Hungry Ghosts #3

Hungry Ghosts #3

by Anthony Bourdain, Joel Rose, Paul Pope (Illustrator)

One by one the candles are snuffed out as the ghostly game of dread and terror continues through the never-ending night. Next up, two tales of shocking horror: ''The way to a mans heart is through his stomach'' takes on a whole new meaning as an accomplished young chef returns to his small-town home from the big city to find insatiable mouths to feed. And in the backroom brigade of a fine French kitchen, an abusive master chef gets what's coming to him in the most unspeakable of manners.

Genres: Horror, Graphic Novels, Comics, Fiction, Food

32 pages, Paperback

Published March 28, 2018

About the author

Anthony Michael Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition.
Bourdain was a 1978 graduate of The Culinary Institute of America and a veteran of many professional kitchens during his career, which included several years spent as an executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles, in Manhattan. He first became known for his bestselling book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (2000).

Bourdain's first food and world-travel television show A Cook's Tour ran for 35 episodes on the Food Network in 2002 and 2003. In 2005, he began hosting the Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure programs Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2005–2012) and The Layover (2011–2013). In 2013, he began a three-season run as a judge on The Taste and consequently switched his travelogue programming to CNN to host Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. Although best known for his culinary writings and television presentations, along with several books on food and cooking and travel adventures, Bourdain also wrote both fiction and historical nonfiction.

Reviews

[Angus McKeogh · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thus far my least favorite of the three. The two stories within just seemed to go for the gross out factor as opposed to being scary or remarkable. Unfortunately I don’t think the format is working well for the premise, but I’ll withhold my final judgment until the release of the fourth, and final book. Supposedly the most amazing and the scariest story has been saved for that last issue.

[Ευθυμία Δεσποτάκη · Rating 3 out of 5]

Χμ. Καλύτερο από το δύο (και οι δύο ιστορίες τελειώνουν καλά, ένα πρόβλημα που υπήρχε και στα δύο προηγούμενα τεύχη), αλλά και πάλι κάτι μένει στον αέρα, ανεκμετάλλευτο.

[✮Octjillery✮ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't like the second issue much, but this one was my kind of weirdly gross.

[Siona Adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Kappa story was the best one in this issue, but the other story was cool too. Ready to see how this series ends!

[Bonnie Morse · Rating 1 out of 5]

Uninspired, predictable, disgusting, and kinda homophobic. The first two issues in the series were readable, but this one makes me wish I wasn't locked into the pre-order on #4.

I quite liked the artwork in the first story, though, right up until Asian Man of Indeterminate Nationality transformed into Teenage Mutant Demon Turtle. (Spoiler: It's also kinda racist.)

[Ivy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it! Very entertaining. This is a highly recommended read for foodies, avid fans of the late Anthony Bourdain, and foodies who love reading manga. The artwork exhibits the horror/suspense-thriller vibe that put me on the edge of my seat and I found it hard to put it down. Read through all Hungry Ghosts books with so much enthusiasm, I had to get all books in one hardbound collection. 5 stars. Will copy this review for the other Hungry Ghosts books.

[Fulya · Rating 3 out of 5]

İlginç bir şekilde ilk öykünün aniden, şaşırtıcı bir biçimde bitişine bayıldım. Öykünün başlangıcı beni gerdi ama sonunda alınan intikamın verdiği haz güzeldi. İkinci öykü ise oldukça zayıftı ve ilk öykünün içinde olduğu fasiküle koymaları bence yanlış olmuş. Hatta ikinci fasiküldeki atlarla ilgili olan öykü ile birlikte Deep adlı ilk öykü tek fasikülde toplansaymış tadından yenmezmiş.

[Doh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoying these stories. I first heard of them at thought bubble years ago when Karen Berger started her run with Dark Horse. I eventually found these years later at a Carboot for a good price for the whole set.

I’m also a big fan of Paul Pope and thought he was only doing the covers on this. So it was a pleasant surprise to see him actually do a story too!

[Debesuota · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hikayelere çok ağırlık verilerek ana konu dışarıda bırakılmış. Korkutmadan daha çok mide bulandırma hedeflenmiş gibi. Kısa olmasa çok çekilebilecek bir çizgi roman değil.