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Zaroff
« Je m'appelle Fiona Flanagan. Vous ne me connaissez pas, général Zaroff…
Et pourtant, il y a peu, vous avez changé ma vie. En tuant mon père, lors d'une de vos sordides chasses à l'homme. Je me propose de vous rendre la pareille !
Mes hommes ont retrouvé votre soeur cadette et ses trois enfants. Ainsi que l'île qui vous sert de repaire… Et cela m'a donné, à mon tour, des envies de chasse !
Qui, de vous ou moi, trouvera votre soeur et ses enfants en premier ? À l'instant où vous lirez ces mots, ils seront déjà sur votre île. Si c'est moi qui les rattrape, je les tuerai. Si c'est vous, il vous faudra les défendre. Car je n'aurai de cesse de tous vous chasser et de tous vous abattre. Afin qu'il ne reste aucun Zaroff en vie dans ce monde. »
Et pourtant, il y a peu, vous avez changé ma vie. En tuant mon père, lors d'une de vos sordides chasses à l'homme. Je me propose de vous rendre la pareille !
Mes hommes ont retrouvé votre soeur cadette et ses trois enfants. Ainsi que l'île qui vous sert de repaire… Et cela m'a donné, à mon tour, des envies de chasse !
Qui, de vous ou moi, trouvera votre soeur et ses enfants en premier ? À l'instant où vous lirez ces mots, ils seront déjà sur votre île. Si c'est moi qui les rattrape, je les tuerai. Si c'est vous, il vous faudra les défendre. Car je n'aurai de cesse de tous vous chasser et de tous vous abattre. Afin qu'il ne reste aucun Zaroff en vie dans ce monde. »
88 pages, Hardcover
First published May 24, 2019
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December 17, 2020
Two psychopaths hunting each other on jungle island. They are both evil in their own sense, so you don't need to root for anybody, just sit and enjoy. Island scenery (even from geological point of view not really possible) reminded me old adventurous stories, so it was pleasant read even though is not happy ending, or actual point in the story. Don't expect any deep message, change of bahaviour to good or explaining the intensions and motivation. This is just killer enjoying his work. But it's fun to read such story from time to time. 3.5*
April 12, 2021
Vůbec nevím, jak mám tohle ohodnotit. Na Zarova jsem se hrozně těšil, protože mě nalákala ukázka. Musím říct, že ta ukázka vůbec nelhala a celá kniha je přesně taková jako ta ukázka - velká a parádně nakreslená rubanice v džungli. I ten scénář je dobrý v rámci toho, co má odvyprávět. Sylvain Runberg prostě nahnal do džungle lidi a čtenář potom sleduje, jak to dopadne. A právě tady vidím největší problém. Bylo mi úplně jedno, jak to dopadne. Nedokázal jsem si najít kladný vztah k ani jedné z postav. Runberg všechny už na začátku vylíčil jako pěkné svině a oni to pak svým konáním jenom potvrzují. Jenže pokud nikomu nefandíte, tak je to trošku nuda. I přesto hodnotím Zarova jako nadprůměrný komiks. Kresba Françoise Miville-Deschênese je pěkná a tu džungli vystihl skvěle. Až se podívám na film, na který tento komiks navazuje, a přečtu si Zarova znovu, pak ho možná budu hodnotit ještě lépe.
October 6, 2025
(4,5 of 5)
Comics inspired by (and practically a sequel to) first survival genre movie (inspired by a short story from 1924) brings hunter who becomes prey. And the only way to get out of this alive is to become a hunter again. general Zaroff escaped Great Russian revolution and now lives on a secluded island near South America. His greatest hobby is hunt stranded people who end on his island trough shipwreck caused by rocky coast (with a little bit of help by the general). He equips his prey and if it can escape for three days, it's free. And the hero of the movie did exactly that. He also went public and alarmed authorities, but general cleverly left the island. But thanks to that publicity dauther of late Boston's gang boss begin her's hunt for general, her's revenge. And there is more in stake than general's life.
I love how the villain, the monster was turned here to the main protagonist, even if he does what he does, but the author ensures that mobster boss' daughter Fiona Flanagan take and ratify the role of the antagonist here. So we have the secluded island, skilled hunter Zaroff and a small army of well-equipped mobsters. And shit goes down on this very beautiful but unlikely island (even author in afterword recognises that the island is at least in geomorphological meaning nonsense). The environment is variable but always dangerous, all the basic survival genre principles are well composed and presented. It works brilliantly and it looks great. The art is splendid, lifelike but artistic with that "European" feel I like. There is plenty of details and the only thing which amused me was night camp scene, where mobsters in the first plane were inked and well lit and then there were other mobsters in the second plane, resting further away in dark, rendered only like paint made dark silhouettes. Nothing between that so with a closer look it felt like they are just painted set pieces. This style is used in many other panels (object further away/out of focus/in dark are jus did by colours, not ink) and it works well, but this exact scene it did not. it doesn't look terrible, it still looks great but it's funny. The story is well-composed, adventurous and generally fun.
Big thanks to #netgalley and #EuropeComics for a digital copy.
Comics inspired by (and practically a sequel to) first survival genre movie (inspired by a short story from 1924) brings hunter who becomes prey. And the only way to get out of this alive is to become a hunter again. general Zaroff escaped Great Russian revolution and now lives on a secluded island near South America. His greatest hobby is hunt stranded people who end on his island trough shipwreck caused by rocky coast (with a little bit of help by the general). He equips his prey and if it can escape for three days, it's free. And the hero of the movie did exactly that. He also went public and alarmed authorities, but general cleverly left the island. But thanks to that publicity dauther of late Boston's gang boss begin her's hunt for general, her's revenge. And there is more in stake than general's life.
I love how the villain, the monster was turned here to the main protagonist, even if he does what he does, but the author ensures that mobster boss' daughter Fiona Flanagan take and ratify the role of the antagonist here. So we have the secluded island, skilled hunter Zaroff and a small army of well-equipped mobsters. And shit goes down on this very beautiful but unlikely island (even author in afterword recognises that the island is at least in geomorphological meaning nonsense). The environment is variable but always dangerous, all the basic survival genre principles are well composed and presented. It works brilliantly and it looks great. The art is splendid, lifelike but artistic with that "European" feel I like. There is plenty of details and the only thing which amused me was night camp scene, where mobsters in the first plane were inked and well lit and then there were other mobsters in the second plane, resting further away in dark, rendered only like paint made dark silhouettes. Nothing between that so with a closer look it felt like they are just painted set pieces. This style is used in many other panels (object further away/out of focus/in dark are jus did by colours, not ink) and it works well, but this exact scene it did not. it doesn't look terrible, it still looks great but it's funny. The story is well-composed, adventurous and generally fun.
Big thanks to #netgalley and #EuropeComics for a digital copy.
January 2, 2021
Na druhé počítanie mi to prišlo podstatne lepšie. Skvelá, dynamická naháňačka v džungli, kedy sa lovec ľudí sám stáva korisťou. Kresba k tomu parádne sedela. Len tie dialógy mi občas prišli suché.. 4/5
January 6, 2025
There are two albums here and sadly goodreads contains both albums as two different editions of the same album. I hope some librarian manages to split it.
Album 1 : Zaroff
In the first album we follow a very simple, cliched storyline. A human-hunter who hunts down his preys. When one of his victims turns out to be a mob lord from America, the daughter brings down an entire gang in revenge.
She tried to give Zaroff a taste of his own sport. Hunt him down in his own island. Make him the prey of the hunt. And adding to it, she tracks down and brings his sister and her children in the island as preys as well.
The interesting aspects are:
The terrible environment of the island with its wildlife, mountains and forests
The sister and children who have no clue why they are being hunted down (or) not prepared for such a thing
Zaroff himself, having run away in his night robes with knives and cross bows.
A cliched storyline that turns into an interesting page turner. Once you start, once the game begins, it is hard for you to close the album without finishing it.
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Album 2 : Zaroff's Revenge
This album takes place a decade after the first one and follows a different track. WW2 is on full force and the US government tracks down Zaroff to help them guide an army troop through Germany occupied Russia , reach Moscow and kidnap and bring back a famous female scientist (who also seem to have a past with Zaroff) to help them build the A Bomb.
The hunt through the hard, impossible Russian terrain is simply awesome. Zaroff's character is fleshed out very well in this album compared to the first one. His pride, his ego, his hunter instincts are portrayed top notch.
We also see his sister's children - now grown up - from the first album.
It ends, with a nice pathway lead for next album.
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Both albums, together, deserve a 5 star rating, for the thrilling story, engaging writing, character development and the challenging environment where the story takes place.
Album 1 : Zaroff
In the first album we follow a very simple, cliched storyline. A human-hunter who hunts down his preys. When one of his victims turns out to be a mob lord from America, the daughter brings down an entire gang in revenge.
She tried to give Zaroff a taste of his own sport. Hunt him down in his own island. Make him the prey of the hunt. And adding to it, she tracks down and brings his sister and her children in the island as preys as well.
The interesting aspects are:
The terrible environment of the island with its wildlife, mountains and forests
The sister and children who have no clue why they are being hunted down (or) not prepared for such a thing
Zaroff himself, having run away in his night robes with knives and cross bows.
A cliched storyline that turns into an interesting page turner. Once you start, once the game begins, it is hard for you to close the album without finishing it.
---------------------------
Album 2 : Zaroff's Revenge
This album takes place a decade after the first one and follows a different track. WW2 is on full force and the US government tracks down Zaroff to help them guide an army troop through Germany occupied Russia , reach Moscow and kidnap and bring back a famous female scientist (who also seem to have a past with Zaroff) to help them build the A Bomb.
The hunt through the hard, impossible Russian terrain is simply awesome. Zaroff's character is fleshed out very well in this album compared to the first one. His pride, his ego, his hunter instincts are portrayed top notch.
We also see his sister's children - now grown up - from the first album.
It ends, with a nice pathway lead for next album.
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Both albums, together, deserve a 5 star rating, for the thrilling story, engaging writing, character development and the challenging environment where the story takes place.
September 2, 2022
Un magnífico cómic para explicarnos una historia de supervivencia , un survival con todos los ingredientes de una gran historia.
Nos encontramos con una recreación de una hipotética continuación del mítico personaje del conde Zaroff , de Richard Connell y que dio estructura a este tipo de historias que se han visto luego convertido en películas como la presa o depredador.
La historia del cazador y la presa y en que momentos la presa deja de serlo para convertirse realmente en el cazador.
Trepidante y bien dibujada.
Nos encontramos con una recreación de una hipotética continuación del mítico personaje del conde Zaroff , de Richard Connell y que dio estructura a este tipo de historias que se han visto luego convertido en películas como la presa o depredador.
La historia del cazador y la presa y en que momentos la presa deja de serlo para convertirse realmente en el cazador.
Trepidante y bien dibujada.
March 7, 2021
Bevor ich zur eigentlichen Graphic Novel komme, ein paar Details zum Hintergrund, damit die Geschichte besser eingeordnet werden kann. Richard Connell veröffentlichte im Jahre 1924 die Kurzgeschichte »The Most Dangerous Game«, die in Deutschland unter dem Titel »Das grausamste Spiel« veröffentlicht wurde. Diese Kurzgeschichte hat die Menschen so sehr fasziniert, dass sie sogar unter gleichem Titel 1932 verfilmt wurde. Kennen muss man diese Geschichten nicht, aber es ist hilfreich zu wissen, dass diese Graphic Novel den Faden aufnimmt (den Wikipedia-Autor Lügen straft) und die Geschichte weitererzählt.
Allerdings bleibt Sylvain Runberg thematisch dem Original treu und hat die Geschichte wieder auf eine Insel platziert, auf der Schiffbrüchige Schutz suchen. Nur mit dem Unterschied, dass Zaroff nun gezielt die Unfälle provoziert, während es im Original noch ein Zufall war, der ihn aus Langeweile die Jagd auf Menschen hat eröffnen lassen.
Es ist schon sehr perfide, Jagd auf Schutzsuchende zu machen, weshalb schon das Thema viele Leser eher abschreckt als anlockt. Gleichzeitig geizt der Zeichner François Miville-Deschênes nicht an expliziten Gewaltdarstellungen, so dass die Graphic Novel nur für eine gewisse Leserschaft geeignet ist, die an Büchern wie z.B. die Jagd Gefallen findet. Tatsächlich sind die Darstellung teils sehr heftig, so dass der potentielle Leser dem »Splatter-Horror« nicht abgeneigt sein sollte.
Erzählerisch wird die Graphic Novel dahingehend erneuert, in dem unter den Opfern eine in der Unterwelt prominente Figur war, deren Familien- und Clan-Mitglieder sich nun rächen möchten. Durch die Wahl dieser beiden Parteien – durchgeknallter Adliger und Mafia-Clan – kann für keine der beiden Seiten irgendeine Art der Sympathie entwickelt werden. Eine wendungsreiche Story mit Tiefgang darf man bei dieser Art von Geschichte nicht erwarten. Im Großen und Ganzen wird die Geschichte sehr linear und vorhersehbar erzählt.
Fazit
Diese doch sehr blutrünstige Graphic Novel überzeugt eher durch die Darstellung von Blut und abgetrennten Gliedmaßen als durch eine feinsinnige Erzählung. Diese Art von Erzählung hat durchaus seinen Reiz, nur hätte ich mir mehr Wendungspunkte und ein wenig mehr Spannung gewünscht, die eine solche Hetzjagd eigentlich innehaben sollte. Mit diesen Einschränkungen wird die Graphic Novel seine Leserschaft finden.
Allerdings bleibt Sylvain Runberg thematisch dem Original treu und hat die Geschichte wieder auf eine Insel platziert, auf der Schiffbrüchige Schutz suchen. Nur mit dem Unterschied, dass Zaroff nun gezielt die Unfälle provoziert, während es im Original noch ein Zufall war, der ihn aus Langeweile die Jagd auf Menschen hat eröffnen lassen.
Es ist schon sehr perfide, Jagd auf Schutzsuchende zu machen, weshalb schon das Thema viele Leser eher abschreckt als anlockt. Gleichzeitig geizt der Zeichner François Miville-Deschênes nicht an expliziten Gewaltdarstellungen, so dass die Graphic Novel nur für eine gewisse Leserschaft geeignet ist, die an Büchern wie z.B. die Jagd Gefallen findet. Tatsächlich sind die Darstellung teils sehr heftig, so dass der potentielle Leser dem »Splatter-Horror« nicht abgeneigt sein sollte.
Erzählerisch wird die Graphic Novel dahingehend erneuert, in dem unter den Opfern eine in der Unterwelt prominente Figur war, deren Familien- und Clan-Mitglieder sich nun rächen möchten. Durch die Wahl dieser beiden Parteien – durchgeknallter Adliger und Mafia-Clan – kann für keine der beiden Seiten irgendeine Art der Sympathie entwickelt werden. Eine wendungsreiche Story mit Tiefgang darf man bei dieser Art von Geschichte nicht erwarten. Im Großen und Ganzen wird die Geschichte sehr linear und vorhersehbar erzählt.
Fazit
Diese doch sehr blutrünstige Graphic Novel überzeugt eher durch die Darstellung von Blut und abgetrennten Gliedmaßen als durch eine feinsinnige Erzählung. Diese Art von Erzählung hat durchaus seinen Reiz, nur hätte ich mir mehr Wendungspunkte und ein wenig mehr Spannung gewünscht, die eine solche Hetzjagd eigentlich innehaben sollte. Mit diesen Einschränkungen wird die Graphic Novel seine Leserschaft finden.
August 12, 2022
Great Art. Intriguing Story.
François Miville-Deschênes' art is great. It reminds me heavily of old noir detective comics, due especially to the era of the story, but also to the emotion of the artist and the colors. I find myself looking at each pane for details and the artist really puts effort into every aspect. The character design, the architecture, and the island landscape are very well done. The art is what drives the story forward. The story itself, though an intriguing concept, attracts through it's "The Most Dangerous Game" connection but doesn't necessarily enthrall if it were on its own. True action doesn't pick up until about 40% of the way in though I was never bored with it. In a way, it is on its own because it's an alternate to "The Most Dangerous Game" ending, which was generally a very satisfying ending, where the elitist bully met his match.
In this "Zaroff" tale, Zaroff is given more depth but he's also presented in an anti-heroic way, as one we should possibly cheer for. There are displays of racism, perpetrated by the Irish-American mob men, against a renowned Brazillian hunter, and also sexism, against the Irish mob's psuedo-matriarch, by her own men. It also turns into a mother's plight to protect her children against these racist, sexist Irishmen and even their sadistic uncle. I could have done without these two aspects added in, as I felt they were black-and-white clichés used to justify the gruesome fates of these characters. The Irish matriarch was as useless as could be, barking orders and calling others useless, and constantly putting a gun in their faces saying "one more time and I'll end you".
Ultimately, beyond the great art, the savagery of some acts, the brutal environment, the morbidity of the bad guys versus bad guys, was all right up my alley. Just didn't like the two things I mentioned above nor that Rainsford's original prowess as a hunter, survivor, and fighter is relegated to a short sensational mention. This could have worked as a prequel that emboldens Zaroff to become an even better hunter BEFORE he has his run in with Rainsford.
François Miville-Deschênes' art is great. It reminds me heavily of old noir detective comics, due especially to the era of the story, but also to the emotion of the artist and the colors. I find myself looking at each pane for details and the artist really puts effort into every aspect. The character design, the architecture, and the island landscape are very well done. The art is what drives the story forward. The story itself, though an intriguing concept, attracts through it's "The Most Dangerous Game" connection but doesn't necessarily enthrall if it were on its own. True action doesn't pick up until about 40% of the way in though I was never bored with it. In a way, it is on its own because it's an alternate to "The Most Dangerous Game" ending, which was generally a very satisfying ending, where the elitist bully met his match.
In this "Zaroff" tale, Zaroff is given more depth but he's also presented in an anti-heroic way, as one we should possibly cheer for. There are displays of racism, perpetrated by the Irish-American mob men, against a renowned Brazillian hunter, and also sexism, against the Irish mob's psuedo-matriarch, by her own men. It also turns into a mother's plight to protect her children against these racist, sexist Irishmen and even their sadistic uncle. I could have done without these two aspects added in, as I felt they were black-and-white clichés used to justify the gruesome fates of these characters. The Irish matriarch was as useless as could be, barking orders and calling others useless, and constantly putting a gun in their faces saying "one more time and I'll end you".
Ultimately, beyond the great art, the savagery of some acts, the brutal environment, the morbidity of the bad guys versus bad guys, was all right up my alley. Just didn't like the two things I mentioned above nor that Rainsford's original prowess as a hunter, survivor, and fighter is relegated to a short sensational mention. This could have worked as a prequel that emboldens Zaroff to become an even better hunter BEFORE he has his run in with Rainsford.
September 29, 2024
Points forts :
- La qualité des illustrations m’a soufflée. Immense coup de coeur pour Miville-Deschênes, un Québécois que je ne connaissais pas. Elles sont détaillées et précises, rendent bien l’atmosphère étouffante et angoissante. On étouffe dans cette jungle (encore plus pendant l’orage). J’ai vraiment l’impression d’avoir regardé un film.
- Très bon scénario, avec un rythme rapide. La plupart de l’intrigue se déroule sur une journée
- J’ai aimé que ça se passe dans les années 30 en Amérique du Sud. Ça faisait un peu Indiana Jones.
- Personnage féminin fort qui ne se laisse pas marcher sur les pieds par les hommes qui ne croient pas en elle.
Points faibles : ???
Les thèmes : La vengeance, motif de plusieurs personnages
S’adresse aux adultes:
-Deux groupes de chasseurs qui se chassent mutuellement
- Violent, mais pas de torture. Tirés à bout portant avec pistolets ou flèches, attaqués par des bêtes sauvages, prises d’otages.
- Je suis encore hésitante si je le proposerais à des élèves de 16 ans et +.
Plaira :
- À ceux qui ont aimé Civilisés de Patrick Senécal (chasse à l’homme, contexte isolé sur une île déserte, un vieux riche cinglé, violent, etc.)
- À ceux qui aiment les récits présentant des psychopathes
- Aux amateurs de récits noirs d’époque, pleins de rebondissements
- La qualité des illustrations m’a soufflée. Immense coup de coeur pour Miville-Deschênes, un Québécois que je ne connaissais pas. Elles sont détaillées et précises, rendent bien l’atmosphère étouffante et angoissante. On étouffe dans cette jungle (encore plus pendant l’orage). J’ai vraiment l’impression d’avoir regardé un film.
- Très bon scénario, avec un rythme rapide. La plupart de l’intrigue se déroule sur une journée
- J’ai aimé que ça se passe dans les années 30 en Amérique du Sud. Ça faisait un peu Indiana Jones.
- Personnage féminin fort qui ne se laisse pas marcher sur les pieds par les hommes qui ne croient pas en elle.
Points faibles : ???
Les thèmes : La vengeance, motif de plusieurs personnages
S’adresse aux adultes:
-Deux groupes de chasseurs qui se chassent mutuellement
- Violent, mais pas de torture. Tirés à bout portant avec pistolets ou flèches, attaqués par des bêtes sauvages, prises d’otages.
- Je suis encore hésitante si je le proposerais à des élèves de 16 ans et +.
Plaira :
- À ceux qui ont aimé Civilisés de Patrick Senécal (chasse à l’homme, contexte isolé sur une île déserte, un vieux riche cinglé, violent, etc.)
- À ceux qui aiment les récits présentant des psychopathes
- Aux amateurs de récits noirs d’époque, pleins de rebondissements
September 29, 2019
Gory, very dramatic and really well illustrated.
This is a story about Zaroff who lives on a remote Island with his servants. Zaroff is a hunter but he hunts people who have been shipwrecked near his remote Island. His blood thirsty passion goes awry when one of the people he is hunting manages to escape and lets the world know what he has endured.
Zaroff then finds himself the prey as the daughter of one of his victims seeks vengeance against Zaroff and against his sister and her family.
Geat story telling full of tension, suspense, horror and gore. This is not my usual genre but I did enjoy the artwork. I also liked the open way the story ended.
Copy provided by Europe Comics via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.
This is a story about Zaroff who lives on a remote Island with his servants. Zaroff is a hunter but he hunts people who have been shipwrecked near his remote Island. His blood thirsty passion goes awry when one of the people he is hunting manages to escape and lets the world know what he has endured.
Zaroff then finds himself the prey as the daughter of one of his victims seeks vengeance against Zaroff and against his sister and her family.
Geat story telling full of tension, suspense, horror and gore. This is not my usual genre but I did enjoy the artwork. I also liked the open way the story ended.
Copy provided by Europe Comics via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.
September 10, 2025
Une œuvre tout simplement magnifique. Zaroff allie un rythme narratif soutenu, sans un instant de répit, à des graphismes à couper le souffle. Les dessins de François Miville-Deschênes rappellent le style raffiné de Dave Stevens (Rocketeer), mais avec une maturité et une puissance visuelle qui parviennent même à le surpasser.
Le scénario de Sylvain Runberg est magistral : un noble russe qui a fui la révolution, une île perdue en Amérique du Sud, la chasse à l'homme, la vengeance, la lutte pour la survie. Tous ces éléments, déjà captivants en soi, trouvent ici un nouveau souffle, racontés avec une tension constante et parfaitement calibrée.
Une bande dessinée qui captive et ne lâche pas prise, capable d'allier divertissement pur et raffinement stylistique. Hautement recommandé.
Le scénario de Sylvain Runberg est magistral : un noble russe qui a fui la révolution, une île perdue en Amérique du Sud, la chasse à l'homme, la vengeance, la lutte pour la survie. Tous ces éléments, déjà captivants en soi, trouvent ici un nouveau souffle, racontés avec une tension constante et parfaitement calibrée.
Une bande dessinée qui captive et ne lâche pas prise, capable d'allier divertissement pur et raffinement stylistique. Hautement recommandé.
October 11, 2022
I was not a fan of the Barons haircut. He is not quite how I pictured the hunter to look like. I still really enjoyed this book. I thought it was a good idea to keep Rainsburg out. I enjoyed how there was a new opponent (I didn't say villain because technically the General is still the bad guy) whose plan on revenge only re awakens the hunter.
the top panel on page 56 is amazing. I would like to buy it as a print.
I recently said that in this book the general turns into Jason Voorhees, but in the epilogue a boat is seen going to take Manhattan.
the top panel on page 56 is amazing. I would like to buy it as a print.
I recently said that in this book the general turns into Jason Voorhees, but in the epilogue a boat is seen going to take Manhattan.
June 5, 2023
I'll just start by saying I don't know that we needed a sequel to "The Most Dangerous Game", (This is a sequel to the movie, not the original short story.) but if we are going to get one at least it's good. This one flips the script with Zaroff on the run from the offspring of someone he killed. Along for the ride are his sister's family as they have to kill off this mob family before they are killed. It doesn't really do anything new though. The art is really good with a traditional European comic look.
December 16, 2025
You know, I've never seen The Dangerous Game. I know OF IT, of course. And I feel like this comic is... fine? Some gorgeous art, I love the island and all the different scenery, but the story is only okay. Lots of running around the island saying they're hunting each other, bickering with each other, but I didn't connect with any of the characters. It's an excuse to have characters run around the beautiful island.
December 13, 2019
Ouf! Qui aurait cru que j'encouragerais ce cruel chasseur alors qu'il devient lui-même la proie traquée qui doit défendre sa famille.
Superbe bd! Débordante d'action. Aurons-nous droit à une suite dans la jungle sauvage de New York ?
Et, pari réussi de l'auteur, ça m'a donné le goût d'aller lire la nouvelle originale sortie dans les années 1920 :)
Superbe bd! Débordante d'action. Aurons-nous droit à une suite dans la jungle sauvage de New York ?
Et, pari réussi de l'auteur, ça m'a donné le goût d'aller lire la nouvelle originale sortie dans les années 1920 :)
March 10, 2020
Ce n'est pas du tout le genre de BD sur laquelle je me serais penchée mais pourtant... c'était génial ! Les dessins, l'atmosphère qui se dégage de l'île, les personnages, l'histoire de vengeance et de survival, le côté amoral... Un petit bijou ! Attention, c'est violent et un petit gore. Il faut aimer le genre.
September 26, 2023
Een onnodig en slecht geschreven vervolg op het kortverhaal 'the most dangerous game' uit 1932.
Een van de meest absurde plots aller tijden!
Leest als een b-film die zichzelf te serieus neemt.
Het zou nog een leuk verhaaltje zijn voor kinderen, indien er niet zoveel geweld en gruwel in opgevoerd werd.
De illustraties zijn wel van een heel hoog niveau.
Next: De wraak van Zaroff!
Een van de meest absurde plots aller tijden!
Leest als een b-film die zichzelf te serieus neemt.
Het zou nog een leuk verhaaltje zijn voor kinderen, indien er niet zoveel geweld en gruwel in opgevoerd werd.
De illustraties zijn wel van een heel hoog niveau.
Next: De wraak van Zaroff!
March 28, 2023
Pas de héros dans cette histoire. Uniquement des villains et quelques innocents. C’était divertissant, les dessins beaux mais franchement sans être plus. C’est peut être la fibre justicière en moi mais je n’ai pas beaucoup aimé la fin non plus ; j’ai besoin que les méchants payent leurs méfaits!
August 17, 2025
Two of the best comic books I have ever read. Fantastic art, and a very strong story line!
The two books are listed as different editions. Let someone please fix this and create the two volumes that they are.
The two books are listed as different editions. Let someone please fix this and create the two volumes that they are.
October 28, 2019
Not all hunters are killers.....and vice versa.
July 29, 2020
Bizarre !!! Un chasseur d'humains c'est presque un film d'horreur...
August 27, 2021
Despite the fact that every single character in this is an absolute piece of rotten trash, the story is entertaining and full of action. It's SUPER violent, but the art is stunningly beautiful.
May 6, 2023
Genomtänkt intrig och oerhört snygga illustrationer!
October 6, 2023
The art! so good!
May 18, 2024
No real story. Just belong series of killings from the beginning to the end.
September 16, 2019
** I WAS GIVEN THIS BOOK FOR MY READING PLEASURE **
Copy received through Netgalley
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Zaroff – Sylvain Runberg
★★★★★
88 Pages
Content Warning: violence, death, humans hunting humans
Zaroff is loosely based on the 1924 story “The Most Dangerous Game”, but you wouldn't know it. I had no sense or feeling that I was missing part of the story when I read it.
It was welly plotted, well delivered, and told us exactly what we needed to know. That story was about a hunter shipwrecked on the island and hunted by a Russian aristocrat, and we get a taste of the end of that story at the beginning of this graphic novel.
I think, by not replaying that story to us, this one was able to start with a real bang, and then move into an explanation of what had happened. It had a far greater impact, for that reason.
With the dark and gritty, but very realistic illustrations, it managed to make the story more real and more frightening. It had an atmosphere that reminded me of A Heart of Darkness, and the art of Fabien Nury's A Son of the Sun.
Sometimes it was hard to read the captions, because of the font, but overall I was very impressed with the quality of the illustrations, the pace of the storytelling, and the way the plot was developed. It's hard to make an unapologetic killer sympathetic, and to make a victim the villain, but this story managed it perfectly.
Copy received through Netgalley
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Zaroff – Sylvain Runberg
★★★★★
88 Pages
Content Warning: violence, death, humans hunting humans
Zaroff is loosely based on the 1924 story “The Most Dangerous Game”, but you wouldn't know it. I had no sense or feeling that I was missing part of the story when I read it.
It was welly plotted, well delivered, and told us exactly what we needed to know. That story was about a hunter shipwrecked on the island and hunted by a Russian aristocrat, and we get a taste of the end of that story at the beginning of this graphic novel.
I think, by not replaying that story to us, this one was able to start with a real bang, and then move into an explanation of what had happened. It had a far greater impact, for that reason.
With the dark and gritty, but very realistic illustrations, it managed to make the story more real and more frightening. It had an atmosphere that reminded me of A Heart of Darkness, and the art of Fabien Nury's A Son of the Sun.
Sometimes it was hard to read the captions, because of the font, but overall I was very impressed with the quality of the illustrations, the pace of the storytelling, and the way the plot was developed. It's hard to make an unapologetic killer sympathetic, and to make a victim the villain, but this story managed it perfectly.
October 9, 2019
Read in English.
I didn't know the original story that inspired this, or the film that came from it, but boy am I glad to know these pages. A simple hunt/chase/revenge story is played out, where one of the nastiest men around is the guy we're rooting for. That guy was a self-exiled Russian, who used to capture sailors and hunt them down as a game on his Brazilian island. Someone finally escaped, and so he's in new territory – yet the sister and other gang-members connected to one of his old victims tracks that new territory down. Dumping his sister and her three children on the island as added impetus, the woman sets up two fractious, quarrelling groups, with both the environment and each other for them both to fight. And it will be a fight to the death. Those quarrels and arguments-for-arguments'-sake are the only negative things here – the plotting is fine, the clever huntsman and tracker are suitably authoritative-sounding, and the artwork is really impressive at times. On the whole, apart from us rooting for a mass killer, this is timeless entertainment of the old school style, and all the better for it. Classy – four and a half stars.
I didn't know the original story that inspired this, or the film that came from it, but boy am I glad to know these pages. A simple hunt/chase/revenge story is played out, where one of the nastiest men around is the guy we're rooting for. That guy was a self-exiled Russian, who used to capture sailors and hunt them down as a game on his Brazilian island. Someone finally escaped, and so he's in new territory – yet the sister and other gang-members connected to one of his old victims tracks that new territory down. Dumping his sister and her three children on the island as added impetus, the woman sets up two fractious, quarrelling groups, with both the environment and each other for them both to fight. And it will be a fight to the death. Those quarrels and arguments-for-arguments'-sake are the only negative things here – the plotting is fine, the clever huntsman and tracker are suitably authoritative-sounding, and the artwork is really impressive at times. On the whole, apart from us rooting for a mass killer, this is timeless entertainment of the old school style, and all the better for it. Classy – four and a half stars.
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