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Django Zorro #1
Django/Zorro #1
"Set several years after the events of Django Unchained, Django/Zorro #1 finds Django again pursuing the evil that men do in his role as a bounty hunter. Since there’s a warrant on his head back east, he’s mainly been plying his trade in the western states. After safely settling his wife, Broomhilda, near Chicago, he’s again taken to the road, sending her funds whenever he completes a job. It’s by sheer chance that he encounters the aged and sophisticated Diego de la Vega – the famed Zorro – and soon finds himself fascinated by this unusual character, the first wealthy white man he’s ever met who seems totally unconcerned with the color of Django’s skin… and who can hold his own in a fight. He hires on as Diego’s “bodyguard” for one adventure and is soon drawn into a fight to free the local indigenous people from a brutal servitude, discovering that slavery isn’t exclusive to black folks. In the course of this adventure, he learns much from the older man (much like King Schultz) and, on several occasions, even dons the mask and the whip… of The Fox!"
32 pages, Unknown Binding
First published November 1, 2014
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Quentin Tarantino
53 books1,747 followersQuentin Jerome Tarantino is an Academy Award- and Palme d'Or-winning American film director, screenwriter and actor. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an independent filmmaker whose films used nonlinear storylines and stylized violence. His films include Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill (Vol. 1 2003, Vol. 2 2004), Death Proof (2007), and Inglourious Basterds (2009).
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February 25, 2015
I love westerns, always have, always will! I love Zorro! This story gives me both. So naturally I love this. Nice intro to what will undoubtedly become a great adventure. Great little references to the Django Unchained movie.
I like the art, it's like watching a western. You can almost feel the dust and heat. This first issue is full of action.
It's just a lot of fun!
The last panel is just great! For anyone who's looking for a fun action filled read, read this.
I like the art, it's like watching a western. You can almost feel the dust and heat. This first issue is full of action.
It's just a lot of fun!
The last panel is just great! For anyone who's looking for a fun action filled read, read this.
July 9, 2015
Reviewing here the entire run. This was a surprisingly good series (less surprising after one actually has a look at the creative team.)
The combination of an aging Zorro and a Django seemingly straight out of his eponymous movie works very well. The plot tackles quite complex political scheming in Arizona (based on real events!), and the exploitation of native Americans and Mexicans as a new cause for Django to take up. There is good quality banter, personal drama. This is all much more mature than I expected.
Recommended.
The combination of an aging Zorro and a Django seemingly straight out of his eponymous movie works very well. The plot tackles quite complex political scheming in Arizona (based on real events!), and the exploitation of native Americans and Mexicans as a new cause for Django to take up. There is good quality banter, personal drama. This is all much more mature than I expected.
Recommended.
December 12, 2019
The following is a review of the whole Miniseries
Rating: 4/5 (3/5 sans nostalgia)
Blurb: Blades, Bullets and Boyhood memories.
Before I was inducted into the geekdom of comic-books and graphic-novels, I was but a child running around with a towel around my shoulders and a wooden sword tucked into my woefully inadequate and re-purposed underwear shouting "Zorro Rides Again!!" This coupled with my penchant for Spaghetti-Westerns made Zorro and Django (Franco Nero) the fictional idols, to whom I tipped my hat whenever I jumped from one couch to the next and drove my mother mad.
When I first saw this graphic-novel, I was overcome with joy and nostalgia. It mattered little that the Django in this story is not the Django I grew up with. The 'D' was silent then, and it's silent now. And Zorro, well, following the loss of Dr. King Schultz, I could very well imagine Django taking a liking to Don Alajandro De La Vega with the same curious warmth that he did his old friend. However, aside from the use of characters who represent different approaches and different styles of combat, and also the stellar art, there is little to experience in terms of story. The antagonist is sufficiently evil, and our heroes are sufficiently righteous. And in the end, the enjoyment is sufficient. But is 'sufficient' all that one should expect when reading a crossover involving two of the greatest fictional pulp-icons of their generations? I think not.
While Django/Zorro certainly has it's heart in the right place and has all the elements that could have made this one of the best crossovers of all time, it fails to deliver in terms of depth and chemistry. We're all accustomed to watching Django and Zorro save the day and ride into the sunset, however, we also expect a sequel to a film like Django Unchained to follow in the film's footsteps and honor the tropes of the genre while delivering a fresh take on the dynamics governing its characters. I'm still happy that I read this, but I guess I didn't just want to be 'happy'. I wanted to be awed.
Rating: 4/5 (3/5 sans nostalgia)
Blurb: Blades, Bullets and Boyhood memories.
Before I was inducted into the geekdom of comic-books and graphic-novels, I was but a child running around with a towel around my shoulders and a wooden sword tucked into my woefully inadequate and re-purposed underwear shouting "Zorro Rides Again!!" This coupled with my penchant for Spaghetti-Westerns made Zorro and Django (Franco Nero) the fictional idols, to whom I tipped my hat whenever I jumped from one couch to the next and drove my mother mad.
When I first saw this graphic-novel, I was overcome with joy and nostalgia. It mattered little that the Django in this story is not the Django I grew up with. The 'D' was silent then, and it's silent now. And Zorro, well, following the loss of Dr. King Schultz, I could very well imagine Django taking a liking to Don Alajandro De La Vega with the same curious warmth that he did his old friend. However, aside from the use of characters who represent different approaches and different styles of combat, and also the stellar art, there is little to experience in terms of story. The antagonist is sufficiently evil, and our heroes are sufficiently righteous. And in the end, the enjoyment is sufficient. But is 'sufficient' all that one should expect when reading a crossover involving two of the greatest fictional pulp-icons of their generations? I think not.
While Django/Zorro certainly has it's heart in the right place and has all the elements that could have made this one of the best crossovers of all time, it fails to deliver in terms of depth and chemistry. We're all accustomed to watching Django and Zorro save the day and ride into the sunset, however, we also expect a sequel to a film like Django Unchained to follow in the film's footsteps and honor the tropes of the genre while delivering a fresh take on the dynamics governing its characters. I'm still happy that I read this, but I guess I didn't just want to be 'happy'. I wanted to be awed.
March 25, 2020
Don't be confused, this is Zorro's story.
His peopel. His villain. His fight.
This in no way detracts for me because I love Zorro as a hero, but if you come in expecting a Django story, you're going to leave feeling empty as it is written (mostly) from Django's perception as he learns he could use his talents in ways other than revenge and profit.
His peopel. His villain. His fight.
This in no way detracts for me because I love Zorro as a hero, but if you come in expecting a Django story, you're going to leave feeling empty as it is written (mostly) from Django's perception as he learns he could use his talents in ways other than revenge and profit.
June 11, 2019
Baca gara-gara ada rumor di The John Campea Show kalau komik ini ada kemungkinan bakal dibuat filmnya sebagai sekuel Django Unchained...
Omong-omong... penulis komik ini memang Quentin Tarantino sendiri ya.
Omong-omong... penulis komik ini memang Quentin Tarantino sendiri ya.
July 7, 2021
I LOVE The Mark of Zorro (1940) and The Mask of Zorro (1998) along with Django Unchained (2012) are two of my favorite movies in the universe, so (for me) this is a match made in heaven.
If they decide to make a movie staring Banderas and Foxx well then... I'm gonna lose my mind.
If they decide to make a movie staring Banderas and Foxx well then... I'm gonna lose my mind.
November 12, 2023
I'm IN, ready to keep riding this trail.
July 18, 2020
I’ve yet to watch the entire Django Unchained. For some reason, I either catch it in the middle or close to the end, and whenever I try to watch it from the beginning, I’m interrupted; so I was drawn to this story because I’m more familiar with Zorro and was wondering how the two legendary figures meet up. And that’s really all that the story is about. We (or maybe just me) don’t realize who the Zorro figure is until the end when he leaves his signature mark on the palms of some baddies.
I thought the story was okay. It didn’t greatly appeal to me since this is the first issue and it’s setting up for what’s to come later. I like that the two men meet by chance and seem to get along. The story hints that it gets more interesting later, but it’s not my jam, so most likely I won’t continue with it.
ART STYLE:
I feel tricked by the cover. I love the cover and assumed that’s the illustration style that would be used inside, but I was wrong. I’m not a fan of the style used for the story. I just don’t like the line work. I prefer when they are thin and crisp. But, my preference aside, the illustrations here aren’t bad, and it’s easy to understand what’s going in the panels.
OVERALL: ★★☆☆☆ ½
Pairing up the two legendary figures, Django and Zorro, is sure to attract readers, but this isn’t the kind of story that appeals to me.
As posted on Zezee with Books.
I thought the story was okay. It didn’t greatly appeal to me since this is the first issue and it’s setting up for what’s to come later. I like that the two men meet by chance and seem to get along. The story hints that it gets more interesting later, but it’s not my jam, so most likely I won’t continue with it.
ART STYLE:
I feel tricked by the cover. I love the cover and assumed that’s the illustration style that would be used inside, but I was wrong. I’m not a fan of the style used for the story. I just don’t like the line work. I prefer when they are thin and crisp. But, my preference aside, the illustrations here aren’t bad, and it’s easy to understand what’s going in the panels.
OVERALL: ★★☆☆☆ ½
Pairing up the two legendary figures, Django and Zorro, is sure to attract readers, but this isn’t the kind of story that appeals to me.
As posted on Zezee with Books.
February 7, 2015
What a Great read.. it even supplies a Soundtrack to play along with comic. Ironically and unintentionally I actually started reading it yesterday on Mexican Constitution Day! :)
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February 28, 2018Siento principalmente curiosidad. Soy un novato en el mundo de los comics y ver a Tarantino en esto me ilusiona, además de combinar a Zorro y al Django de Quentin, puede quedar algo muy entretenido.
El primer número te posiciona en la unión de esta peculiar pareja, no hay mucho más; lo bueno vendrá más tarde (supongo).
El primer número te posiciona en la unión de esta peculiar pareja, no hay mucho más; lo bueno vendrá más tarde (supongo).
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