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The Adventures of Blanche (Blanche)
by
Rick Geary
Iconoclastic cartoonist Rick Geary chronicles the extraordinary adventures of an equally extraordinary woman of the early twentieth century in The Adventures of Blanche! Blanche begins her journey with a refined piano professor in New York, but soon finds herself entangled with a brazen portrait painter, subterranean societies, and shocking secrets behind the New York subw...more
Hardcover, 103 pages
Published
March 31st 2009
by Dark Horse Comics
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I went into this assuming it was all historical fact, like everything else Geary has written. The author's introduction to the box of letters found in his grandmother's attic only confirmed my assumption. I thought the cult in the first story was fascinating but my first clue that this might not be factual was the tentacle monster. However, I brushed it aside for the moment as surely Blanche herself could have been very confused about what really happened. Then I found it astonishing that she wa...more
Okay, yeah, not so much. I ADORE Rick Geary's artwork, and his sily way of presenting this amusing tale... but honestly, as you start to read, bit by bit, it starts becoming less amusing and silly and more... strange. The belief that any of it is truth just goes down the toilet, and you begin to wonder, was the person on whose letters this was purportedly based just crazy or writing fiction, or was this an actual work OF fiction? You have no idea...and that's what is annoying. By the end, I was...more
Like George MacDonald Fraser and his Flashman series, Rick Geary pretends that he found a series of letters from his grandmother Blanche and that he is publishing them for the first time in book form. The letters are different from Geary's usual subject of murder, instead telling extraordinary stories through the eyes of an innocent.
Blanche goes to New York in 1907 to study piano. The house in which she lives with her fellow pupils and teacher is a new tenement with corridors underneath the hou...more
Blanche goes to New York in 1907 to study piano. The house in which she lives with her fellow pupils and teacher is a new tenement with corridors underneath the hou...more
I went into this book with no expectations; I'd grabbed it at a sale knowing only that it was historical fiction.
Altogether the three stories have kind of a Grand Tour spirit to them, following Blanche's letters to her parents as she writes of her adventures traveling as a skilled concert pianist. I really enjoyed the nods to history, actual events and famous people and satires of organizations, and liked the quirky and sometimes fantastical elements woven in. Each story is about comic-issue si...more
Altogether the three stories have kind of a Grand Tour spirit to them, following Blanche's letters to her parents as she writes of her adventures traveling as a skilled concert pianist. I really enjoyed the nods to history, actual events and famous people and satires of organizations, and liked the quirky and sometimes fantastical elements woven in. Each story is about comic-issue si...more
Rick Geary, famous for his historical crime graphic novels, turns his pen to fiction in The Adventures of Blanche. The early-20th- century adventures of a globetrotting young lady often veer into silly. In fact, some of the scenarios remind me of scenes from Nancy Drew novels. Despite the silliness of some of the plotlines, the artwork was a joy to behold and Geary presents the comic with endearing detail.
I'd probably give this 2.5 stars. Departure from his 'Treasury of Victorian Murders' series, this book contains 3 short stories about Blanche, Geary's Aunt. I was hoping for some straightforward historical fiction, but these tales get a bit odd. Not bad, but compared to his other stuff, just okay when it comes to keeping my attention.
Jul 19, 2011
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A classic author, age has not wearied him but only polished his work. Been around as long as me, and I have to really appreciate that. His take on history, on stories, his art and sly humour all conspire to make everything he does worth my time and consideration.
A young musician's adventures in New York, Hollywood, and Paris during the early 20th century. Featuring anarchists, artists, labor unions, bohemians, ladies who live together as man and wife, and general Rick Geary awesomeness.
Haven't heard of this book before. The drawings were cool. The story itself is basically a young woman name Blanche who travels and meets some people while she's in New York, Hollywood and Paris. Good and bad.
A lot of fun, particularly since it starts out feeling like a typical graphic novel-as-memoir-biography and then goes wildly astray.
Review here:
http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/03/20/...
http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/03/20/...
Not as good as his murder tales; a little too light.
I definitely liked these fictional historical (mis)adventures, but at the same time it felt a little over the top.
Sweet but a little bland.
Great art & dialogue & highly recommended for fans of period films/costume dramas like "It Happened One Night" or even modern films like "The Brothers Bloom"
cute, and that's enough, surely?
This is not at all what I expected. Munchausen-ey
OMG I just love this writer/artist. A fun romp/adventure through the turn of the century and historical figures, written as letters from Blanche to her parents "discovered" by the grandson. I love the art, the era, wondering what will come next...
Great art, but thin stories.
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RICK GEARY was born in 1946 in Kansas City, Missouri and grew up in Wichita,
Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, where his first
cartoons were published in the University Daily Kansan.
He worked as staff artist for two weekly papers in Wichita before moving to San
Diego in 1975.
He began work in comics in 1977 and was for thirteen years a contributor to the
Funny Pages of Nat...more
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Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, where his first
cartoons were published in the University Daily Kansan.
He worked as staff artist for two weekly papers in Wichita before moving to San
Diego in 1975.
He began work in comics in 1977 and was for thirteen years a contributor to the
Funny Pages of Nat...more
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