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Relatos de Poe
Edgar Alan Poe pasa a la historia como un personaje enigmático, excéntrico, con problemas de alcohol y ludopatía. Pero también como el precursor de los relatos policíacos, como el inventor de la literatura de misterio, y todo un maestro de la narración breve. A través de "El escarabajo de oro", "El método del Doctor Alquitrán y el Profesor Pluma" y "La caída de la Casa Usher", nos descubre ampliamente sus dotes narrativas, desde lo cómico y satírico a la intriga y el suspense. Doscientos años después de su nacimiento, Poe no deja de sorprendernos.
96 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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About the author
Denise Despeyroux
39 books3 followersEscritora y guionista uruguaya, Denise Despeyroux también ha destacado como dramaturga, actriz y directora teatral.
Residente en España desde hace varios años, Despeyroux ha participado en varias obras con gran éxito. Además, ha trabajado como traductora y ha publicado varios libros dedicados a un público infantil, como son ¡Atrévete a pensar! o El gran libro de las hadas.
En cuanto a la poesía, Despeyroux publicó en 2003 la antología Palabras de amor de Shakespeare.
Residente en España desde hace varios años, Despeyroux ha participado en varias obras con gran éxito. Además, ha trabajado como traductora y ha publicado varios libros dedicados a un público infantil, como son ¡Atrévete a pensar! o El gran libro de las hadas.
En cuanto a la poesía, Despeyroux publicó en 2003 la antología Palabras de amor de Shakespeare.
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May 22, 2017
Three tales of Edgar Allan Poe.
The stories were more engaging for mood and ideas than actual plotting.
Artwork was below what I am used to but I figured it was on a budget.
Nevertheless, a good enough read if you like Poe's works.
OVERALL GRADE: C plus to B minus.
The stories were more engaging for mood and ideas than actual plotting.
Artwork was below what I am used to but I figured it was on a budget.
Nevertheless, a good enough read if you like Poe's works.
OVERALL GRADE: C plus to B minus.
May 2, 2020
Uma BD interessante, que recria o ambiente lúgubre dos contos de Poe. Contudo, não me deixou muito impressionada. Os textos são demasiado simplistas e o desenho também.
November 8, 2012
Highly disappointing. Poor graphics and loss of Poe's language.
October 10, 2015
Este foi o meu primeiro contacto com algo do Edgar Allan Poe, ainda que seja uma adaptação de alguns dos seus contos. Gostei muito do livro principalmente por causa das ilustrações. São simplesmente MARAVILHOSAS.
June 20, 2020
A golden beetle and a human skull lead to a pirate’s treasure.
An innocent visitor bears witness to a twisted mental institution.
A house is cursed by tragedy.
The stories of Edgar Allan Poe are legendary.
This time, graphic adaptations of several of Poe’s short stories originally published in Spanish get translated back into English. The translation is not particularly noticeable, which is an accomplishment in itself.
The backgrounds and landscapes Serratosa creates are beautiful. Lush and ominous, the settings of these dank tales come across dramatically. Unfortunately, the figures are not nearly as attractive. Many of the characters have oddly dark bags under their eyes, wild hair, and strangely shaped heads. In a book ostensibly marketed to children and/or teens, this aesthetic seems to work against the goal of making these stories accessible to young people. Also, the speech bubbles and caption boxes are rendered in harsh lines and sharp corners. Even though this may seem like a small thing, the rigidity of these elements contrast so starkly with the fluidity of the illustrations that the effect is to make the comic feel lower in production value.
Although bringing Poe’s stories to a new generation is a venerable goal, this edition of these stories may not do much to endear Poe to that generation.
An innocent visitor bears witness to a twisted mental institution.
A house is cursed by tragedy.
The stories of Edgar Allan Poe are legendary.
This time, graphic adaptations of several of Poe’s short stories originally published in Spanish get translated back into English. The translation is not particularly noticeable, which is an accomplishment in itself.
The backgrounds and landscapes Serratosa creates are beautiful. Lush and ominous, the settings of these dank tales come across dramatically. Unfortunately, the figures are not nearly as attractive. Many of the characters have oddly dark bags under their eyes, wild hair, and strangely shaped heads. In a book ostensibly marketed to children and/or teens, this aesthetic seems to work against the goal of making these stories accessible to young people. Also, the speech bubbles and caption boxes are rendered in harsh lines and sharp corners. Even though this may seem like a small thing, the rigidity of these elements contrast so starkly with the fluidity of the illustrations that the effect is to make the comic feel lower in production value.
Although bringing Poe’s stories to a new generation is a venerable goal, this edition of these stories may not do much to endear Poe to that generation.
July 12, 2019
Do not read this book. The artwork is poorly done but worse still is the attempt at the tales. This reads like a middle school project interpreting Poe's tales. I was especially disappointed in the take on The Fall of the House of Usher. The incestuous nature of the Ushers was completely ignored and much of the details which make this one of Poe's best tales are left out. There are other, more well done graphic novels of Poe's work that I would recommend over this.
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February 15, 2018
I think it is a good book. The story were good and spectacular. There are 3 stories first is the Golden beetle and the other two stories I forget the name. I like the third one the best but I will not spoil it so anyone who like dark graphic tales or scary book should read this book.
October 24, 2018
If you want the true understanding and creep factor of Edgar Allan Poe, I would stick to the real stories. These left something to be desired and the illustrations were just weird, I didn’t find them creepy at all.
July 9, 2019
It was kind of cool to see the visual interpretations of these stories by Poe. I have never heard of The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether. The Gold Bug and The Fall of the House of Usher were nice adaptations.
September 26, 2023
A condensed, graphic presentation of 3 of Poe's stories. Not being a horror reader--this was a good way to read the stories and get a touch of the flavor of Poe's writing without the intense suspense and frightening prose.
March 20, 2018
it was not that great it the pictures where hard to see and just the book was not great
November 22, 2020
The adaptations were quite good; though I was not keen on the artist's style.
September 19, 2023
The graphics of this book took me out of the story.
March 3, 2017
These were supposed to be Dark Graphic Tales according to the cover but I thought otherwise. Perhaps I went in with high expectations but these three stories fell short for me and they were far from spooky, evil or mysterious. I thought The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether was rather comical. As the guests around the table discussed the patients they once had, I was laughing for these individuals really not only talked about it but some of the them were acting out the part. The panels were wonderfully illustrated as the characters performed for each, as the others around the table added their own remarks. It was the final page of this story, that sealed the deal and made me revisit this story a second time.
The Gold Bug was a long drawn out story which finally got interesting when Legrand reveals how he unravels the mystery behind all the clues that he discovered to his friend and Jupiter. How Legrand put this all together was amazing and surprised the heck out of me. The last story was The Fall of the House of Usher and there was really nothing in this story that I enjoyed except the full-page illustration of Roderick’s sister. This page made a statement and was warranted at this time in the novel, it wrapped up the story nicely. I didn’t like a majority of the faces that were illustrated in the novel, many of them looked droopy and some of them looked as if they had been stung by bees (all bloaty and dimply). I enjoyed the text font that was used as I think it showed the age of this script.
I was hoping to read this novel to a class of sixth graders and now, I am still debating this option. Since graphic novels are a popular choice amongst this age group I was hoping to show them some of Poe’s work but I am wondering if they would understand it. Perhaps I would have to read it to them a couple times for them to fully comprehend it. I know that I appreciated it more when I read it through a second time.
The Gold Bug was a long drawn out story which finally got interesting when Legrand reveals how he unravels the mystery behind all the clues that he discovered to his friend and Jupiter. How Legrand put this all together was amazing and surprised the heck out of me. The last story was The Fall of the House of Usher and there was really nothing in this story that I enjoyed except the full-page illustration of Roderick’s sister. This page made a statement and was warranted at this time in the novel, it wrapped up the story nicely. I didn’t like a majority of the faces that were illustrated in the novel, many of them looked droopy and some of them looked as if they had been stung by bees (all bloaty and dimply). I enjoyed the text font that was used as I think it showed the age of this script.
I was hoping to read this novel to a class of sixth graders and now, I am still debating this option. Since graphic novels are a popular choice amongst this age group I was hoping to show them some of Poe’s work but I am wondering if they would understand it. Perhaps I would have to read it to them a couple times for them to fully comprehend it. I know that I appreciated it more when I read it through a second time.
October 27, 2013
Siguiendo con el Especial de Halloween, aquí tienen otra reseña de terror. Relatos de Poe contiene, en formato historieta, los cuentos El escarabajo de oro, El método del Doctor Alquitrán y el Profesor Pluma y La caída de la Casa Usher de Edgar Allan Poe. La idea original de estas adaptaciones fue de Denise Despeyroux y Miguel Serratosa. Desperyroux se encargó del proceso de adaptación (del cuento a la historieta) y Serratosa de las ilustraciones. En el blog, está la reseña de Narraciones extraordinarias, que compila variados cuentos del escritor. Además, La caída de la Casa Usher también podemos encontrarlo en el ejemplar Cuentos de terror de Alberto Laiseca (el cual les recomiendo leer para Halloween).
Con una portada que promete un entretenimiento oscuro, pero que a mi humilde parecer no lo es tanto. Aunque La caída de la Casa Usher es realmente de terror, no me ocurre esa misma sensación escalofriante con El escarabajo y El método. Este último en realidad, me causa risa. Sin embargo, las ilustraciones de Serratosa, con colores oscuros y trazos que resaltan características deformes y sombrías, logran darle un cariz más siniestro a las historietas.
Los cuentos de Poe, el gran maestro del misterio y precursor en muchos géneros, se caracteriza por sus relatos cortos pero intensos. Y eso es lo que precisamente encontraremos aquí, aunque en un formato innovador.
A mi me encantan las historietas, no obstante leo más manga que otra cosa, jajaja. El estilo más suave y detallista que tienen, con esos personajes tan carismáticos y multifacéticos me fascinan. Debido a que la lectura del manga es diferente al de la historieta, tardé un poco en acostumbrarme al ritmo. Pero en cuanto lo hice, disfruté muchísimo con este libro. Los diálogos son cortos y brillantes, en algunos se nota más la síntesis del relato, y en otros apenas se percibe.
Si bien prefiero los cuentos originales de Poe, esta nueva técnica de popularizarlos y acercarlos a los lectores jovenes me parece excelente.
Leelo en mi blog
Con una portada que promete un entretenimiento oscuro, pero que a mi humilde parecer no lo es tanto. Aunque La caída de la Casa Usher es realmente de terror, no me ocurre esa misma sensación escalofriante con El escarabajo y El método. Este último en realidad, me causa risa. Sin embargo, las ilustraciones de Serratosa, con colores oscuros y trazos que resaltan características deformes y sombrías, logran darle un cariz más siniestro a las historietas.
Los cuentos de Poe, el gran maestro del misterio y precursor en muchos géneros, se caracteriza por sus relatos cortos pero intensos. Y eso es lo que precisamente encontraremos aquí, aunque en un formato innovador.
A mi me encantan las historietas, no obstante leo más manga que otra cosa, jajaja. El estilo más suave y detallista que tienen, con esos personajes tan carismáticos y multifacéticos me fascinan. Debido a que la lectura del manga es diferente al de la historieta, tardé un poco en acostumbrarme al ritmo. Pero en cuanto lo hice, disfruté muchísimo con este libro. Los diálogos son cortos y brillantes, en algunos se nota más la síntesis del relato, y en otros apenas se percibe.
Si bien prefiero los cuentos originales de Poe, esta nueva técnica de popularizarlos y acercarlos a los lectores jovenes me parece excelente.
Leelo en mi blog
July 12, 2016
Three Edgar Allan Poe stories are adapted in this graphic novel: The Gold Bug, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether and The Fall of the House of Usher. I haven't read the first two so I can't compare them with this adaption, but I have read The Fall of the House of Usher and think this adaptation fails compared to the original. I didn't think any of the stories had the creepiness of Poe's tales. He writes some truly scary, unsettling stories and these had little of that. It could be the horrible illustrations which were totally distracting. I had a real problem with the facial features of the people in the stories, especially The Gold Bug and especially the African-American character. In some panels the illustrations were so blurred or muddied that you could barely see them. The only story I thought was well illustrated was actually The Fall of the House of Usher. I know this is geared towards kids, but I don't think even they will feel the creepiness of Poe's original stories.
April 13, 2016
Dark Graphic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe adapts three of Poe's stories The Gold Bug"; "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" and "The Fall of the House of Usher". I have never read the first two before, so can't say how well they were adapted. They do have somewhat of a dark, eerie feel to them, and the artwork in all of the stories are certainly grotesque, but sometimes the artist takes it to the absurd. "The Golden Bug" and "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" have somewhat of a jovial, light-hearted quality which takes away from the glum dreariness of most of Poe's writing. The Fall of the House of Usher section is a poor adaptation of the original story. None of Poe's sense of doom and creepiness is present here at all. There is no lingering sense of inescapable doom that one is left with at the end of Poe's original story.
Overall, it is a poor adaptation and not worth the time or effort to read it. Stick with the original stories by Poe.
Overall, it is a poor adaptation and not worth the time or effort to read it. Stick with the original stories by Poe.
December 24, 2014
Con esta novela gráfica me quedé bastante maravillada. Debo confesar que en un comienzo cuando hojeé el libro no me gustaron mucho las ilustraciones, hasta que luego las acompañé con las adaptaciones de Denise Despeyroux de los cuentos originales de Poe y todo tomó su gracia. Me pareció interesante releer las historias de un modo diferente, con ese formato de comic que tanto me había llamado la atención. Es una lectura fácil, quizá ideal para introducirles el mundo de Poe a los más pequeños, en vista de que no cuenta con vocabulario complejo y consta varias imágenes que realmente están muy bien para visualizar lo que ocurre en las historias. Las características que más se destacan son las tonalidades oscuras que bien nos ilustran los tres relatos, y los gestos grotescos en los personajes. En resumen, un buen libro para disfrutar los relatos de Poe de otra manera.
March 6, 2015
Abrir este libro parece un atentado a los sentidos (y no en el mejor de los casos). El estilo gráfico es repulsivo y imposible de tomar en serio.
Los personajes son grotescos como desprolijos, y los fondos parecen salidos de un artista postimpresionista frustrado. Todo esto, hace que el intento de terror e impacto se vea disminuido.
Hay artistas del medio del comic/historieta/tebeo, que tienen un estilo un tanto grotesco cuando se van para el horror (Kazuo Umezu o Ben Templesmith pueden ser ejemplos), pero al menos muestran prolijidad y buen timing a la hora de buscar los sustos. Despeyroux no es ese caso.
Simplemente, otro artista menor que toma el legado del maestro del terror y lo hace trizas. Abstenerse a toda costa
Los personajes son grotescos como desprolijos, y los fondos parecen salidos de un artista postimpresionista frustrado. Todo esto, hace que el intento de terror e impacto se vea disminuido.
Hay artistas del medio del comic/historieta/tebeo, que tienen un estilo un tanto grotesco cuando se van para el horror (Kazuo Umezu o Ben Templesmith pueden ser ejemplos), pero al menos muestran prolijidad y buen timing a la hora de buscar los sustos. Despeyroux no es ese caso.
Simplemente, otro artista menor que toma el legado del maestro del terror y lo hace trizas. Abstenerse a toda costa
November 11, 2012
Mneh. I had not read any of the stories in this book before, so I can't say for sure, but based on other works of Poe, I know that he tended to punish his main characters by the end. Therefore, the stories in this book felt unfinished. (I'm going to have to read the real stories now.) I didn't like this presentation for that reason, and also because the drawings were ugly. I know art is subjective, but seriously, the guy in "The Gold Bug" looked like the kid from Mask. This was a fast read, so luckily I didn't spend/waste a lot of time on it. I'm not opposed to taking classic stories and making them into graphic novel format, but Poe's works deserve better than this.
November 13, 2013
Dark Graphic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe: The Gold Bug, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, and The Fall of the House of Usher
Adapted by Denise Despeyroux, Illustrated by Miquel Serratosa
Enslow Publishers, 2013
Graphic Novel
96 pages
Recommended for grades 5+
What fun, especially for lovers of the dark and gloomier types of stories! These graphic adaptations will make Poe's tales accessible to younger readers, whereas older readers will still be just as captivated. The artwork is as "off" as the characters being depicted, and I noticed that though I wouldn't say I like the art style, I like it here because it works so well.
Adapted by Denise Despeyroux, Illustrated by Miquel Serratosa
Enslow Publishers, 2013
Graphic Novel
96 pages
Recommended for grades 5+
What fun, especially for lovers of the dark and gloomier types of stories! These graphic adaptations will make Poe's tales accessible to younger readers, whereas older readers will still be just as captivated. The artwork is as "off" as the characters being depicted, and I noticed that though I wouldn't say I like the art style, I like it here because it works so well.
April 2, 2014
So-so adaptations of three Poe short stories. These attempt fidelity to the originals, so there's not any experimentation or reinterpreting of the narratives. The adaptations are more or less simple and to the point. And one thing I like about these comics is that the artist didn't feel the need to draw any of his protagonists to resemble Poe himself, which many artists who adapt Poe's writing seem to do.
October 16, 2014
This book was pretty good, although it was more of a comic book. There are three stories in this book, The Golden Bug, The System of Doctor Tarrized and Proffessor Fether, and The Fall of The House of Usher. My favorite one was The Fall of The House of Usher. These stories aren't excacly messed up, just have an ending that was not expected. Each of the contained someone visiting a place or a person,
January 27, 2023
Este libro gráfico, me encantó. Valió por completo haberlo encontrado, es una joya de Poe con unas ilustraciones magníficas para apreciar. Trae varios cuentos clásicos del escritor, unos que ya conocía y otros que no. Se puede leer una tarde o en un día de descanso, puesto que es corto y sustancioso. Los verdaderos fans de Poe sabemos apreciar esta obra, claramente, dándole nuestras críticas individuales, pero en lo que respecta un paréntesis grupal, es bastante bueno.
February 16, 2013
I don't care for Miquel Serratosa's illustrations but this was nevertheless an excellent book of graphic tales. I think what impressed me the most was the story choice--they are some of Poe's least reprinted tales: The Gold Bug, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, and The Fall of the House of Usher.
August 5, 2014
Ugh. Great idea, but awful execution. I will be reading Poe's original stories now, since this led me to a couple of titles I'd never read before. I just couldn't finish this specific collection because the drawings were so hideous.
March 16, 2015
Very interesting concept, but oddly illustrated and seemed a bit tame for what I expected. The stories and illustrations were definitely eerie and dark, but my impression of the original Poe stories was more gloomy, more depressing, more unsavory endings.
November 21, 2018
Me suele encantar Poe, pero no se si es que los relatos estan muy mal adaptados o que, pero no me ha gustado mucho. Tiempo después releí los relatos en versión normal y sí, definitivamente están fatal adaptados. No transmiten nada de lo que Poe consigue con su narrativa.
March 19, 2013
this was okay - it did give a couple of other poe stories in graphic form which always helps to clarify them.
December 13, 2013
This book was fun... It wasn't like the other graphic novels I have read/started. This book actually stood alone without knowing anything else about the actual story. I enjoyed it.
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