The Left Bank Gang
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.66 (586 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1560977426 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 48 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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2007 Eisner Award winner, Best U.S. 2007 Eisner Award-winner: set in 1920s Paris, this is a deliciously inventive re-imagining of the great literary figures of the period (Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Pound, and Joyce) as graphic novelists and perpetrators of a thrilling, double-crossing heist! F. The reader will figure it out."), guest appearances by Zelda Fitzgerald and Jean-Paul Sartre, and a few remarkable twists and turns along the way, and you've got one of the funniest and most playful graphic novels of the year. Edition of International Material; 2007 Eisner Award nominee: Best Coloring (Hubert). brush, chat about the latest graphic novels from Dostoevsky ("I can't tell any of his characters apart!") to Faulkner ("Hasn't he heard of white space? His panels are too crowded!"), and bemoan their erratic careers. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and James Joyce walk into a Parisian bar no, it's not the beginning of a joke, but the premise of Jason's unique new graphic novel. Full-color
The characters are F. Not only are these writers now comic book creators, they are distinctly comic book characters as Jason has transformed them into his trademark anthropomorphic dogs and birds. From Publishers Weekly Using only a few pages, Jason manages to craft two different stories that happen to star the same characters. All rights reserved. As these characters contemplate their lives, Fitzgerald in particular is down and out. The book is a comment on the literary acceptance comics have been getting in recent years. Then, in a rather abrupt twist only Hemingway could be responsible for, the group decides to rob a bank, turning into a Tarantinoesque caper complete with different perspectives on the same chaotic event. Except in this story they aren't writers but cartoonists, with comics being the height of culture in this alternate world. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, James
One of Jaon's best I've recently becoem a BIG fan of Jason. After a friend gave me a copy of "MEOW Baby", I knew I had to see more of this intriguing storyteller's work. I like them all, but prefer the more absurd story lines like this one or "I Killed Adolf Hitler"All in all Thumbs up to Jason for another great yarn!. "Hemingway Noir" according to Guy L. Gonzalez. The Left Bank Gang's premise -- positing Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound and James Joyce as struggling cartoonists in 1920s Paris -- is an intriguing one, and for the first half of his rather slim but not slight story, Jason humorously plays up the writer/cartoonist angle while clearly establishing each of his lead characters and their relationships to one another, before setting his real story in motion, a Rashomon-style tale of double and triple-crossing as the quartet come up with a plan to solve th. Sam Quixote said A Portrait of Four Artists as Young Bank Robbing Men. "The Left Bank Gang" is about Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Pound, and Joyce as they struggle in 19"A Portrait of Four Artists as Young Bank Robbing Men" according to Sam Quixote. "The Left Bank Gang" is about Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Pound, and Joyce as they struggle in 1920s Paris to make a living as writers. Gertrude Stein makes an appearance as the sage advisor to Hemingway regarding his work - "Don't clutter up the panels with too many words, let the drawings breathe" - as all famous novelists are here presented as famous comics artists with their work as masterpieces of graphic art. Fitzgerald's drinking is highlighted as well as his turbulent relationship with his wife Zelda. The fun culmina. 0s Paris to make a living as writers. Gertrude Stein makes an appearance as the sage advisor to Hemingway regarding his work - "Don't clutter up the panels with too many words, let the drawings breathe" - as all famous novelists are here presented as famous comics artists with their work as masterpieces of graphic art. Fitzgerald's drinking is highlighted as well as his turbulent relationship with his wife Zelda. The fun culmina