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Wyoming Doll
En las vastas extensiones del salvaje Oeste, un convoy de colonos con dos familias se dirige hacia Wyoming, cuando una emboscada conduce a una masacre y la desaparición de dos niñas. Logan, un joven que trabajaba de explorador para el pequeño convoy, trae al único otro sobreviviente, el viejo Giuseppe, a quien le hace la promesa de encontrar a las chicas. No muy lejos, en un campamento sioux, Salmon Leap quema su tipi y se va para convertirse en leyenda. En medio de todos los peligros existentes están esos dos hombres cuyos caminos se cruzan y que han elegido el amor sobre el odio, y está una adorable niña rubia… Wyoming Doll es mucho más que un western. Humana, conmovedora y a veces desgarradora, es una novela épica en un entorno hostil a la que engrandece el arte vibrante de Franz. Franz es un referente dentro del mundo del cómic. En este western se mezclan todas las grandes influencias cinematográficas del género en un volumen lleno de honestidad y de la esencia más genuina del autor.
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68 pages, Hardcover
First published September 4, 1999
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September 3, 2021
I didn't expect this story to be so funny! I mean, what could possibly be funny about a small child surviving the massacre of a caravan and being taken captive by the Indians? A fair bit, to judge by Vance's book.
The comedic elements come from the adventures and misadventures of the two reckless youngsters involved with the little girl: the white lad Logan and the Lakota wannabe-warrior Salmon Leap, who are after Sharon for different reasons, the former to bring her back to be raised by whites and the latter to protect her from hostile Indians and belligerent whites alike. Forced by this interest in common, the two boys get caught in a web of quests and counter-quests, robberies, murders, shootouts, Indian vs US Cavalry battles, Indian vs Indian war bands, and practically every conceivable cliché of the Western genre, all masterfully woven with a mix of humour and tragedy that the author somehow managed to pull. It's both brutal and bloody in one page, and slapstick comedy-like hilarious in the next, so you better be prepared for this rollercoaster plot.
Besides, Vance makes transitions from one POV to the other rather quickly and without warning, which might be confusing if you aren't paying attention (and even when you are, it takes time to get used to it). It's a lovely little story, that's become one of my best-liked Westerns in spite of how short it felt.
The comedic elements come from the adventures and misadventures of the two reckless youngsters involved with the little girl: the white lad Logan and the Lakota wannabe-warrior Salmon Leap, who are after Sharon for different reasons, the former to bring her back to be raised by whites and the latter to protect her from hostile Indians and belligerent whites alike. Forced by this interest in common, the two boys get caught in a web of quests and counter-quests, robberies, murders, shootouts, Indian vs US Cavalry battles, Indian vs Indian war bands, and practically every conceivable cliché of the Western genre, all masterfully woven with a mix of humour and tragedy that the author somehow managed to pull. It's both brutal and bloody in one page, and slapstick comedy-like hilarious in the next, so you better be prepared for this rollercoaster plot.
Besides, Vance makes transitions from one POV to the other rather quickly and without warning, which might be confusing if you aren't paying attention (and even when you are, it takes time to get used to it). It's a lovely little story, that's become one of my best-liked Westerns in spite of how short it felt.
January 7, 2021
Wonderful art, subpar, at least, story...
January 27, 2021
To date, the Expresso label on a Cinebook title has been a guarantee of quality, and that’s no less the case here with Wyoming Doll.
Set in the Wild West, the story begins with settlers crossing the vast expanse of open country, only to come a cropper when aggressive Native Americans attack the group. Almost all of the settlers die in the attack. The survivors are a young man, Logan, who was sent ahead to scout, and two young girls, abducted by the warriors. When Logan finally has the courage to return to the carnage he finds one of the settlers, grandfather to one of the abducted girls, badly wounded, but alive. Also amongst the detritus are the savings from each slaughtered family. For Logan, it is a matter of honour to find the girls and return their respective family’s money.
But this isn’t just a tale from one nobly intentioned white male youth. The warriors that attacked the wagon train aren’t the only tribe on the prairie. A young warrior from the Sioux, spurned and hot-headed, abandons his people with the intention to wreak havoc amongst the encroaching white presence. Stumbling across the rival tribe he finds the blonde-headed young Irish girl and rescues her. with nobody to hand her over to, his impulse becomes his calling. She is silent and placid, seemingly unreachable across the language barrier, but he persists. It’s now inevitable that their path will cross with Logan’s.
From a storytelling perspective, the book works incredibly well. Characters are a blend of aspirations and faults that have shaped, and continue to shape, their lives. Actions have consequences, and for every good deed done there’s someone looking to rob, murder or take advantage. Nor do the heroic actions guarantee a happy ending either (not to say that it’s tragic either). It’s a befitting ending, and one that feels in keeping with the hand dealt to people who have chosen to live on the frontier.
Artistically, the book is just beautiful. Detailed, with a watercolour finish, it perfectly encapsulates the period. A really wonderful thing to behold, and a real shame that, as the book mentions at the beginning, Franz has since died. I’d have loved to have seen more like this, but fortunately there does appear to be plenty of work prior to this one to discover. My only complaint would be that the reproduction in the Expresso format is perhaps too small to do the pages their full justice.
All told, though, this is a great book. Its perspective is engaging, its journey is intriguing, and its outcome satisfying yet surprising.
Set in the Wild West, the story begins with settlers crossing the vast expanse of open country, only to come a cropper when aggressive Native Americans attack the group. Almost all of the settlers die in the attack. The survivors are a young man, Logan, who was sent ahead to scout, and two young girls, abducted by the warriors. When Logan finally has the courage to return to the carnage he finds one of the settlers, grandfather to one of the abducted girls, badly wounded, but alive. Also amongst the detritus are the savings from each slaughtered family. For Logan, it is a matter of honour to find the girls and return their respective family’s money.
But this isn’t just a tale from one nobly intentioned white male youth. The warriors that attacked the wagon train aren’t the only tribe on the prairie. A young warrior from the Sioux, spurned and hot-headed, abandons his people with the intention to wreak havoc amongst the encroaching white presence. Stumbling across the rival tribe he finds the blonde-headed young Irish girl and rescues her. with nobody to hand her over to, his impulse becomes his calling. She is silent and placid, seemingly unreachable across the language barrier, but he persists. It’s now inevitable that their path will cross with Logan’s.
From a storytelling perspective, the book works incredibly well. Characters are a blend of aspirations and faults that have shaped, and continue to shape, their lives. Actions have consequences, and for every good deed done there’s someone looking to rob, murder or take advantage. Nor do the heroic actions guarantee a happy ending either (not to say that it’s tragic either). It’s a befitting ending, and one that feels in keeping with the hand dealt to people who have chosen to live on the frontier.
Artistically, the book is just beautiful. Detailed, with a watercolour finish, it perfectly encapsulates the period. A really wonderful thing to behold, and a real shame that, as the book mentions at the beginning, Franz has since died. I’d have loved to have seen more like this, but fortunately there does appear to be plenty of work prior to this one to discover. My only complaint would be that the reproduction in the Expresso format is perhaps too small to do the pages their full justice.
All told, though, this is a great book. Its perspective is engaging, its journey is intriguing, and its outcome satisfying yet surprising.
July 31, 2011
L'un de mes albums de BD préféré !
C'est juste magistral. Rien d'autre à dire. Une narration parfaite, touchante, belle et un dessin (comme toujours avec Franz) à couper le souffle. Je ne me lasse pas de lire et relire cette BD.
C'est juste magistral. Rien d'autre à dire. Une narration parfaite, touchante, belle et un dessin (comme toujours avec Franz) à couper le souffle. Je ne me lasse pas de lire et relire cette BD.
October 1, 2014
Bella storia western che restituisce uno spaccato verosimile di quei tempi. Una storia vera, a tratti cruda, in altri tenera. Purtroppo, cosa che avevo notato in Lester Cockney dello stesso autore, alcuni passaggi di vignetta, in Wyoming Doll pochi in realtà, sono un po' troppo repentini.
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