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Barracuda #4
Revolts
Jean Dufaux et Jérémy passent en cinémascope pour ce tome 4 de Barracuda ! Place à l'action, aux batailles entre Espagnols et flibustiers, aux requins-tueurs, aux courses-poursuites dans la jungle ! Sur Puerto Blanco, le pouvoir change de mains et la cupidité demeure. Prostituée devenue gouverneure, Fine Flamme s'y entend pour tirer profit de son passé avec le Faucon Rouge, tandis que Frère Esteban utilise les méthodes de l'Inquisition pour retrouver le diamant du Kashar... Et d'ailleurs, où se cache le Barracuda ?
64 pages, Paperback
First published October 30, 2013
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Jean Dufaux
471 books85 followersJean Dufaux is a Belgian comic book writer. Beginning his professional career as a journalist for "Ciné-presse", Dufaux started writing comic books in the 1980s. Perhaps his most well-known, and certainly his most long-running, series is Jessica Blandy.
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January 13, 2019
Ok, by the fourth volume you just lose track of what's going on. At this point you don't even care, you just let the story engulf you and take you for a ride. The thing is that more and more it's losing its character, moving from piracy (if it ever was there) to politics and a not so well established feud between the pirates and the spaniards, with the center of it all being a cursed diamond. It just feels weak and rushed.
The 3/5 on this one and the 3rd vol. is based purely on the premise that with a better writer and with Jeremy's master hand, we could be talking about a masterpiece, the best pirate-themed comic out there. Just assumptions though.
Still it's fast paced and light, you can easily read each album in half an hour and enjoy it altogether. No need for everything to be perfect to be fun and entertaining, surely, but you can't help but wonder what would be the result with different creators. Go for it.
The 3/5 on this one and the 3rd vol. is based purely on the premise that with a better writer and with Jeremy's master hand, we could be talking about a masterpiece, the best pirate-themed comic out there. Just assumptions though.
Still it's fast paced and light, you can easily read each album in half an hour and enjoy it altogether. No need for everything to be perfect to be fun and entertaining, surely, but you can't help but wonder what would be the result with different creators. Go for it.
April 15, 2024
The players are being drawn together as the story passes the midpoint. This volume is the best and most action packed so far.
We get a large set piece, starting with Raffy’s trial by shark. If he can walk the length of a pool on a narrow beam while sloshed, he can go free. Otherwise, the sharks eat him. This was a cool idea and a high tension scene.
Raffy is halfway across when the Spaniards launch their attack, sending cannonballs whizzing past. We then get dramatic scenes of chaos and battle. Raffy, aided by Jean and her manservant, manages to escape in the confusion, despite falling into the shark tank.
The leper, Keen Flame, makes a deal between the Freebooters and the Spaniards. She will give the Spaniards free run of the island if they will make her governor. And the Freebooters will accept her leadership if she delivers the head of Red Hawk, whom they hate.
Raffy frees Maria from Ferrango just before she is to be hung.
The pair are then intercepted by Spanish soldiers. At first they believe they have found sanctuary, but Keen Flame, De La Loya, and the blind priest are arrayed against them.
Raffy is thrown in prison with the former governor, Jean. Maria is tortured by the blind priest to give up the diamond. This leads the priest to the knights of the Cross, then to Jean, who reveals that Raffy is Black dog’s son.
But by that time, Emilio (I can’t help but laugh when he shows up in a dress) and friends have arrived to free Maria and Raffy. Jean manages to escape in the chaos as well.
They are about to flee the island, but are betrayed by Keen Flame again. She has become quite the nemesis in this volume, along with the sadistic blind priest. Anyway, she sets up an ambush and shoots Raffy in the back. He is captured but Emilio, Maria, and Jean escape on a small boat.
The volume ends with a tantalizing cliffhanger as the refugees come upon the ghostly galleon, the Barracuda, at anchor in the mist.
There was also a slave revolt led by Julius, and a meeting between Ferrango, still smitten with Maria despite her betrayal, and Emilio, but nothing much has come of these events yet.
Dufaux has skillfully woven many threads to create a complex, exciting plot. And of course it all rests on the art, without which it is nothing.
We get a large set piece, starting with Raffy’s trial by shark. If he can walk the length of a pool on a narrow beam while sloshed, he can go free. Otherwise, the sharks eat him. This was a cool idea and a high tension scene.
Raffy is halfway across when the Spaniards launch their attack, sending cannonballs whizzing past. We then get dramatic scenes of chaos and battle. Raffy, aided by Jean and her manservant, manages to escape in the confusion, despite falling into the shark tank.
The leper, Keen Flame, makes a deal between the Freebooters and the Spaniards. She will give the Spaniards free run of the island if they will make her governor. And the Freebooters will accept her leadership if she delivers the head of Red Hawk, whom they hate.
Raffy frees Maria from Ferrango just before she is to be hung.
The pair are then intercepted by Spanish soldiers. At first they believe they have found sanctuary, but Keen Flame, De La Loya, and the blind priest are arrayed against them.
Raffy is thrown in prison with the former governor, Jean. Maria is tortured by the blind priest to give up the diamond. This leads the priest to the knights of the Cross, then to Jean, who reveals that Raffy is Black dog’s son.
But by that time, Emilio (I can’t help but laugh when he shows up in a dress) and friends have arrived to free Maria and Raffy. Jean manages to escape in the chaos as well.
They are about to flee the island, but are betrayed by Keen Flame again. She has become quite the nemesis in this volume, along with the sadistic blind priest. Anyway, she sets up an ambush and shoots Raffy in the back. He is captured but Emilio, Maria, and Jean escape on a small boat.
The volume ends with a tantalizing cliffhanger as the refugees come upon the ghostly galleon, the Barracuda, at anchor in the mist.
There was also a slave revolt led by Julius, and a meeting between Ferrango, still smitten with Maria despite her betrayal, and Emilio, but nothing much has come of these events yet.
Dufaux has skillfully woven many threads to create a complex, exciting plot. And of course it all rests on the art, without which it is nothing.
July 16, 2020
3.0
Es entretenido, pero es una pena que la historia siga girando tanto en torno a María y Raffy, dejando al Barracuda y la búsqueda del diamante de lado. Al querer hacer algo un poco distinto, la historia está quedando un poco floja en mi opinión. O no tan buena como podía haber sido. Tampoco Emilio es un personaje como para llevar el peso. Esa es la mayor pega, hay personajes mucho más interesantes que María-Raffy-Emilio, pero volvemos una y otra vez a estos tres.
Es entretenido, pero es una pena que la historia siga girando tanto en torno a María y Raffy, dejando al Barracuda y la búsqueda del diamante de lado. Al querer hacer algo un poco distinto, la historia está quedando un poco floja en mi opinión. O no tan buena como podía haber sido. Tampoco Emilio es un personaje como para llevar el peso. Esa es la mayor pega, hay personajes mucho más interesantes que María-Raffy-Emilio, pero volvemos una y otra vez a estos tres.
August 1, 2021
2015 = £8.99 = 15.95
->! ACTION !<-
It's a bit hectic but it fits well into this excellent series.
At first glance of the covers you may think it's a French response to "Pirates of the Caribbean". I did. But I don't think so now and even if it was this is much better for adults and follows it's own plot path.
->! ACTION !<-
It's a bit hectic but it fits well into this excellent series.
At first glance of the covers you may think it's a French response to "Pirates of the Caribbean". I did. But I don't think so now and even if it was this is much better for adults and follows it's own plot path.
December 14, 2019
È veramente una saga bellissima, degna di chi ha reso immortali le storie dei pirati con cui siamo cresciuti quindi, ovviamente, Salgari e Stevenson. Merita assolutamente.
August 9, 2020
The most action packed volume in the series so far...
December 11, 2015
In Revolts we get to see a very nicely designed bit of crowd entertainment in the form of a sunken ship’s hull, just barely visible about the waterline, in which two sharks are kept. As part of his punishment Raffy must cross this ‘tank’ balancing on a beam, his back recently lashed, blindfolded, and after being forced to down a lot of rum. Perhaps the last ingredient was a slight overstep by the creators, but the result, and the execution, is rather good, so it can be forgiven.
The island that has become a haven for the pirating types is now under attack from the Spanish, demanding the return of Dona del Scuebo, and in a rush to protect their own interests and perhaps even take advantage of the situation, betrayals, crosses and flight are the order of the day. Raffy choses to seek out Maria, Maria is using her cuckolded husband, and Emilio may just be the best bet of them all.
By this volume there are lots of characters and groups with varying alliances and affiliations, not all respectful and convivial, so with the arrival of the Spanish galleons things get shaken up once more, but surprisingly, through the chaos, some sense of order presents itself resulting in a few surprises.
Like Cinebook’s utterly wonderful The Scorpion, the artwork in Barracuda is painstakingly painted to ooze atmosphere. The really enjoyed the look of the shark tank scene, but there are many other moments when an awful lot of effort has been put into single panels or scenes that should be appreciated. As for the story, it feels like with this issue there’s some consolidation and greater focus on the three main characters having used the previous volumes to set their back story and develop their motivations. Quite what this will mean going forward we’ll have to wait and see.
The island that has become a haven for the pirating types is now under attack from the Spanish, demanding the return of Dona del Scuebo, and in a rush to protect their own interests and perhaps even take advantage of the situation, betrayals, crosses and flight are the order of the day. Raffy choses to seek out Maria, Maria is using her cuckolded husband, and Emilio may just be the best bet of them all.
By this volume there are lots of characters and groups with varying alliances and affiliations, not all respectful and convivial, so with the arrival of the Spanish galleons things get shaken up once more, but surprisingly, through the chaos, some sense of order presents itself resulting in a few surprises.
Like Cinebook’s utterly wonderful The Scorpion, the artwork in Barracuda is painstakingly painted to ooze atmosphere. The really enjoyed the look of the shark tank scene, but there are many other moments when an awful lot of effort has been put into single panels or scenes that should be appreciated. As for the story, it feels like with this issue there’s some consolidation and greater focus on the three main characters having used the previous volumes to set their back story and develop their motivations. Quite what this will mean going forward we’ll have to wait and see.
February 8, 2016
Toujours aussi passionnant ! On tremble pour Raffy dans la première partie de l'histoire (j'ai adoré le passage avec les requins) et j'aime beaucoup le visuel des inquisiteurs ( qui ressemblent énormément au Klu Klux Clan, exception faite de la couleur de la cagoule : ROUGE ici, de ce superbe rouge dont je ne me lasse pas)
Énormément de choses se produisent dans ce tome, j'ai eu vraiment peur pour Maria mais au final, elle a beaucoup de chance. Surtout grâce à Emilio et ... à son cocu de mari ( lui il me fait beaucoup rire, c'est vraiment la caution comique de la série)
Fine Flamme est terriblement agaçante ( quelle garce quand même... ne jamais faire confiance à une femme au coeur brisé ). J'apprécie aussi de voir les héros enfin prendre la mer (oui, des pirates sans bateau au bout d'un moment ça fait désordre...) Bref, une réussite
Ce que j'aime : la richesse du scénario, les nombreux rappels à Pirates des Caraïbes et surtout la colorisation !
Ce que j'aime moins : Il se passe tellement de choses que le nombre de page est vraiment réduit
En bref : Un nouvel épisode riche en rebondissements et en trahisons
Ma note
8/10
April 29, 2016
Picking up where
Barracuda 3: Duel
left off, this album ups the ante as more or less the full ensemble of our cast (barring Captain Blackdog and the Barracuda herself) come into play as the island of Puerto Blanco is attacked by the Spanish under Captain De La Loya. As always, Emilio, Maria, and Raffy are in the midst of the many strands, and this time they are all in danger.
All in all, this fourth volume raises the bar a bit, and I find myself being more and more intrigued by Dufaux and Jérémy's narrative.
All in all, this fourth volume raises the bar a bit, and I find myself being more and more intrigued by Dufaux and Jérémy's narrative.
June 24, 2017
Quatrième tome rempli d’action et plein de rebondissements. Plusieurs changements au cours de cet album dans de fabuleux décors. Une série de piraterie sans équivalent.
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