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Mulegutten #2
Mulises: El Mulero se embarca
El mulero se hace a la mar. Y su aventura va tan bien como la de muchos otros niños en su primera la pobreza le obliga a emprender un viaje peligroso con un excéntrico navegante aventurero que busca el ojo de un monstruo marino. Seguimos el peligroso viaje de Mulises a través del formato de cómic. Nos dejamos embriagar de sus vaivenes emocionales, lejos de su casa, bajo las órdenes de un capitán impredecible y lidiando con los fuertes sentimientos surgidos por un polizón que poco a poco comienza a dejarse ver y se cruza en su camino. Mulises habla del descubrimiento del amor, y de la generosidad, del impulso del instinto al que hay que seguir por mucho que asusten los fuertes vendavales.
160 pages, Hardcover
Published March 22, 2021
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Øyvind Torseter
52 books37 followersØyvind Torseter is a Norwegian artist and illustrator who has created eleven books on his own and several with other authors. He’s received numerous awards for his books, including a Bologna Ragazzi Award and the Norwegian Book Art Prize. In 2014, Øyvind was a finalist for the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award.
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April 25, 2024
I think this is my fourth book by the Norwegian artists Oyvind Torseter. His simple and clever The Hole (it has an actual hole drilled through the book, that obviously is central in the plot) was one of my favorite books of 2014. My Father's Arms Are a Boat was one of my favorite books of 2015.
Now he is working on what appears to be a middle grades or YA series, fantasy. I read the first one, The Heartless Troll, based on a Norwegian fairy tale, and liked it, and this one features the same main character on what sort of appears loosely to be based on Ulysses' journey, but just loosely because, though it does feature a boat and a cyclops, there's not much more to offer Ulysses fans.
It does feature Torseter's characteristic silly/absurd humor. Mulysses is fired, evicted from his home, and for some reason has to come up with a huge amount of money to get his belongings back, which were put in storage. Of course in a seedy bar he meets a guy, an extravagant collector, who had lost a locket in the sea, who offers him that exact amount if he goes on a journey to find the largest eye in the world. Oh, just go with it, it's just random. Or, wait, there's a cyclops in the story. . .
So it's a quest, an adventure, and on this adventure we find (spoiler alert) that a girl/woman, the bartender (Harbor Bar Girl) at the aforementioned seedy bar, who is stowed away on the boat. "I like the smell of your hair," he tells her. "Coconut," she tells him, and that's enough of a basis for a romance in the adventure! And sure, they find the eye, and the cyclops is missing the eye, and they also find the collector's locket, so it's happily ever after for all concerned. Oh, and the Harbor Bar Girl and Mulysses get tattoos. Silly fun.
Now he is working on what appears to be a middle grades or YA series, fantasy. I read the first one, The Heartless Troll, based on a Norwegian fairy tale, and liked it, and this one features the same main character on what sort of appears loosely to be based on Ulysses' journey, but just loosely because, though it does feature a boat and a cyclops, there's not much more to offer Ulysses fans.
It does feature Torseter's characteristic silly/absurd humor. Mulysses is fired, evicted from his home, and for some reason has to come up with a huge amount of money to get his belongings back, which were put in storage. Of course in a seedy bar he meets a guy, an extravagant collector, who had lost a locket in the sea, who offers him that exact amount if he goes on a journey to find the largest eye in the world. Oh, just go with it, it's just random. Or, wait, there's a cyclops in the story. . .
So it's a quest, an adventure, and on this adventure we find (spoiler alert) that a girl/woman, the bartender (Harbor Bar Girl) at the aforementioned seedy bar, who is stowed away on the boat. "I like the smell of your hair," he tells her. "Coconut," she tells him, and that's enough of a basis for a romance in the adventure! And sure, they find the eye, and the cyclops is missing the eye, and they also find the collector's locket, so it's happily ever after for all concerned. Oh, and the Harbor Bar Girl and Mulysses get tattoos. Silly fun.
March 22, 2024
We read this because it was shelved in J Graphic Novels and is recommended for ages 8+. There's nothing inappropriate in the story, but the humor is way above kid level, and without understanding the absurdity, the story might just confuse and even frighten kids. So we're probably going to put it in YA or even adult graphic novels. Again, nothing inappropriate content-wise, just a little advanced.
I "ha'd" audibly several times, and smiled even more. It's a strange sweet story, just not for kids.
I "ha'd" audibly several times, and smiled even more. It's a strange sweet story, just not for kids.
March 9, 2020
Ken je het ingenieuze prentenboek 'Het Gat', en de (voor)leesboeken over Bruno, Arthur en Louise? 📘📒📙 Van illustrator/kunstenaar Øyvind Torseter is ook 'Kleine Broer op de Grote Vaart' - een eindeloos verhaal over de zoektocht naar het grootste oog van de wereld, een verstekeling (het meisje uit de havenkroeg) en een zakenman die eigenlijk nog steeds treurt om zijn grote liefde ⚓️👩🏼📘 Eén eindeloos kijk-avontuur voor alle leeftijden, vol grapjes, een cycloop en een beeldschone verhaalwending 💙
March 16, 2024
Et utrolig unikt univers av både fortelling i tekst og bilder. Jo flere verk jeg leser, jo mere forelsket blir jeg i universet. Denne var rånydelig på mange plan, tenker den kan gi voksen og ung litt ulike ting. Gleder meg til å titte på mer.
October 31, 2024
An odd character starts as captain's mate aboard a vessel on an expedition to find "the largest eye." Great riches are promised. That may or may not work out, but he has a great time with the stowaway and that relationship may last.
A very different feel to this story.
A very different feel to this story.
January 24, 2025
The artwork in this is fantastic and an interesting little story. I have never read a graphic novel and this looked like a good one to try. Although written for young adults, I enjoyed it as an adult and thought the content was really more for older YA's.
October 7, 2018
Ikke helt for meg.
May 20, 2023
nice artwork, dry sense of humor
May 20, 2023
Humorous, but a bit forgettable.
June 20, 2023
Odd, charming story and incredible art.
July 29, 2023
A charming little tale of adventure and mis-deeds.
August 11, 2023
I thought this would closely follow the story of Ulysses/Odysseus but other than setting off to sea and an encounter with a Cyclops-like character, it doesn’t.
It is a quick, fun read though. With very little dialogue, the story is moved along by short narrative sentences and, the main star here, the pictures. All of them are cartoonish drawings but the artist makes the faces of the various characters (some human but mostly of animal shape) effectively expressive.
It’s a wide-format book and no page has more than 4 panels. These are black and white and usually more crudely rendered. Then there are frequent full page panels that are unusually and pleasantly colored, along with the less frequent double-page spread. These are the real artwork that give the book its character. A few detailed diagrams complete the look, such as a schematic overview of the boat. Some of the artwork contains lots of detail in the background and periphery which is curiously interesting but not crucial to the story.
The story itself is fanciful and simple, but sweet.
It is a quick, fun read though. With very little dialogue, the story is moved along by short narrative sentences and, the main star here, the pictures. All of them are cartoonish drawings but the artist makes the faces of the various characters (some human but mostly of animal shape) effectively expressive.
It’s a wide-format book and no page has more than 4 panels. These are black and white and usually more crudely rendered. Then there are frequent full page panels that are unusually and pleasantly colored, along with the less frequent double-page spread. These are the real artwork that give the book its character. A few detailed diagrams complete the look, such as a schematic overview of the boat. Some of the artwork contains lots of detail in the background and periphery which is curiously interesting but not crucial to the story.
The story itself is fanciful and simple, but sweet.
March 3, 2023
¡Lo amé! Me impresionó la gráfica del libro. El equilibrio entre viñetas en blanco y negro y páginas a color es perfecto. También disfruté de la reinterpretación del viaje de Ulises, el humor y el sentido de aventura. Es una gran novela para sentir que el mundo es muy amplio y que, a veces, descubrimos su inmensidad cerca de nosotros.
June 9, 2021
(Weird to be the one writing in English here) The art here is so catching, for some reason giving me the vibes of a childs-comic Klimt. It has so much personality and varied tones. Really standing out was the cyclopes at the end being genuinely frightening and stark.
April 27, 2023
A mule-like creature, having lost his job, home, and possessions, signs on for a sea exploration to find the "biggest eye in the world." Quirky and odd--but, fun--with occasional references to the Odyssey.
May 10, 2023
absurd and magnificent, just like life itself.
September 15, 2023
You should probably reread this once a month to make sure you didn't miss anything
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