La création est un acte délicat. Elle l’est plus encore lorsqu'il s'agit de donner une nouvelle vie à un personnage aussi mythique que Peter Pan. Régis Loisel s'est pourtant attelé à la tâche avec grâce et humilité, mêlant ainsi les ambiances féeriques et lumineuses de James Matthew Barrie aux atmosphères londoniennes sombres mais romantiques de Dickens. Non content de s’approprier avec brio un classique de la littérature, Loisel fit entrer le lecteur ébahi dans les méandres tourmentés de la psychologie humaine, maniant avec honnêteté des notions délicates et taboues, comme la maternité non assumée, la violence des enfants, la vengeance, le complexe d’Œdipe…
Régis Loisel is a cartoonist living in Montreal, Canada. Since the 1970s Loisel has become one of the most decorated French comic artists, especially in the fantasy genre. Loisel has won several awards at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, including the lauded Grand Prix in 2002.
Currently available on the Internet Archive, this is the fifth volume of a Peter Pan adaptation. This volume continues the darker action, returning to more familiar elements of the Peter Pan myth in its many retellings, including a link between Hook and Peter that’s been hinted at by other adaptations. The comments on volume one apply here too. Sadly, this volume has a rather pejorative depiction of a black man, which taints the story telling.
Hmm. What to do with this. I liked it. I disliked it. Both art and story wise. But I’m glad I read it and prob won’t re-read it. It’s a dark gritty version of Peter Pan which leaves a sad taste in your mouth after reading it... great read. Not an easy pleaser