Doctors - Softcover

Shaw, Dash

Softcover

ISBN 10: 160699803X ISBN 13: 9781606998038

Verlag: Fantagraphics Books, 2014

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Críticas:

The artist makes a statement, subtly, about the worlds we build for ourselves and the materials from which we construct them, but Shaw is rarely interested in simple answers. ... There's little restraint here: Shaw's impulse shies away from the stereotypically 'classy, ' and instead bangs together two under-respected genres, leads to something strange and wonderful -- yet again.--Hillary Brown

...[A] compelling work of science fiction... Ordinarily, the living are haunted by ghosts. But in this story, ghosts are being haunted by the living. Clever.--Jeremy Sigler

Doctors is a philosophical examination about the very nature of life and death through the lenses of a science fiction drama. Besides being a powerful and poignant story, Dash Shaw's artwork is imaginative and willing to explore new ways of affecting the senses of the reader through the use of colors and iconic artistic tropes.--Brian Cronin

Reseña del editor:

This new graphic novel from acclaimed cartoonist Dash Shaw (Bottomless Belly Button) is his most taut book to date. Dr. Cho is the creator of the Charon, a device that allows his staff to take the form of a memory in a dead patients' consciousnesses, and bring them back to life, with one catch: the experience is traumatic and the process kills them again soon thereafter. But for some bereaved, the opportunity is priceless. So when Bell is killed in a random accident, her daughter hires Dr. Cho’s team to bring her back. But what if Bell didn’t want to come back? The dying unconsciously create the afterlife they want, or feel they deserve, in their minds before everything fades to black. Isn’t that better than the reality, and no less meaningful than life itself? Can unconsciousness coexist with consciousness? Doctors is part science-fiction thriller, part family drama, part morality play for the 21st century, and quite possibly Shaw’s best book to date.

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• Verlag: Fantagraphics Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 160699803X
• ISBN 13: 9781606998038
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96