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The Death Ray

Door Daniel Clowes

Categorie
Strips
Boeknummer
#357270-WD22
Titel
The Death Ray
Auteur
Clowes, Daniel
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
London : Jonathan Cape
Jaar van uitgave
2011
ISBN10
0224094114
ISBN13
9780224094115
Taal
Nederlands
Beschrijving
Original pictorial boards, comics in colour, unpaged, 4to.
Samenvatting
The Death-Ray utilizes the classic staples of the superhero genre - origin, costume, ray-gun, sidekick, fight scene - reconfiguring them in a story that is anything but morally simplistic.
The Death Ray is the story of teen outcast Andy, an orphaned nobody with only one friend, the obnoxious-but-loyal Louie. They roam school halls and city streets, invisible to everyone but bullies and tormentors, until the glorious day when Andy takes his first puff on a cigarette. That night he wakes, heart pounding, soaked in sweat, and finds himself suddenly overcome with the peculiar notion that he can do anything. Indeed, he can and as he learns the extent of his new powers, he discovers a terrible and seductive gadget - a hideous compliment to his seething rage - that forever changes everything.
T... (Lees verder)he Death-Ray utilizes the classic staples of the superhero genre - origin, costume, ray-gun, sidekick, fight scene - reconfiguring them in a story that is anything but morally simplistic. With subtle comedy, deft mastery and an obvious affection for the bold Pop Art exuberance of comic book design, Daniel Clowes delivers a contemporary meditation on the darkness of the human psyche.
Pagina's
48
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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