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Casanova (Collected Editions)
Casanova: Acedia, Vol. 2
Casanova Quinn, interdimensional superspy and assassin, has crashlanded here on Earth--on OUR Earth--with absolutely no memory of who he is or the things he's done. By Eisner Award-winning writer Matt Fraction (Sex Criminals, ODY-C, Satellite Sam) and with art by international superstar Fábio Moon (Two Brothers, Daytripper), this volume also features exclusive back-up stories written by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon (Telegraph Avenue, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay) and drawn by Casanova co-creator Gabriel Bá (The Umbrella Academy, Two Brothers) that expose the mind-bending machinations of the women tasked with hunting Casanova Quinn down across space and time.
"Ultra densely packed psychedelic sci-fi espionage... sharply dressed and erotically irresistible." -The New York Times
Collecting: Casanova: Acedia 5-8
"Ultra densely packed psychedelic sci-fi espionage... sharply dressed and erotically irresistible." -The New York Times
Collecting: Casanova: Acedia 5-8
136 pages, Paperback
First published May 10, 2017
2 people are currently reading
80 people want to read
About the author
Matt Fraction
1,227 books1,875 followers"How he got started in comics: In 1983, when Fraction was 7 years old and growing up in Kansas City, Mo., he became fascinated by the U.S. invasion of Grenada and created his own newspaper to explain the event. "I've always been story-driven, telling stories with pictures and words," he said.
Education and first job: Fraction never graduated from college. He stopped half a semester short of an art degree at Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri in 1998 to take a job as a Web designer and managing editor of a magazine about Internet culture.
"My mother was not happy about that," he said.
But that gig led Fraction and his co-workers to split off and launch MK12, a boutique graphic design and production firm in Kansas City that created the opening credits for the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace."
Big break: While writing and directing live-action shoots at MK12, Fraction spent his spare time writing comics and pitching his books each year to publishers at Comic-Con. Two books sold: "The Last of the Independents," published in 2003 by AiT/Planet Lar, and "Casanova," published in 2006 by Image Comics.
Fraction traveled extensively on commercial shoots. Then his wife got pregnant. So Fraction did what any rational man in his position would do -- he quit his job at MK12 to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time comic book writer.
Say what? "It was terrifying," said Fraction, who now lives in Portland, Ore. "I was married. We had a house. We had a baby coming. And I just quit my job."
Marvel hired Fraction in June 2006, thanks largely to the success of his other two comics. "I got very lucky," he half-joked. "If it hadn't worked out, I would have had to move back in with my parents.
- 2009. Alex Pham. Los Angeles Times.
Education and first job: Fraction never graduated from college. He stopped half a semester short of an art degree at Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri in 1998 to take a job as a Web designer and managing editor of a magazine about Internet culture.
"My mother was not happy about that," he said.
But that gig led Fraction and his co-workers to split off and launch MK12, a boutique graphic design and production firm in Kansas City that created the opening credits for the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace."
Big break: While writing and directing live-action shoots at MK12, Fraction spent his spare time writing comics and pitching his books each year to publishers at Comic-Con. Two books sold: "The Last of the Independents," published in 2003 by AiT/Planet Lar, and "Casanova," published in 2006 by Image Comics.
Fraction traveled extensively on commercial shoots. Then his wife got pregnant. So Fraction did what any rational man in his position would do -- he quit his job at MK12 to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time comic book writer.
Say what? "It was terrifying," said Fraction, who now lives in Portland, Ore. "I was married. We had a house. We had a baby coming. And I just quit my job."
Marvel hired Fraction in June 2006, thanks largely to the success of his other two comics. "I got very lucky," he half-joked. "If it hadn't worked out, I would have had to move back in with my parents.
- 2009. Alex Pham. Los Angeles Times.
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August 14, 2017
Bullet Review:
What do I even say?! I read these because my coworker gives them to me, and I can't help but try to puzzle through WTF is going on in this weird world.
Quentin still hasn't figured out who he is - but he's still meeting all the players from earlier volumes, whose names are totally gone from my memory. There is no coherent plot, but I'm thinking that's part of the plot. Fraction and Co are just writing whatever insanities come to their minds - and hey, life is worse.
What do I even say?! I read these because my coworker gives them to me, and I can't help but try to puzzle through WTF is going on in this weird world.
Quentin still hasn't figured out who he is - but he's still meeting all the players from earlier volumes, whose names are totally gone from my memory. There is no coherent plot, but I'm thinking that's part of the plot. Fraction and Co are just writing whatever insanities come to their minds - and hey, life is worse.
May 10, 2017
Brilliant. Strange, cool and cerebral.
August 4, 2021
Good grief! The build-up for this book was AMAZING and I was really looking forward to how this 8-issue arc would come to an end. Every issue in this volume just added to my intrigue and excitement.
And then it...ended. And I feel like this is either brilliant or annoying or a case of massive blue balls. We got explanations for things and sort of justification for the motivations of many of our characters but then it also doesn't quite go anywhere since the rest of the adventure is left to the imagination to flesh out. Bugger it!
It has still been an enjoyable romp and certainyl an interesting exploration of the Casanova character. But then I also wanted a super big ending for the way things were being framed and I don't think we officiallly got that. It's not bad but it's still a little frustrating.
And then it...ended. And I feel like this is either brilliant or annoying or a case of massive blue balls. We got explanations for things and sort of justification for the motivations of many of our characters but then it also doesn't quite go anywhere since the rest of the adventure is left to the imagination to flesh out. Bugger it!
It has still been an enjoyable romp and certainyl an interesting exploration of the Casanova character. But then I also wanted a super big ending for the way things were being framed and I don't think we officiallly got that. It's not bad but it's still a little frustrating.
March 4, 2022
This was a blast, even though it's messy throughout and doesn't even attempt to provide any kind of conclusion. It just keeps zooming at full speed. I don't know what I even really expect from this series. It's one of the few instances where I'm not even really interested in arc or closure. Each new weird thing is fun and weird as hell, just a wildcard, goofball scramble with a seismic, rattling grin. There's so much joy in the creation of this multiverse and such a gleeful fascination with oblivion and its ability to repeat. I can't recommend it to many, but for those who would enjoy it, it'd scratch an itch they didn't know they had or would even understand why it exists in the first place.
May 31, 2017
Casanova Quinn no longer feels like himself, but then he does not know what or who he is. But he is sure someone is coming to kill him. And in this surreal comic, many beings are gunning for him. But their aim is bad as are their bods, so the playing field is rearranged often to keep up the suspense. Do read and be deranged.
August 27, 2018
Casanova Acedia's visuals are my favorite palette applied to my favorite artist's inks. So, it looks pretty damn great. The story is interesting, it's starting to come together. I thought Acedia was intended only to be a two-volume pair, so expected a little more in the way of a conclusion--but I've since seen Moon's updates as he keeps working on it, so I eagerly await volume 3.
September 16, 2017
I don't have much to write, as plots are still developing and characters are still evolving... and I still have yet to read the original Casanova books.
Art work = quintessentially perfect for the story. Plot= intriguing.
After all... who doesn't enjoy a good apocalypse?
It's an unveiling.
Art work = quintessentially perfect for the story. Plot= intriguing.
After all... who doesn't enjoy a good apocalypse?
It's an unveiling.
January 17, 2020
Look, am I confused just like a tiny itty bitty teeny weeny bit? Yes. Yes I am, I'm not gonna lie.
Do I love it and consider it an integral part of the Casanova experience? Also yes.
We contain multitudes my dudes. Rock 'n' roll.
Do I love it and consider it an integral part of the Casanova experience? Also yes.
We contain multitudes my dudes. Rock 'n' roll.
August 1, 2017
My pleasure reading this has more to do with the pleasure of the prose than its content. I'm going to have to reread both volumes back to back to really understand them.
September 24, 2017
I'm always lost, but I'm always entertained.
January 25, 2018
I’m sure my rating would’ve higher if I remembered more of what is going on.
May 28, 2018
This is not Luxuria's sequel. I am an idiot, so confused. Will update this when I've read it in the proper order.
February 2, 2019
The Casanova series is the perfect example of a work where how you don't have to understand everything that's going on to really enjoy it.
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