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Blake & Mortimer (Cinebook) #20
Septimusvågen
En tid efter händelserna i Det gula tecknet samlas en grupp ur den brittiska societeten till ett hemligt möte. De är anhängare av professor Septimus idéer, den galne vetenskapsmannen vars terrordåd höll London i ett järngrepp några månader tidigare. Nu vill de föra Septimus arv vidare och söker efter en lämplig försökskanin.
Professor Mortimer är i sin tur övertygad om att det går att använda Septimus spektakulära Megavåg inom den medicinska forskningen och har därför i hemlighet återskapat den märkliga Telecefaloskopet i sitt laboratorium. Men oförklarliga störningar stoppar experimenten och Mortimer frågar kapten Blake om råd. Denne ber i stället Mortimer hjälpa honom med att finna orsaken till ett mystiskt dödsfall som inträffat vid King s Cross. Samtidigt, inte långt därifrån, dyker det upp en figur i plommonstop, som med monoton stämma upprepar ett och samma namn: Guinea Pig.
Professor Mortimer är i sin tur övertygad om att det går att använda Septimus spektakulära Megavåg inom den medicinska forskningen och har därför i hemlighet återskapat den märkliga Telecefaloskopet i sitt laboratorium. Men oförklarliga störningar stoppar experimenten och Mortimer frågar kapten Blake om råd. Denne ber i stället Mortimer hjälpa honom med att finna orsaken till ett mystiskt dödsfall som inträffat vid King s Cross. Samtidigt, inte långt därifrån, dyker det upp en figur i plommonstop, som med monoton stämma upprepar ett och samma namn: Guinea Pig.
70 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2013
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Jean Dufaux
477 books86 followersJean Dufaux is a Belgian comic book writer. Beginning his professional career as a journalist for "Ciné-presse", Dufaux started writing comic books in the 1980s. Perhaps his most well-known, and certainly his most long-running, series is Jessica Blandy.
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March 7, 2019
In order to understand the continuation story "the Septimus-wave" which was released in 2013 one has to read the original story as written by Edgar P. Jacobs called the "Yellow sign" from 1956. It is perhaps no coincidence that both comic books are the longest stories of the series each counting 70 pages long.
While professor Septimus might be dead Mortimer is still tinkering with his equipment to find if the professors original experiment can be recreated. At the same time Olrik free and at large is suffering nightmares awake as he still hear the professors voice and sees his face and is trying to flee his source of torture.
At the same time it seems that Septimus original equipment might have been powered by another unknown source that now becomes a danger for anybody living in London. it makes a great sequel to the original Jacobs story close to fifty years before.
As always the continuation authors and pencils keep up the quality and manage to improve on Jacobs story lines, this one is not as strong as the story it continues upon but is very satisfactory. And for the art-lovers the Rene Magritte touches are very nice.
While professor Septimus might be dead Mortimer is still tinkering with his equipment to find if the professors original experiment can be recreated. At the same time Olrik free and at large is suffering nightmares awake as he still hear the professors voice and sees his face and is trying to flee his source of torture.
At the same time it seems that Septimus original equipment might have been powered by another unknown source that now becomes a danger for anybody living in London. it makes a great sequel to the original Jacobs story close to fifty years before.
As always the continuation authors and pencils keep up the quality and manage to improve on Jacobs story lines, this one is not as strong as the story it continues upon but is very satisfactory. And for the art-lovers the Rene Magritte touches are very nice.
December 10, 2020
E.P. Jacobs, unlike Hergé, decided that his heroes could have more adventures after his death, allowing for other artists to take his mantle. Several have since his death in the late 1980s, all making sure that the plots as well as the art style were as near as possible to Jacobs’s ideal.
One such team, consisting of Jean Dufaux, Antoine Aubin, and Étienne Schréder, decided to use the classic that is La Marque jaune and carry on the story. The result is pretty good, full of references to Blake, Mortimer, Olrik (I love the fact that Jacobs gave his own face to the villain of the series), and even Magritte.
January 4, 2018
This is a sequel to Blake and Mortimer's earlier adventure, The Yellow "M": The Adventures of Blake and Mortimer Volume 1, which I should, perhaps, have reread, as the details of the Mega Wave as re-presented in The Septimus Wave seem very confused. I'm not sure if this is the writer or translator's fault, or my own.
I would have liked to better understand the motivations and origins of the quartet of ne'er-do-wells who precipitate the action. What is their endgame? How did they come together? These aspects aren't fleshed out. The research seems a little less accurate this time, unless the author actually meant to hide Bethlam Royal Hospital near Croydon (about 10 miles from central London) behind the facade of the otherwise incorrectly named Bedlam Hospice, presented as being an easy walk from Whitehall. I'm possibly betraying a lack of reading comprehension with these nitpicking questions.
The inevitable appearance of the ubiquitous Colonel Olrik is actually a welcome relief, and he, if nobody else, feels a little more three-dimensional than usual.
Apart from feeling somewhat lost with the details of the mcguffin, this London-based adventure was an enjoyable, if workmanlike, addition to the series - not terrible, but not of the best.
I would have liked to better understand the motivations and origins of the quartet of ne'er-do-wells who precipitate the action. What is their endgame? How did they come together? These aspects aren't fleshed out. The research seems a little less accurate this time, unless the author actually meant to hide Bethlam Royal Hospital near Croydon (about 10 miles from central London) behind the facade of the otherwise incorrectly named Bedlam Hospice, presented as being an easy walk from Whitehall. I'm possibly betraying a lack of reading comprehension with these nitpicking questions.
The inevitable appearance of the ubiquitous Colonel Olrik is actually a welcome relief, and he, if nobody else, feels a little more three-dimensional than usual.
Apart from feeling somewhat lost with the details of the mcguffin, this London-based adventure was an enjoyable, if workmanlike, addition to the series - not terrible, but not of the best.
September 13, 2020
Pénible à lire, répétitif et stupide. C'est vraiment sans intérêt.
August 22, 2023
Esta história liga-se com a original de E.P. Jacobs A Marca Amarela. Apesar de começar bem, a determinada altura já estava um pouco cansado dela... Custou-me a chegar ao fim, e isso não é sinal de que tenha gostado muito... por isso, entre as 2 e as 3 estrelas, arredondo para baixo...
February 23, 2014
La saga Blake et Mortimer était pourtant si bien relancée... La malédiction des 30 deniers, les sarcophage du 6ème continent... Tous ces tomes semblaient dignes des plus grandes heures d'Edgard P Jacobs. Et puis vint l'onde Septimus, vague best-of écœurant d'une des plus grande histoire des deux compères. Sensation de réchauffé, histoire qui n'avance pas, qui n'est pas développée, style d'écriture carrément lourd et pénible... Il ne reste qu'à prier que ce tome 22 n'était qu'une vague arnaque est un prélude à un GRAND retour de blake et mortimer....
November 9, 2021
Zo goed als een Blake & Mortimer verhaal kan zijn, wat wil zeggen, interessante science fiction ideeën in een ouderwets jasje dat zijn eigen, unieke charme heeft, maar zo kurkdroog vertelt, met een constante muur aan tekst en houterige personages die allemaal veel te veel op elkaar lijken, dat het bijna een sport lijkt om iets cool zo onaantrekkelijk mogelijk te presenteren. Een serie die door zijn eigen identiteit gedoemd is om voor eeuwig een relikwie te blijven.
August 11, 2019
Chronologisch gezien speelt dit verhaal zich af net na de gebeurtenissen in “Het Gele Teken”. Het verhaal heeft me aangenaam verrast; het bevat meer suspense en is wat complexer dan een doorsnee Blake & Mortimer. In het verhaal krijg je ook eens een andere kant van Olrik te zien.
Lees eerst “Het Gele Teken” vooraleer je aan dit verhaal begint.
Lees eerst “Het Gele Teken” vooraleer je aan dit verhaal begint.
September 22, 2023
Grandiosa, come tutte le avventure di Blake & Mortimer. E' il seguito de "Il Marchio Giallo", forse la più famosa avventura, insieme a "Il segreto dell'Espadon", del dinamico duo spionistico-fantascientifico. Ritroviamo il Professor Septimus, ma anche il Colonello Olrik, l'arcinemico di Blake e Mortimer. Come sempre, una bella, bellissima storia. Imperdibile, ovviamente.
May 18, 2018
Man, this one takes the biscuit for weirdness and isn't as good as some of the other stories but you still have plenty of action and in one sense, Olrik actually does something pretty heroic at the end!
April 11, 2020
What a mess story-wise. The different story arcs had very little to do with each other conceptually. what the hell had an alien spaceship under London to do with the "Yellow M" story?
That ship looked realy cool though.
That ship looked realy cool though.
March 13, 2021
Black e Mortimer respeitado na sua génese e no traço. Nesta aventura, Mortimer assume um egoísmo (que ele classifica como curiosidade) que não lhe conhecia.
A ficção sempre alta, vai um pouco mais além e perde alguma credibilidade.
Dito isto, é um prazer ler.
A ficção sempre alta, vai um pouco mais além e perde alguma credibilidade.
Dito isto, é um prazer ler.
April 1, 2018
D'une insondable bêtise...
August 8, 2018
‘- Het is lang geleden dat ik je zo met je mond vol tanden heb zien staan, old chap... Een charmante vrouw.
- Ja, een beetje te charmant.’ (p. 37)
- Ja, een beetje te charmant.’ (p. 37)
December 31, 2019
Vooral de tekeningen zijn goed zoals in de originele boeken. Het verhaal vond ik iets minder
July 9, 2021
Trop, c'est comme pas assez. Ce livre aurait bénéficié d'être en deux tomes plutôt qu'un, puisque les villains ne sont pas aussi présents qu'ils pourraient l'être.
November 26, 2021
Ook bij herlezen wat onevenwichtig
June 10, 2023
Een minder goed verhaal in de reeks, en vervolg op Het gele teken. Verhaallijnen zijn slordig en niet echt onderbouwd. Tekenwerk is wel goed.
March 11, 2024
Mooi verhaal met een knipoog naar "Het gele Teken".
August 15, 2024
Här är ytterligare ett album i Cobolts utgivningsserie, Blake och Mortimers äventyr efter Edgar P. Jacobs, med material producerat av diverse serieskapare. Den här gången står Jean Dufaux för manuset och Antoine Aubin och Étienne Schréder för teckningarna (med Laurence Croix som färgläggare), och äventyret knyter an till Edgar P. Jacobs sjätte album om (och tredje äventyr med) kapten Blake och professor Mortimer, La marque jaune, som jag passande nog nyligen läste i engelsk utgåva (
The Yellow "M"
). Berättelsen utspelar sig ett tag efter händelserna i den föregående, och det finns nu de som är nyfikna på att se om professor Septimus idéer går att använda (på olika sätt). Dessutom är överste Olrik fortfarande på fri fot och mystiska omständigheter drar in både honom och hans två ärkefiender (Blake och Mortimer) i en ny intrig.
Liksom många andra av albumen i den här utgivningsserien med material som fortsätter äventyren med Blake och Mortimer håller detta en hög kvalitet och förhåller sig troget både i berättelsens ton och visuella paradigm. Och det är en intressant uppföljare till La marque jaune.
Liksom många andra av albumen i den här utgivningsserien med material som fortsätter äventyren med Blake och Mortimer håller detta en hög kvalitet och förhåller sig troget både i berättelsens ton och visuella paradigm. Och det är en intressant uppföljare till La marque jaune.
March 9, 2016
Seguito non riuscito de "Il Marchio Giallo". Non per denigrarlo in partenza ma l'albo non decolla, non tiene mai sulle spine come il predecessore e soprattutto lascia scoperte un mucchio di questioni senza risposta oltre ad introdurre incongruenze evidenti ad esempio:
Questioni irrisolte:
1) Per quale motivo i cospiratori decidono di riprendere in mano le ricerche di Septimus?
2) Che fine fanno i cospiratori dopo la fuga?
3) Che fine hanno fatto ?
4) è realmente ?
5)
6) era un'entità biologica o robotica e che fine ha fatto?
7)
8) Che fine hanno fatto le persone scomparse, e sono poi ricomparse alla fine?
9)
10) Che fine fa Nasir? E che ruolo ha nell'albo, visto che ne "Il Marchio Giallo" non è mai apparso?
11) Che conseguenze ha avuto la scelta di Blake? Come l'hanno presa i suoi superiori ?
Tutti i precedenti punti, non hanno spiegazioni.
Incongruenze:
1) Mortimer cede alla sua etica e non solo , semplicemente assurdo rispetto il personaggio.
2) L'onda Mega, che sembrava propria di ogni persona, qui è un'unica onda e sembra avere un rapporto particolare con Olrik, non si sa il perché.
3) Esiste un'onda Septimus, inversa dell'onda Mega, non è chiaro se lo scopritore sia Mortimer o da dove sbuchi questa nuova onda.
Punti a favore dell'albo
Vengono introdotti personaggi interessanti, come Lilly Sing, Lady Rowana e il dramma umano di Olrik. Peccato non vengano approfonditi e che il tutto venga gettato al vento.
Le varie incongruenze e mancanze vengono "rattoppate" alla meno peggio con la storia del
Punti a sfavore dell'edizione:
A pagina 76 ritorna la rubrica che analizza una tavola del fumetto. Peccato che non coincida con la descrizione di pagina 77. La tavola corretta rispetto la descrizione sarebbe quella di pagina 34, invece viene riportata quella di pagina 44.
Questioni irrisolte:
1) Per quale motivo i cospiratori decidono di riprendere in mano le ricerche di Septimus?
2) Che fine fanno i cospiratori dopo la fuga?
3) Che fine hanno fatto ?
4) è realmente ?
5)
6) era un'entità biologica o robotica e che fine ha fatto?
7)
8) Che fine hanno fatto le persone scomparse, e sono poi ricomparse alla fine?
9)
10) Che fine fa Nasir? E che ruolo ha nell'albo, visto che ne "Il Marchio Giallo" non è mai apparso?
11) Che conseguenze ha avuto la scelta di Blake? Come l'hanno presa i suoi superiori ?
Tutti i precedenti punti, non hanno spiegazioni.
Incongruenze:
1) Mortimer cede alla sua etica e non solo , semplicemente assurdo rispetto il personaggio.
2) L'onda Mega, che sembrava propria di ogni persona, qui è un'unica onda e sembra avere un rapporto particolare con Olrik, non si sa il perché.
3) Esiste un'onda Septimus, inversa dell'onda Mega, non è chiaro se lo scopritore sia Mortimer o da dove sbuchi questa nuova onda.
Punti a favore dell'albo
Vengono introdotti personaggi interessanti, come Lilly Sing, Lady Rowana e il dramma umano di Olrik. Peccato non vengano approfonditi e che il tutto venga gettato al vento.
Le varie incongruenze e mancanze vengono "rattoppate" alla meno peggio con la storia del
Punti a sfavore dell'edizione:
A pagina 76 ritorna la rubrica che analizza una tavola del fumetto. Peccato che non coincida con la descrizione di pagina 77. La tavola corretta rispetto la descrizione sarebbe quella di pagina 34, invece viene riportata quella di pagina 44.
January 3, 2017
A sequel to the E.P. Jacobs' classic The Yellow 'M', which is considered among the best of Blake and Mortimer. Did it need a sequel? Well, not really. The book does explain what happened to Col. Olrik after he disappeared at the end of The Yellow 'M' even if you didn't really need an explanation.
Prof. Mortimer is studying the equipment left behind by Septimus, and Olrik is being tracked down by a secret group hoping to recreate Septimus's experiments with the mind-controlling Mega Wave by once again using him as their guinea pig. (Much like Septimus did.)
While Olrik is haunted by apparitions of Septimus, other strange events that seem connected to the experiments are happening as well. Neither Mortimer nor the other group attempting to use the Mega Wave seem completely in control of these happenings, suggesting that there is some mysterious third force interfering.
While it's always fun to have a new Blake and Mortimer to read, I'm not sure what I think of the trend to go back and fill in the blanks. For example, the follow-up to The Septimus Wave (which I have but haven't started yet) is a prequel to the very first Blake and Mortimer volumes. And some other recent volumes have been very focused on events from Blake's and Mortimer's pasts. These do flesh out the characters, but after two "prequel"/"sequel" books now, it's time to get back to the front of the timeline.
The plot of The Septimus Wave isn't exactly complicated, but it does seem to take a roundabout way to getting to the reveal of What Has Been Going On. And then the answer comes kind of out of left field. To my mind, this same story could have been told without needing to make it a sequel to The Yellow 'M'. A sequel implies a continuation of the story, whereas this was more like a separate story that used The Yellow 'M' more as an entry or a hook. Yes, it did involve more experiments with the Mega Wave, and put Olrik through the wringer again (always nice) . . . but it ends up kind of like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, where you're expecting an archaeological/historical adventure and you get interdimensional aliens instead.
Which is fine for Star Trek.
This was a Star Trek plot in a Blake and Mortimer book.
Prof. Mortimer is studying the equipment left behind by Septimus, and Olrik is being tracked down by a secret group hoping to recreate Septimus's experiments with the mind-controlling Mega Wave by once again using him as their guinea pig. (Much like Septimus did.)
While Olrik is haunted by apparitions of Septimus, other strange events that seem connected to the experiments are happening as well. Neither Mortimer nor the other group attempting to use the Mega Wave seem completely in control of these happenings, suggesting that there is some mysterious third force interfering.
While it's always fun to have a new Blake and Mortimer to read, I'm not sure what I think of the trend to go back and fill in the blanks. For example, the follow-up to The Septimus Wave (which I have but haven't started yet) is a prequel to the very first Blake and Mortimer volumes. And some other recent volumes have been very focused on events from Blake's and Mortimer's pasts. These do flesh out the characters, but after two "prequel"/"sequel" books now, it's time to get back to the front of the timeline.
The plot of The Septimus Wave isn't exactly complicated, but it does seem to take a roundabout way to getting to the reveal of What Has Been Going On. And then the answer comes kind of out of left field. To my mind, this same story could have been told without needing to make it a sequel to The Yellow 'M'. A sequel implies a continuation of the story, whereas this was more like a separate story that used The Yellow 'M' more as an entry or a hook. Yes, it did involve more experiments with the Mega Wave, and put Olrik through the wringer again (always nice) . . . but it ends up kind of like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, where you're expecting an archaeological/historical adventure and you get interdimensional aliens instead.
Which is fine for Star Trek.
This was a Star Trek plot in a Blake and Mortimer book.
May 23, 2024
Septimus: Guinea Pig?
April 12, 2016
Per quanto ottimamente disegnata, questa avventura, seguito dichiarato del Marchio Giallo, presenta diversi buchi di trama e richiede una sospensione della realtà eccessiva per quanto riguarda Blake & Mortimer.
May 20, 2023
Septimus warboel rond een ruimteschip. En daar gaat de connectie met “het gele teken” de mist in. Jammer, soort van gemiste kans. Want in de opzet zat een goed verhaal, tot het moment dat er een ruimteschip bij gehaald werd.
February 12, 2017
J'ai pensé que le créateur des Blake et Mortimer (Edgar P. Jacobs) faisait un meilleur travail que auteurs actuels. Ou alors je me fais vieux.
March 26, 2014
Not bad at all for a remake. And it gives some depth to the Olrik character.
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