cartoony, basic flat colors. It wasn't displeasing to the eye or anything, but again a bit on the simpler side. Eduardo Risso knows what he's doing and has a style, but it just added to the general averageness of this particular work.

It being fairly average means that Red gets rescued more then once by her male companion. Certainly nothing out of the usual, but still something entirely uncreative.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 3 out of 5]

The four books collected within contain three stories:
1-2: Solid
3: Passable
4: C-R-A-P!
->The last line makes me think that he handed in an odious turd on purpose because he chided uneven financial distribution to entertainers. Plus, it's hard to believe that veteran writer laziness can be so transparently bad.

The art went the other way as Rizzo got to know the characters but he's hardly a story saver.

I've laid eyes on much of his work outside of U.S.A. corporate publishing* and never been impressed with more than five spots per page. Sometimes full panels but mostly just a face or some such else because his composition lacks any grace and he lays a line that makes me wonder if he needs a drink to steady his hand. He relies on completely blacking out shadows so when the story isn't dark and dirty you see why he's so involved with so much harsh noirishness.


I've only (reluctantly for $1) read #1 of his Azzneck written bullet-ballad so I don't want to hear what a "masterpiece" it is.
->Sour tasting Limoncello is a monthly-deadline-ideal staples capes and tights caliber writer who begs you to think he's cool with his dumb lingo and overall balls-to-the-wall falderal.

[Savi · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is about 2.5* read for me. The story started fairly well and it looked as if there might be some depth to it. The artwork is fun and colourful and the character designs are easy on the eyes. Ultimately, though, it's a bit of a let down with simple characters and a fairly shallow story progression.It is enjoyable enough to go through once but might be more suited for younger readers.

[Isaac Timm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wonderfully drawn, interesting characters but everything is surface and easily resolved. I never felt immersed in the cast of characters. I understand that this is not for adults, but compared with fine works Neil Gaiman and Co. have created for young people it falls a little short. I hope they stay with the series, it started shaky but progressed well. I think they have something here. A great series in the same vane is Castle Waiting. I think some of the problems with Red Moon may have been in translation.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its ok. The stories were cute, very fairy tale themed. Trying to be a bit humorous. My main issues was how obvious it was. The characters described everything. We're in a boat, I'll hide in a cave, I'm unarmed, etc. They repeated what they were doing often and the dialogue was just very, I don't know, immature? Forced? It just didn't read like a natural conversation and it didn't let the reader interprete or insinuate anything.

[Ron · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the art but the story, although it started out well, grew more suited to mid-grade readers as it went on. Definitely not my demographic, but younger readers may enjoy the whimsical fantasy. Not a bad intro to graphic novels for pre-teens--no objectionable language, sex, or extreme violence.

[Luis Diaz · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to read this book because of Eduardo Risso's work. 100 Bullets was amazing. First thing I notice was the art seemed a little rougher than his usual style. Perhaps he drew this story a different way. Maybe closer to the size of the book instead of doubling up. So the edges of his lines were kind of more broken or bleeding from the ink on paper. Maybe he used a different paper. I don't know, but I noticed that right away. Also the coloring got worse as it went on. I didn't mind the simple flat earth tones at first, but then but started to get a little more "out of the tube" photoshop with some really cheesy effects and blurry things. I don't know if he himself colored it, but it would have been better to get someone else. The stories themselves were okay and I like that world, but something in the translation particularly with the jokes that seemed it really missed the mark. You really have to give credit to translators when you feel that in a book. I want to go back and read it in Spanish and see if the story is told better. I can almost bet it is. The storytelling in general is not bad, but not that great considering how good Risso is. It seems choppy and sometimes it jumps to fast between panels leading you to be a little confused as oppose to feeling like your mind is filling the blanks like it should. Again the words don't help here. Judging from how cheap the book is for sale pretty much tells you what people think of this book. It's a shame because it could have been really really good, but there are so many things that went wrong here.