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Jérôme K. Jérôme Bloche #4

by Alain Dodier

Charles Legoff est l'homme le plus influent de la petite île bretonne de Saint-Mathieu.Mais Charles Legoff a peur. Depuis plusieurs nuits, une main malfaisante glisse sous sa porte des photos et des lettres liant sa femme à son meilleur ami François. François qui est mort sous ses yeux, il y a plus de quarante ans, et qui a emporté ces documents dans sa tombe... à l'autre bout de l'Europe ! Chargé d'élucider cette énigme morbide, Jérome devra combattre d'inquiétants fantômes du passé...

Genres: Bande Dessinée, Comics

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Frank · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent police procedurals these are! This one is very atmospheric, with a beautiful use of colour and terrific drawings, IMHO. There is exactly *one* panel towards the end that contains an inordinate amount of text to explain some of the plot points, but that may be beginner's clumsiness from Dodier, for whom this seems to have been the first album he scripted by himself. From what I've seen of the rest of the series so far, he certainly rid himself of that habit, and besides: the rest of the story shows an exquisite talent for pictural exposition, a really lovely sense of cinematic pace. And a rather unique blend of comic caricature and realism, in my view. I can't really think of anything that's not to love in what I've read of this series so far.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 4 out of 5]

215×300 ¦ D.L. 08/1989 ¦ 6 tomes backside

Here is another that had to be jellied into that time's FBBF (Franco-Belgian Below Fifty) page limit of tomes in a series. The lettering throughout is significantly smaller than usually seen- especially at the heavy exposition ending. Sure, this would have been better with more length, but he still did very well without any more (credited) scriptwriting help seen previously.

My favorite part was learning about the small Brittany island of Saint-Mathieu which Dodier mapped to my satisfaction!

[Koen Claeys · Rating 4 out of 5]

In dit album kan je de zeelucht aan de Bretoense kust, de sfeer in een kleine vissersgemeenschap bijna opsnuiven. Zo goed wordt alles hier neergezet door Dodier. Deze keer doet hij alles op zijn eentje en hij levert meteen een beter scenario af dan wat Makyo of Le Tendre hem voordien voorschotelden.
Enig minpuntje lijkt me hier de overbodigheid van Babs die nog minder goed uitgewerkt lijkt dan alle nevenpersonages in deze strip.

[Bernard Convert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Une ambiance à la Simenon adaptée au lectorat de Spirou. Scénario, ambiance et dessins réussis (contrairement au précédent -à la vie, à la mort- dont le scénario par Makyo bat un peu la campagne).