Het ebbehout

Les Passagers du Vent #5

by François Bourgeon, Kees Beentjes (translator)

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In de achttiende eeuw voert een schip een lading tot slaafgemaakten naar de Nieuwe Wereld. Aan boord doen zich allerlei voorvallen voor tussen de witte bevolking, terwijl 'het ebbenhout' (de tot slaafgemaakten) op het punt staat de ketenen van zich af te werpen. Dit vijfde deel van de reeks 'De kinderen van de wind' toont de lezer een vrij nauwgezet en realistisch beeld ten tijde van de slavernij. De

Genres: Bande Dessinée, Comics, Historical Fiction, Graphic Novels, Feminism, Comics Bd, France

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

François Bourgeon is a French comics artist, author of several noted European comic books. Bourgeon was originally educated as a master stained glass artist, but difficulties in finding employment and a passion for drawing altered his course onto a different career. Getting illustrations published in magazines from 1971 eventually led him to pursue graphic storytelling and to develop his craft over the next few years. When the Les passagers du vent (The Passengers of the Wind) series was serialised in Circus magazine in 1979, it became recognised as one of the most important European comic series of its era. His graphic novels have ranged from nautical and medieval historical fiction to science fiction, and characteristically, within settings of violence and sexuality, epic stories revolve around strong female characters. He lives in Cornouaille in Brittany.
(Source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Eternauta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Το πέμπτο και τελευταίο album της σειράς στην πρώτη περίοδο έκδοσής της την δεκαετία του '80 (ακολούθησαν 2 τόμοι - sequels το 2009 και 2010).
Η γραφική αναπαράσταση πλοίων και φυσικών τοπίων καθώς και της αποικιακής αρχιτεκτονικής είναι εντυπωσιακή και αποτέλεσμα ενδελεχούς ιστορικής έρευνας. Το θέμα, όμως, δηλαδή οι περιπέτειες της χειραφετημένης ηρωίδας εν πλω σε ένα ιστιοφόρο που εμπορεύεται σκλάβους από την Αφρική αφήνει μια αμφιλεγόμενη αίσθηση.
Από τη μια η καταδίκη της σκλαβιάς είναι κάθετη και οξεία, από την άλλη όμως η αναπαράσταση των σκλάβων πατάει σε όλα τα γνωστά στερεότυπα του λευκού βλέμματος που ατενίζει αφ' υψηλού τον "αισθησιακό", "αφελή" και "αιμοδιψή" άγριο.
Αυτή η αμφισημία που χαρακτήριζε στην πραγματικότητα την στάση και όσων τον 18ο αιώνα αντιτάχθηκαν στην σκλαβιά και το εμπόριο ανθρώπων παραμένει ζώσα ανάμεσά μας και είναι άκρως προβληματική.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 5 out of 5]

FormNorm = D.L. unprinted = A.I. 05/1984 = 2/5/1 tomes backside

This series was already unforgettable at the start of this tome but LEGENDARY status was achieved as it closed.

Absolutely exhilarating- I have never spent so much time reading per-page inthralled with it all! The whole time I wondered how he could possibly stamp a definitive enough ending to the complex adventure within the amount of boards ahead of me yet he did so magnificently in MASTERPIECE fashion!!

Since all of the intricacies of each characters' situation couldn't possibly have been addressed, he had to leave the story a bit open<->ended but did so naturally without being ambiguous at all so that satisfaction is gained in full with a delightful take-away curiosity. There are two thick additionals, done many years later, which I will eagerly indulge!

It was so wonderful that it's one of those which I cannot review because I would ramble too much about the the ins, outs and what-have-yous of the narrative and do not possess the propropriate art-lexicon to do that justice.

{and I'm so far behind on entering my read books- let alone the 19 that I need to create first.}

[Joop · Rating 3 out of 5]

Niet handig om niet bij deel 1 te beginnen.wel apart te lezen maar er zijn verwijzingen naar eerdere delen. Hier en daar zijn de plaatjes wat te klein.

[Paulo Teixeira · Rating 4 out of 5]

(PT) Isa, Hoel, Mary e outros estão no "Marie-Caroline", um navio de escravos, rumo às Américas, mas dentro do barco, os incidentes sucedem-se, entre tempestades e acidentes, ao ponto de aquilo que todos temem, acaba por acontecer: uma rebelião. E eles terão de lidar da maneira mais forte possível, com pólvora.

[Brown Catherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Storms and thunder and revolt

[AntifemBook · Rating 3 out of 5]

book#00042, Vol. 5. Mark: average, but pretty well written [!] C+. 3.
I read the German edition of this book. Ich habe die deutsche Ausgabe gelesen. Der deutsche Titel heißt "Gefährliche Fracht" und ist das (vorläufige) Ende dieser wunderbaren Comicreihe für historisch interessierte Menschen.

[Pascal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Très beau en graphisme, histoire intéressante à suivre...