Zonder pardon

by Hermann Huppen (Illustrator), Yves Huppen (Scenarist)

Premiejagers zijn Carter, de meest gezochte gangster van het land, eindelijk op het spoor. Maar Carter is vastbesloten zijn hachje tot elke prijs te redden en laat zijn familie achter in de handen van de achtervolgers. Tien jaar later is ook zijn zoon een harteloze outlaw geworden. Carter beseft nu pas wat hij heeft aangericht en gaat op zoek naar zijn zoon, in de hoop de jongen een bittere toekomst te kunnen besparen.
Een western pur sang.

Genres: Comics, Bande Dessinée, Westerns, Graphic Novels

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 9, 2015

About the author

Hermann was born in 1938 in Bévercé (now a part of Malmedy) in Liège Province. After studying to become a furniture maker and working as interior architect, Hermann made his debut as comic book artist in 1964 in the comics magazine Spirou with a four page story. Greg noticed his talent and offered him to work for his studio. In 1966, he began illustrating the Bernard Prince series written by Greg, published in the comic magazine Tintin periodical. In 1969, also in collaboration with Greg, he began the western series Comanche. This appeared at the same time as other western series such as Blueberry.
Hermann began writing his own stories in 1977, starting the post-apocalyptic Jeremiah series, which is still produced today. In the same period, he also made three albums of Nick, inspired by Little Nemo in Slumberland, for Spirou.[1] In 1983 he began a new series, Les Tours de Bois-Maury, which is set in the Middle Ages and is less focused on action than his other works.
Hermann has also created many non-series graphic novels sometimes together with his son Yves H. One of them, Lune de Guerre, with a story by Jean Van Hamme, was later filmed as The Wedding Party by Dominique Deruddere.[2]
Hermann is characterized by a realistic style and stories that are both somber and angry, with a sense of disillusion with regards to the human character in general, and current society more specifically.


http://www.hermannhuppen.com/hermann-...

Reviews

[Mitchell · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️

[Frank · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, it's Hermann. What can you expect? That's what you get. Even though the script is by someone else (but someone whose pseudonym sounds like that of an anonymized murder suspect).
An ultraviolent story, nice artwork in filmlike western landscapes, you know from the very first page that no one is going to come out of this alive. No one except Hermann, the one that got away.

[Roeliox · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ongeïnspireerde western met een heel hoge body count. Om de 2 pagina's komt er wel iemand op gruwelijke wijze aan zijn einde.

De tekeningen van OG Hermann zijn zoals altijd wel de moeite waard, al ben ik niet zo'n fan van de inkleuring.

[Komuniststar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Samo ime već dobro opisuje ovaj strip. Taman je to i nasilan vestern, bez nade, bez iskupljenja i bez oprosta.

[GaryTheThunder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ultrabrutal, schnörkellos, aber auch nichts besonderes

[Lionel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sans Pardon est une bande dessinée de Hermann et de son fils Yves H. publié en janvier 2015 aux éditions Dupuis. Ce n'est pas la première fois qu'ils travaillent ensemble mais c'est clairement le papa qui est le plus célèbre... et qui a le plus de talents aussi.

Le dessin, c'est du Hermann, sans aucune surprise. Il présente d'autres paysages du Wyoming que ce qu'il a fait dans Comanche mais la qualité est la même.
L'histoire, par contre, est complètement plate. L'action est fort décousue et si l'on peut comprendre que Carter est un très bon tireur, c'est assez mal exprimé.

Une note: 6/10. Principalement pour le dessin, mais du coup, je recommanderais plus facile leurs autres travaux.

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