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Wrath Of Fantomas Olivier Bocquet

Wrath Of Fantomas By Olivier Bocquet

Wrath Of Fantomas by Olivier Bocquet

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Fantomas is the first superhero in history. All masked men and women who grace the pages of American comics and movie screens are his illegitimate children. The blood of Fantomas flows in the veins of each of them.

Wrath Of Fantomas Summary

Wrath Of Fantomas by Olivier Bocquet

Freely adapted from the work of Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre, with a plot worthy of the best black novels, Rocheleau plunges the reader into the Paris of the 1910s and provokes terror and fascination by resuscitating Fantomas, the evil character with a hundred faces ... Fantomas is the first superhero in history. All masked men and women who grace the pages of American comics and movie screens are his illegitimate children. The blood of Fantomas flows in the veins of each of them.

Wrath Of Fantomas Reviews

"A midnight-hewn thrill ride whose sophisticated art perfectly captures the electrifying colors and terrifying aftermath of deeds most foul." - Library Journal Starred Review

"Funny, stunning, grisly and beautifully plotted, with art to equal all those tones with pitch perfection. A remarkable success on all fronts" - Bookgasm

"The Wrath of Fantomas is the type of cutting-edge, yet charming crime story that today's adult comics readers desire. Bocquet and Rocheleau have made a knockout punch of a graphic novel . . ." - New York Journal of Books

"For all the gold of Paris, you're not going to want to put this book down. The Wrath of Fantomas is a blast from the past that you don't want to miss" - But Why Tho

"A superhero archetype whose jiggery-pokery methods are stylistically brilliant in their depravity and ruthlessness" - BORG.com

"A fantastic book ... shocking and entertaining. It left me wanting and dreading more Fantomas" - Comic Crusaders

"Distinctive and sometimes dazzling in its kinetic fury ... fittingly dark and nightmarish" - Scifi And Scary

"An absolute delight ... a powerful, gripping story that never lets go of the accelerator ... a riveting tale that takes a classic literary character and makes him truly modern and relevant" - Chico Comics Page

"Almost every page is a thing of beauty, whether it's the light, delightful Art Nouveau styled line work of daylight Parisian life or the dark, rich tones of the villainy going on in the Parisian night" - Comicon

"A brooding, muscle bound tragedy, The Wrath of Fantomas is best read with the lights left on" - Mass Movement

"A wonderfully unique and exciting story ... Action packed and merciless, The Wrath of Fantamos should steal its way into your collection as soon as possible" - Major Spoilers

"Succeeds on a scale grand enough for the Sorbonne ... The Wrath Of Fantomas is my favorite comic I've read this year" - Bleeding Cool

"He's absolutely bonkers: displaying sadistic tendencies and a wide streak of evil that would make the Joker blanch" - The Slings & Arrows

About Olivier Bocquet

Olivier Bocquet has been a pump attendant on the A6 motorway, event photographer, manager of a restaurant in Montmartre, peddler, invoice controller at EDF, logistics assistant, translator of user manuals for major brand appliances, and sexer of chicks. He has also written and / or directed short programs for French television youth channels, TV trailers, a short film, and a novel.

With The Wrath of Fantomas, Julie Rocheleau makes her professional comics debut. Between 2002 and 2011, she worked for various animation studios, designing characters and storyboards. She has made independent short films, illustrated many children's books an has created posters for cultural events. In 2009, she took her first steps in comics with The Invisible Girl, from a script by Emilie Villeneuve.

Additional information

NPB9781785868863
9781785868863
1785868861
Wrath Of Fantomas by Olivier Bocquet
Olivier Bocquet
New
Hardback
Titan Books Ltd
2019-01-15
176
N/A
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