Dylan Dog: Powrót potwora

Dylan Dog #8

by Tiziano Sclavi, Luigi Piccatto (Illustrator), Jacek Drewnowski (Translator)

Dylan Dog jest nazywany detektywem mroku, gdyż zajmuje się sprawami, które zwykło się nazywać paranormalnymi - często walczy z potworami, duchami czy wilkołakami. Seria o jego przygodach sprzedaje się we Włoszech i USA w wielosettysięcznych nakładach, zaś sama postać Dylana jest uznawana za kultową wśród włoskich miłośników komiksu. Cykl ten został wymyślony w 1986 r. przez scenarzystę Tiziano Sclaviego, dziś natomiast tworzeniem scenariuszy i rysunków zajmuje się wielu pisarzy i grafików.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Horror, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book

100 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1987

About the author

Tiziano Sclavi is an Italian comic book and novel writer, who has also worked as a journalist. Sclavi is most famous for creating the Italian bestselling comic Dylan Dog, started in 1986 and still ongoing, a horror pastiche featuring a paranormal investigator. More than 450 monthly 90-pages long issues have appeared in the series, with Sclavi as the most recurrent script writer in the first decade of serialisation.

Reviews

[Ajeje Brazov · Rating 4 out of 5]

In questo ottavo albo della serie Dylan dovrà vedersela con l'incomprensione, uno dei maggiori ostacoli alla felicità dell'essere umano. Riuscire a comprendere ci potrà salvare, ma ne saremo mai capaci?

Mi ci vogliono dieci paradossi per ricomporre in me una verità. (Dylan Thomas)

[Eliana Tripaldi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bella storia, un tantino prevedibile la svolta finale, tipica dei Dylan! Ma ben scritta e belle tavole!

[Ivan · Rating 4 out of 5]

„Povratak čudovišta“ je savršeno ukopljen između epizoda „Zona sumraka“ i „Alfa i omega“ – utoliko što je reč o manje-više (naglasak je svakako na „manje“) tipičnoj detektivskoj storiji, koja se vrti oko pitanja „ko je ubica?“. Doduše, mi na samom početku epizode saznajemo ko je ubica, pa se više bavimo time „gde je ubica?“ sve do samog kraja i neočekivanog obrta. Međutim, kao što je veoma često slučaj kod ovakvih naizgled čisto kriminalističkih epizoda ovog stripa – postoji „međutim“.

Nakon izvesnog razmišljanja, sklon sam da zaključim kako se „Povratak čudovišta“ bavi prirodom lepote i rugobe. Italijani, kao svetske estete, skloni su ovakvim razmišljanjima, koja se u nekom trenutku neumitno svedu na preispitivanje odnosa prema ženama, ali šta se pa kod Italijana ne svodi na žene? Međutim (drugi put), „Povratak čudovišta“ ide za korak dalje i razgrađuje nagonsko poistovećivanje rugobe (ili ružnoće) sa zlom i lepote sa dobrim, odnosno anđeoskim u nama. Ovo pitanje često promiče kroz umetnička dela katoličkih stvaralaca, a naročito fantasta, koji tu temu mogu da razrađuju na plastičan način kakav nije dostupan glavnotokašima (premda Džordž Martin to vrlo uspešno radi na krajnje nefantazijski način u svojoj „Pesmi leda i vatre“), ali mora se priznati da matična zemlja i Rimokatoličke crkve i renesanse svojoj stvaralaštvu naklonjenoj deci daruje jedinstveno gledište na celu tu stvar.

Treće „međutim“ bavi se provokativnim naslovom ove epizode. Njega je i najteže obrazložiti, pošto se obrazloženje – što već postaje iritantno – krije na poslednjim stranicama stripa, pa bi dalje bavljenje njime bilo bezobrazan spojler. No,

Ocena: 4/5

[Matteo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Un gigantesco uomo affetto da ritardo mentale trucida un’intera famiglia, la cui unica superstite risulta essere una ragazza cieca. A distanza di alcuni anni, il mostruoso serial killer sembra intenzionato a concludere la sua opera di morte, paura che spinge la giovane donna a rivolgersi a Dylan Dog..

Sviluppo della storia non particolarmente interessante per mio gusto personale, condito da qualche piccolo buco di trama non colmato.. peccato perché, dalle apparenze e dalla trama, “Il ritorno del mostro” sembrava decisamente più meritevole come storia.. assieme a “Frankenstein”, il peggior episodio di Dylan Dog letto finora dal sottoscritto, non escludo però di potermi anche dare ad una rilettura per poterlo apprezzare meglio..

[Mateusz Śledzik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dylan Dog to jest coś, czego od dawna szukałem w komiksie - nic ambitnego, ale dobrze narysowane, nie udające niczego czym nie jest. Proste - niemal sztampowe - historie kryminalne z nadnaturalnymi cechami. Są piękne kobiety, jest piękny Dylan, jest zagadka, jest potwór, który może wcale potworem nie jest, jest trochę tajemnicy i dreszczyku, klimatu kryminałów noir, gdzieniegdzie również humoru. Klisza na kliszy, ale właśnie w ten sposób można złapać trochę relaksu.

PS Niemniej, niektóre dialogi w tej historii są tak drętwe, że nawet formuła komiksów o Dylanie tego nie wybacza :D

Ocena: 7,5/10

#twosentencereview

[ᴥ Irena ᴥ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dylan Dog is hired by an unpleasant rich lady to find a man who murdered her family and staff sixteen years ago. He has now run away from an asylum and is expected to come for her.
Pretty predictable ending. This one is weakest so far.

[Glen Farrelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to add this book to Goodreads (first time ever adding a book here) as only the Italian edition of this book is listed here. I find that odd as this English edition was published in 1999.

The many Dylan Dog graphic works were phenomenally popular in their native Italy. I'd only heard of the character due to the film adaption I saw on Netflix, so when I saw this at my library I picked it up. See Comics Vine for a good background https://comicvine.gamespot.com/dylan-...

This probably wasn't the best place to start. The issue is fine, just nothing spectacular in terms of story of art. I found Dylan character to be underutilized, despite being a private investigator in this story he is only passive observer while spooky events unfold around him (there was more investigating going on in any Nancy Drew story for example). His investigation is limited to falling down a well and discover a secret passage - just like a Nancy Drew story. The mystery is interesting enough with some good elements of horror, but not particularly sophisticated.

The artwork is good, but not particularly unique. Some pages remind me of a 1950-60s era adventure comic strip.

Considering Dylan Dog is among the most successful graphic works in Italy, I definitely will pick up more copies if I can find them.

[Komuniststar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lete glave, frca ljubav, a Piccatto sve to prekrasno nariše.

[Sipovic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Слепая женщина нанимает Дилана Дога остановить сбежавшего накануне из сумасшедшего дома маньяка, шестнадцать лет назад убившего всю её семью.
Ещё один сюжет, вдохновленный работами Джона Карпентера, на этот раз "Хэллоуином", для которого Тициано Склави придумал хитрую идею. Вместо обычного поштучного выпиливания обкуренных подростков у какого-нибудь Хрустального озера, он, перевернув всё с ног на голову, натравил на убийцу пару десятков вооруженных головорезов, добавив в качестве локации подземный замок с ловушками и тайными ходами, чем неслабо взбодрил классическую формулу слэшера. И хоть с мелодраматичностью в финале несколько переборщили, получилось очень бодро, даже ненавистный ассистент Граучо приходит опозориться всего на одну сцену и пропадает.

[Jeane]

Leonora Steele is blind, maar ze kan zien met het oog van de herinnering. De dood heeft haar in het verleden geraakt, toen haar familie werd vermoord door een krankzinnige. Nu is het monster teruggekeerd. Damien, de reusachtige moordenaar, is door de muren van het gesticht gebroken om terug te keren naar haar en de enige die hem kan tegenhouden is Dylan Dog...
Een verhaal waarvan je denkt te weten wat er gebeurd, maar je tot de laatste pagina beetgenomen wordt.
De scènes aan het begin van het verhaal zijn prachtig!!!

[Przemysław Skoczyński · Rating 4 out of 5]

Świetna, spójna i klimatyczna część. Rysunki momentami jak u Franka Millera.

[Pedro Gabriel · Rating 4 out of 5]

QUE SABOR!!
Comecei achando que seria só um ripoff de Halloween mas conseguiu entregar coisa nova

[Elsa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bellissimi i disegni di Piccatto, peccato per la storia. L'ho trovata fiacca e piuttosto inconcludente.

[Frédéric · Rating 3 out of 5]

The ending is easy to guess - major clue on page 49 - but the story is pretty well told, even if it drags on a bit too long to reach the 100-page limit.

[ire · Rating 4 out of 5]

... sono cieca! ...

[Recensioni in tre parole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Derivativo. Folle. Teso.

[Alex Cella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Storia carina ma prevedibile

[Celebandùne · Rating 4 out of 5]

8/10

Sixteen years after the Slaughter at Steele Manor, the only survivor of the massacre, a blind woman named Leonora Steele, comes to Dylan Dog to ask him for help. Damian, a handicapped brute, who was declared responsible of the slaughter, has escaped prison and Leonora thinks he will come back to Steele Manor to finish what he started sixteen years prior. Even though Dylan doesn't typically deal with this kind of assignments, a heft cheque changes his mind. And that is a good thing, because even though Leonora defined Damian to be a "monster, not unlike those Dylan regularly hunts", there is much more to the story than meets the eye...

A really good issue of Dylan Dog, further proof that not everything Dylan gets involved with has to deal with zombies, ghosts or demons... or does it?

For a more detailed (Italian) review, see here:
https://checkpointcafe.wordpress.com/...

[Vanlilith]

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