Brian McDonald: Land of the dead

Alkuteos: Land of the Dead : Lessons From the Underworld on Storytelling And Living (2023)

Kuvittaja: Toby Cypress

Teksti: Brian McDonald

Ilmestymisaika: 2023 (ko.painos)

Kustantaja: First Second

Sivumäärä: 211

ISBN: 9781626727311

Muoto: Sid.

Peukku: ^^b

*There is wisdom in the land of the dead, for it is the place that all stories are laid to rest.

And what is a story if not a simulation of survival?

Wielding his massive experience from film, TVm comics, and more, Brian McDonald lays out a history of storytelling and explains that the best tales tug at our truest biological instinct: the need to survive. Readers will see how different forms of survival – physical, emotional, spiritual – inform the arc of a character’s development in a way that makes them more complex and compelling. And how plot and circumstance must then force a protagonist to meet their worst nightmare. Toby Cypress’s electric art guides the reader through the underworld, visualizing each narrative masterpiece and bringing the ideas to life.

Whether you’re in film, books, or comics, or simply a story enthusiast, this book offers a way to see character development and the crafting of plot through the lens of human questions of morality and mortality.*

Corvus niminen korppi kuljettaa lukijan sarjakuvan avulla "kuolleiden maille", jossa tarinat ovat syntyneet. Sarjakuva kertoo tarinoiden synnystä, uskomuksista ja käsittelee muutamaa tunnettua tarinaa tarkemmin. Kiinnostava ja ajatuksia herättävä teos.

Kuvitus on kaunista jälkeä. Väreiltään melko niukkaa ja tummaa. Sopii hyvin aiheeseen.