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Gary Gianni's Monstermen and Other Scary Stories
by
Gary Gianni
In a world plagued by zombie cowboys, squid pirates, abominable snowmen, mustachioed skulls, movie phantoms, and fat, flying demons, only millionaire film director Lawrence St. George and his associate, Benedict of the venerable guild of Corpus Monstrum, have the capabilities and the wit to bring these horrors down
Hardcover, 168 pages
Published
March 7th 2012
by Dark Horse Comics
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This was an interesting collection. The first half consisted of five graphic /comic stories by Gary Gianni. His Monstermen series was introduced as a companion to the Hellboy series. Lawrence St George is a film maker and hunter of the supernatural. Partnered with Benedict, an ancient knight who can’t die, they search out and stop a variety of demons from taking over the world. They are quick stories reminiscent of those from the early days of movies. St George looks a bit like Vincent Price. I...more
3.5 stars
Fun tales and fantastic illustrations, both with a decent amount of eeriness, creepiness and gothic elements but with some fairly comic moments incorporated. I particularly enjoyed the torso/head people, they had such a good mixture of oddity and sympathy and weirdness, and the storyboard with the raining skulls actually made me chuckle, I loved those.
The only negative point about this graphic novel was the galley download I received was quite blurry and grainy and this made it incred...more
Fun tales and fantastic illustrations, both with a decent amount of eeriness, creepiness and gothic elements but with some fairly comic moments incorporated. I particularly enjoyed the torso/head people, they had such a good mixture of oddity and sympathy and weirdness, and the storyboard with the raining skulls actually made me chuckle, I loved those.
The only negative point about this graphic novel was the galley download I received was quite blurry and grainy and this made it incred...more
This is a magnificent combination of two things I absolutely adore -- Gary Gianni's "Monstermen" series (which began life as a back-up feature in "Hellboy" comics) and classic Weird fiction from the age of pulp.
The first 3/4 of this beautifully-bound hardcover book are tales of Gianni's eponymous heroes, who seem to exist in a world suspended somewhere in-between the modern age and the 1930s (the closest parallel I can think of is the "Dark Deco" world of "Batman: The Animated Series"). These m...more
The first 3/4 of this beautifully-bound hardcover book are tales of Gianni's eponymous heroes, who seem to exist in a world suspended somewhere in-between the modern age and the 1930s (the closest parallel I can think of is the "Dark Deco" world of "Batman: The Animated Series"). These m...more
Background: Gary Gianni's Monstermen and Other Scary Stories is a collection of stories ranging from pirates, to zombies, to skulls, and phantoms and ghosts of all kinds.
Review: The copy that I received via electronic edition was very fuzzy and difficult to read, however the pictures were marvelous in every way! I think that aside from the fuzziness there was also a few parts where I was very lost in the storyline...and I read a lot of graphic novels so I am not sure it was my inability to move...more
Review: The copy that I received via electronic edition was very fuzzy and difficult to read, however the pictures were marvelous in every way! I think that aside from the fuzziness there was also a few parts where I was very lost in the storyline...and I read a lot of graphic novels so I am not sure it was my inability to move...more
Rocked! Amazing. I'd read some of this previously but the collection is totally worth it. The story, characters, and artwork are superb. If you like mystery.. as i Agatha Christie type mystery, you would like this (although the medium makes it feel a little rushed - would not have minded more pages!). There is some great period references throughout. Totally worth it...
2.5 stars
In this graphic novel, Lawrence St. George and his associate, Benedict, fight the ghouls, ghosts and monsters of the world.
I found this graphic novel to be kind of hard to follow. The overall story was pretty interesting, but I think I expected something else when I read the description.
All in all, it was an okay read.
In this graphic novel, Lawrence St. George and his associate, Benedict, fight the ghouls, ghosts and monsters of the world.
I found this graphic novel to be kind of hard to follow. The overall story was pretty interesting, but I think I expected something else when I read the description.
All in all, it was an okay read.
I loved these stories, which I came across in the back of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series. They weren't necessarily masterpieces of plot, but the line art was just so wonderful. I'm not sure I would have been able to focus on the dialogue, in any case!
Excellent stuff! Fans of Hellboy should check this out. The majority of the book consists of the black and white graphic novel The MonsterMen, but also includes short stories by William Hope Hodgson, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith and Perceval Landon, all of which feature a few illustrations.
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