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Clockwerx #1

by Jason Henderson, Tony Salvaggio, Jean-Baptiste Hostache (Artist)

A non-stop Steampunk thrill ride featuring giant robots and set in Victorian London.

PUBLICATION IN 2 VOLUMES - COMPLETED SERIES

London, 1899. A series of mysterious deaths on the shipping docks have an ex-Scotland Yard officer on the hunt for clues. What he uncovers is a war between a huge corporation and a renegade group of individuals, with both parties fighting for a powerful new energy source.
A cross-Atlantic collaboration between American authors Jason Henderson and Tony Salvaggio, and French illustrator Jean-Baptiste Hostache.

Genres: Comics, Steampunk, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Bande Dessinée

51 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

I've been writing for a long time-- comics, games (like Destiny 2), books-- there's always *something.* But lately I've gotten into modern-day YA novels with the Alex Van Helsing series and now middle grade with the new Young Captain Nemo series.

Reviews

[Tristan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This two part series is a collaboration between American writers and a French artist, originally published in French. The English translation is currently available on Kindle Unlimited.

The art is decent. Backgrounds and steampunk machinery are very well done, but the characters are somewhat lifeless. The visual imagination is good, but the visual storytelling is rather confused.

But that’s mainly due to the rather poor, stilted, and stereotyped writing. There’s a lot of wordy awkward exposition, very stereotypical characters, boring backstories to give a revenge aspect, trite set pieces, unnecessary and unrealistic romance ... it’s very middle of the road and unremarkable if competently delivered. The story is your average Hollywood action movie fighting the baddie who wants to take over the world ... boring.

A shame, as the art has real potential.

[Graziano · Rating 3 out of 5]

L'energia controlla il pianeta, signori, e ci consentirà di comportarci come più ci aggrada…
(pagina 37)

[EmBe · Rating 2 out of 5]

2,5. Gut gezeichnet, aber schwache Story.

[Artur Coelho · Rating 3 out of 5]

Uma série intrigante que cai na categoria iconografia à procura de justificação num argumento. Clockwerkx está firmemente ancorado na estética steampunk com uma história sobre robots tripulados na Londres industrial da era vitoriana. O argumento gira à volta da fonte de energia milagrosa que permite aos autómatos moverem-se e as inevitáveis lutas entre facções pelo controlo da energia. Uma, previsivelmente, visa dominar o mundo e apenas um bando de rebeldes engenheiros e pilotos de autómatos os podem travar. A obrigatória batalha final entre robots nos túneis industriais sobre Londres é um regalo visual para os apaixonados do steampunk. Este é um livro que deslumbra pela ilustração. Os autómatos tripulados são delírios de mecanicismo de relojoaria e os cenários mergulham num gótico industrial com sabor a vapor. E a história não passa de uma boa desculpa para delírios visuais.

[Silvia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Für mich war das eine ganz neue Lektüre, da ich nur sehr selten Comics lese und Steampunk sicherlich nicht meine Lieblingsrichtung ist. Alles in allem haben mir die Zeichnungen trotzdem sehr gut gefallen; die Geschichte ist aber etwas flach und hätte besser herausgearbeitet werden.

[Gonzalo Oyanedel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Steampunk a la europea, de narración vacilante pero hermosamente ilustrada.

[Felix · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spontan aus der Bibliothek ausgeliehen, etwas wirr und für meinen Geschmack auch etwas zu schnell erzählt. Aber nette Steampunkästhetik und ich hab Lust auf Band 2 bekommen

[Simon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Real nice illustration but the story is too thin.

[Florin Pitea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very detailed artwork. Reasonably well developed plot. Recommended for stempunk fans.