Paolo Chikiamco & Borg Sinaban: Muros

Alkuteos: Muros : within magical walls : the case of the cemetery girl (2022)

Ilmestymisaika: 2022 (ko.painos)

Kustantaja: Tuttle Publishing

Sivumäärä: 110

ISBN: 9780804855563

Muoto: Nid.

Peukku: ^^b

*An intrepid gumshoe searches for a girl lost amidst Manila’s chaos and temptations. Can he crack the case?

Manila – the walled city recently freed from a dictator’s iron-fisted rule – is a magical metropolis where monsters roam the neon-lit streets. In this noir-tinged graphic novel, the capital exists in an alternate reality where myth and fantasy collide. Tensions between the human and nonhuman realms are about to hit a breaking point in a city now governed by the mysterious Societies. Who will prevail?

Paolo Chikiamco is a Filipino writer of prose, comics, and interactive fiction. He is the editor of Alternative Alamat: Myths and Legends from the Philippines and his work has been published in anthologies such as The Sea Is Ours and The Best of Philippine Speculative Fiction. In the field of comics, he’s the co-creator of Mythspace: ignition (Ablaze Publishing), and A Sparrow’s Roar (BOOM! Studios). He has also served as a judge for the Graphic Literature category of the National Book Awards, and is the creator of the #RP612fic Twitter hashtag.

Borg Sinaban is a freelance comic artist and illustrator based in Manila. He’s a scifantasy enjoyer and a lover of both soft and hard magic systems. He currently does character designs and book covers when not making graphic novels of his own.*

Mustavalkoinen sarjakuva vanhaan kunnon noir-henkeen!

Kuvitus on hienoa jälkeä. Se on omalla tavallaan todella simppeliä, mutta kutsuvaa. Henkilöhahmoissa on jotain sympaattista. Paikoitellen väkivaltainen, joten ei herkille.

Maailmassa magiaa on olemassa. Ihmiseläin-hybridejä on olemassa. Ja myös monia vielä vaarallisempia olentoja. Nyt nuori mies tutkii kadonneen tytön tapausta. Tämä tapaus taas tuntuu linkittyvän hautausmaalla ylöskaivettuihin ruumiisiin. Mutta miten?

Hyvä toteutus ja jännä tarina. Tykkäsin.