BALL PEEN HAMMER - Softcover

Rapp, Adam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596433000 ISBN 13: 9781596433007

Verlag: First Second, 2009

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Book by Rapp Adam

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"Not for gentle readers, Rapp's fatalistic urban future is never scarier than when its child and adult players' motivations and emotions are the most realistic." -- Booklist "Eerie . . . Rapp reflects on the ways we cling to art and passion in the face of destruction and the horror we feel as those things slip away." -- Publisher's Weekly Full Review From Booklist Playwright Rapp writes movies and gritty YA novels (e.g., "Little Chicago," 1998), too, and his first graphic novel attests his flair for dramatic staging and well-developed characters and plotting. Set in a hovel in which a young man dying of an AIDS-like infection lives, loving his guitar and hating his "job" of disposing of the bodies of murdered children. He doesn't realize that the love of his life, a beautiful actress, has taken sanctuary in another part of the building. Moral turpitude in these characters' world has been stood virtually on end, and the story probes suc "Not for gentle readers, Rapp's fatalistic urban future is never scarier than when its child and adult players' motivations and emotions are the most realistic." -- Booklist "Eerie . . . Rapp reflects on the ways we cling to art and passion in the face of destruction and the horror we feel as those things slip away." -- Publisher's Weekly Full Review From Booklist Playwright Rapp writes movies and gritty YA novels (e.g., "Little Chicago," 1998), too, and his first graphic novel attests his flair for dramatic staging and well-developed characters and plotting. Set in a hovel in which a young man dying of an AIDS-like infection lives, loving his guitar and hating his "job" of disposing of the bodies of murdered children. He doesn't realize that the love of his life, a beautiful actress, has taken sanctuary in another part of the building. Moral turpitude in these characters' world has been stood virtually on end, and the story probes such issues as what ingrained in us makes us human, lovable, frightening, and evil. Eminently suited to Rapp's grim and demanding vision, O'Connor's full-color art meshes with the spare text and conveys portions of the tale all by itself; it embraces just the right cartooniness to keep the flow of grim events emotionally bearable. Not for gentle readers, Rapp's fatalistic urban future is never scarier than when its child and adult players' motivations and emotions are the most realistic. --"Francisca Goldsmith""" Review in 8/10 Publishers Weekly In an eerie postapocalyptic urban world, humanity is turning on itself. This graphic novel revolves around a trio who were likely downtown hipsters before the crisis began. Welton, a musician, and Aaron, an author, still have the energy to discuss the purpose of art, but find themselves committing unpardonable acts to save themselves. Exley, an actress, unexpectedly ends up caring for Horlick, a young boy who is teetering between playing childish pranks and becoming a menacing criminal l

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The world is dying. After most of the city succumbed to the plague, Welton's staying inside -- permanently. But hiding in his claustrophobic basement room -- the only place he knows is safe -- exacts a gruesome price, and he becomes part of a collective that's killing children. Infected with the plague himself, with no way to find the woman he loves, Welton takes refuge in apathy -- until someone knocks on his door. Ball Peen Hammer gives us a window into life in a half-deserted apartment building in a time of raw love, sacrifice, fear, and death.

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• Verlag: First Second
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1596433000
• ISBN 13: 9781596433007
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
• Zeichner: O'Connor George