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Fiction Squad #1-6
Fiction Squad - Es zerbrach am helllichten Tag
Ein geheimnisvoller Übeltäter hat den armen Humpty Dumpty in der Stadt der Reime von einer Brüstung gestoßen, so dass seine Eierschale zerbrochen ist und er in Folge sogar seine Stimme verloren hat?! Detektiv Frankie Mack und sein ungeschickter Assistent Simon können das nicht auf sich beruhen lassen und wollen den Verbrecher unbedingt überführen. Doch beim Krimifall im Märchenwald zeigt sich schon bald, dass es noch mehr als dieses eine Verbrechen zu untersuchen gilt ...
64 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2014
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Paul Jenkins
1,302 books158 followersPaul Jenkins is a British comic book writer. He has had much success crossing over into the American comic book market. Primarily working for Marvel Comics, he has had a big part shaping the characters of the company over the past decade.
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October 7, 2014
Rating this book was extremely difficult. I loved the premise! The entire land is based on story, with genre borders everywhere and a down-on-his luck P.I. has gone from Mystery to Children's Stories because all fairy tales are crime scenes, after all. Humpty Dumpty and his fall are the first case and I did love how Jenkins plays with the fairy tale and mystery tropes.
But my feminism won't allow me to really recommend a book, especially one that would be a great read for kids, when all the women are drawn like porn stars. The male characters are all drawn uniquely and with interesting features and characteristics, while the female characters are all huge boobs with different hair styles. It was just offensive both from a feminist perspective and from an artistic perspective as it showed no creativity in drawing the female form. I understand that the P.I. genre must have a Jessica Rabbit character with legs up to here, but must all the female characters be drawn this way?
I'm hoping more female characters will pop up and show this artist's better skills (there is a not-as-porny-as-you'd-expect female cat character). Anyway, this could be a great read for kids, if you can see past the boobs into the story.
But my feminism won't allow me to really recommend a book, especially one that would be a great read for kids, when all the women are drawn like porn stars. The male characters are all drawn uniquely and with interesting features and characteristics, while the female characters are all huge boobs with different hair styles. It was just offensive both from a feminist perspective and from an artistic perspective as it showed no creativity in drawing the female form. I understand that the P.I. genre must have a Jessica Rabbit character with legs up to here, but must all the female characters be drawn this way?
I'm hoping more female characters will pop up and show this artist's better skills (there is a not-as-porny-as-you'd-expect female cat character). Anyway, this could be a great read for kids, if you can see past the boobs into the story.
April 6, 2018
I can only assume every review here mentions Fables. I think it's unavoidable when talking about this book. Any comic that brings together characters from fairy tales and characters currently in the public domain is going to be compared to one of the best comics to do that.
Is it Fables? No, but the book has its own spin on the characters, the art is great and it was an enjoyable enough read, although it did feel like it dragged on a little towards the end.
The twist at the end wasn't that much of a surprise because of a similiar storyline in Fables, but I did enjoy the idea of a Fableland gang war.
Is it Fables? No, but the book has its own spin on the characters, the art is great and it was an enjoyable enough read, although it did feel like it dragged on a little towards the end.
The twist at the end wasn't that much of a surprise because of a similiar storyline in Fables, but I did enjoy the idea of a Fableland gang war.
July 6, 2018
Fun, especially if you like Jenkins and Bachs, or a cartoon style of meta-fiction. Comparable to Fables or Dream Police, but still good fun.
Mildly recommended.
Mildly recommended.
April 11, 2015
Although not as sophisticated as is Fables, a Fiction Squad plays with folktales and stories in a fun and self-conscious way. Jenkins's sense of humor is apparent throughout.
March 3, 2018
The comic uses too many children's story characters to name them all and combines the most well-known aspects of each of them in a humorous manner. The main character is from the crime realm, but he was forced to relocate to the village of Rimes where famous characters from children's stories are even more crooked than the ones he dealt with at his previous job. He narrates the story in first person, in mock-hardboiled fashion which only adds to the fun of reading this book.
Frankie Mack, a detective in Rimes, is investigating an attempt on Humpty Dumpty's life. His fall, remember? How cute is that? Frankie's partner Simon is, in Frankie's own words, an idiot. It seems that Humpty has an egg smuggling operation going on and, due to the cold war between the witches and the queens, he was singled out to send a message. Frankie will unravel a hidden enemy whose plan will shake the story realm to its core.
With the Wicked Witch of the Eastside killed by a house falling from the sky and the Queen of Diamond's palace thrown over Hickory Dickory Dock a war looks inevitable, but the trigger might have been pulled by the White Queen. Frankie's captain and the mayor want his investigation finished as soon as possible while ignoring Frankie's leads. They're answering to a higher power too. During his investigation two things keep popping up: an egg said to have immense power and a mysterious man.
Frankie Mack, a detective in Rimes, is investigating an attempt on Humpty Dumpty's life. His fall, remember? How cute is that? Frankie's partner Simon is, in Frankie's own words, an idiot. It seems that Humpty has an egg smuggling operation going on and, due to the cold war between the witches and the queens, he was singled out to send a message. Frankie will unravel a hidden enemy whose plan will shake the story realm to its core.
With the Wicked Witch of the Eastside killed by a house falling from the sky and the Queen of Diamond's palace thrown over Hickory Dickory Dock a war looks inevitable, but the trigger might have been pulled by the White Queen. Frankie's captain and the mayor want his investigation finished as soon as possible while ignoring Frankie's leads. They're answering to a higher power too. During his investigation two things keep popping up: an egg said to have immense power and a mysterious man.
November 7, 2014
The story was cute and I loved the artwork. But all the women are cookie cuter drawings. I wish there was some diversity among the females like there was among the males. But I will continue reading the story!
January 27, 2016
It was nice, interesting and has a marvelous setting. The art is really cool and the characters have style.
February 15, 2023
This book is going to draw a lot of comparisons to Fables and rightly so.This is a world where all of the nursery rhymes are mixed together and our main character is a noirish police detective trying to find out who pushed Humpty Dumpty off his wall. It quickly turns into a story of trying to keep the two big factions (witches and queens) from starting a gang war while trying to determine who is behind it all.
Ramon Bachs turns the cartoonyness of his art up to 11. Everything is extremely exaggerated. The biggest problem was the female characters. They all have gigantic boobs with cloths 3 sizes too small that they are just falling out of. I think at this point readers have moved past the objectification of the female body in comics. There's way more to funny books these days or at least there should be.
Ramon Bachs turns the cartoonyness of his art up to 11. Everything is extremely exaggerated. The biggest problem was the female characters. They all have gigantic boobs with cloths 3 sizes too small that they are just falling out of. I think at this point readers have moved past the objectification of the female body in comics. There's way more to funny books these days or at least there should be.
April 24, 2021
The idea of a place where all the storybook characters live, like the back of a young person's mind or the memories of their grandparents, makes for a wide-open setting with a collage of props and artistic influences. Frankie Mack looks and feels like a scruffy, down-on-his-luck shlub dragged into a MacGuffin hunt from a novice writer's first attempt at noir... And that's okay! The Snow Queen's had her Disney make-over extravaganza. It doesn't hurt anybody to let an ordinary joe have a moment in the sunshine. (Maybe one or two folks, but they deserve it.)
May 22, 2019
Could have been 5 stars because I found it quite entertaining. I just don’t understand why the artist had to sexualize the female characters they way they did. Unnecessary and distracting. Other than that, it was pretty cool.
January 1, 2022
A weird mashup of fairy-tales and noir mystery. It was good enough to keep me reading, but it wasn't terrific. It had its moments. The attempt to put the noir feeling in never did work as well as I would have liked.
July 1, 2015
Lu dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec les éditions Glénat, je ne savais absolument pas à quoi m’attendre. Sans être la révélation de l’année, j’ai néanmoins beaucoup apprécié cette bande-dessinée qui revisite avec humour les contes qui ont bercé notre enfance - dans une version un peu moins enfantine, certes.
L’inspecteur Franckie Mack est un détective raté issu d’un roman policier jamais terminé qui lui a valu d’atterrir à Rimes, le pire endroit du royaume de l’enfance. Là-bas, il devra résoudre une sordide affaire de meurtre. Sauf que la pègre règne à Rimes et l’inspecteur pourrait bien avoir mis les pieds dans une affaire bien plus grave que ce qu’il pensait de prime abord… Il lui faudra alors tirer son épingle du jeu pour obtenir toutes les informations possibles et en profiter par la même occasion pour rester en vie !
Humpty Dumpty a été retrouvé au pied d’un mur, gisant en mille morceaux comme un vulgaire œuf au plat. Meurtre ou accident ? Est-il simplement tombé ou quelqu’un l’a-t-il aidé ? Pour l’inspecteur Franckie, il n’y a aucun doute : c’est un meurtre. Assisté de Simple Simon - qui, comme son nom l’indique, est un peu simple - il va tenter de résoudre cette affaire. Entre coquilles cassées et tartes aux framboises volées, l’enquête de Franckie ne sera pas de tout repos. Le statut quo entre sorcières et reines semble bien terminé et la menace d’une guerre plane sur toute la ville. Pourquoi avoir empêché Humpty Dumpty de parler ? Quelle information détenait-il pour le payer de sa coquille ? Euh… de sa vie (pardon) ? C’est ce que va tenter de découvrir notre inspecteur mais tous ne seront pas d’avis de le laisser remuer toute la ville. Chacun tient à ses petits secrets et surtout, à la pérennité du système mis en place. En particulier le maire, sombre personnage qui semble tremper dans tous les mauvais coups. Mais il n’est pas le seul, Rimes regorgeant des pires criminels que tout le royaume puisse compter ! Alice et sa bande des merveilles ou encore Dotty (alias Dorothy) croiseront ainsi le chemin de Franckie et révèleront des facettes de leur personnalité pour le moins surprenante. Alice cachait vraiment bien son jeu ! Il faut dire qu’un rôle principal dans une production Disney, ça ne se refusait pas. Alors, autant faire profil bas pendant quelques temps et jouer le rôle d’une petite fille sage et innocente pour donner une bonne image. Finalement, elle s’est tout de même rendue compte que la pègre, ça payait mieux et que donner une bonne image d’elle n’était pas réellement nécessaire.
Fiction Squad revisite de manière décalée et drôle les contes qui ont bercé notre enfance. Alice, Pinocchio, Dorothy, pour ne citer qu’eux, ne sont pas aussi innocents que ce que l’on croyait. Après tout, ce n’est pas pour rien qu’ils vivent à Rimes ! Le personnage de Franckie était plutôt sympathique : blasé, il espère enfin arriver jusqu’au bout d’une enquête. Conscient de la place qu’il occupe (c’est-à-dire, très basse), il n’abandonne pas pour autant sa quête de vérité. Personnellement, j’ai nettement préféré les personnages secondaires à commencer par son assistant : Simple Simon. Complètement idiot, pour ne pas dire carrément débile, il ne cesse d’enchaîner les erreurs et de prendre tout ce qui lui est dit à la lettre. Franckie se voit donc en permanence obligé de marcher sur des œufs (désolée Humpty Dumpty) pour éviter la catastrophe.
Fiction Squad est une bande-dessinée très agréable à lire autant pour son histoire que pour ses graphismes. Drôle et décalée, elle nous offre une enquête au royaume des contes et nous révèle la véritable nature de ces héros de contes que l’on croyait si purs et innocents.
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L’inspecteur Franckie Mack est un détective raté issu d’un roman policier jamais terminé qui lui a valu d’atterrir à Rimes, le pire endroit du royaume de l’enfance. Là-bas, il devra résoudre une sordide affaire de meurtre. Sauf que la pègre règne à Rimes et l’inspecteur pourrait bien avoir mis les pieds dans une affaire bien plus grave que ce qu’il pensait de prime abord… Il lui faudra alors tirer son épingle du jeu pour obtenir toutes les informations possibles et en profiter par la même occasion pour rester en vie !
Humpty Dumpty a été retrouvé au pied d’un mur, gisant en mille morceaux comme un vulgaire œuf au plat. Meurtre ou accident ? Est-il simplement tombé ou quelqu’un l’a-t-il aidé ? Pour l’inspecteur Franckie, il n’y a aucun doute : c’est un meurtre. Assisté de Simple Simon - qui, comme son nom l’indique, est un peu simple - il va tenter de résoudre cette affaire. Entre coquilles cassées et tartes aux framboises volées, l’enquête de Franckie ne sera pas de tout repos. Le statut quo entre sorcières et reines semble bien terminé et la menace d’une guerre plane sur toute la ville. Pourquoi avoir empêché Humpty Dumpty de parler ? Quelle information détenait-il pour le payer de sa coquille ? Euh… de sa vie (pardon) ? C’est ce que va tenter de découvrir notre inspecteur mais tous ne seront pas d’avis de le laisser remuer toute la ville. Chacun tient à ses petits secrets et surtout, à la pérennité du système mis en place. En particulier le maire, sombre personnage qui semble tremper dans tous les mauvais coups. Mais il n’est pas le seul, Rimes regorgeant des pires criminels que tout le royaume puisse compter ! Alice et sa bande des merveilles ou encore Dotty (alias Dorothy) croiseront ainsi le chemin de Franckie et révèleront des facettes de leur personnalité pour le moins surprenante. Alice cachait vraiment bien son jeu ! Il faut dire qu’un rôle principal dans une production Disney, ça ne se refusait pas. Alors, autant faire profil bas pendant quelques temps et jouer le rôle d’une petite fille sage et innocente pour donner une bonne image. Finalement, elle s’est tout de même rendue compte que la pègre, ça payait mieux et que donner une bonne image d’elle n’était pas réellement nécessaire.
Fiction Squad revisite de manière décalée et drôle les contes qui ont bercé notre enfance. Alice, Pinocchio, Dorothy, pour ne citer qu’eux, ne sont pas aussi innocents que ce que l’on croyait. Après tout, ce n’est pas pour rien qu’ils vivent à Rimes ! Le personnage de Franckie était plutôt sympathique : blasé, il espère enfin arriver jusqu’au bout d’une enquête. Conscient de la place qu’il occupe (c’est-à-dire, très basse), il n’abandonne pas pour autant sa quête de vérité. Personnellement, j’ai nettement préféré les personnages secondaires à commencer par son assistant : Simple Simon. Complètement idiot, pour ne pas dire carrément débile, il ne cesse d’enchaîner les erreurs et de prendre tout ce qui lui est dit à la lettre. Franckie se voit donc en permanence obligé de marcher sur des œufs (désolée Humpty Dumpty) pour éviter la catastrophe.
Fiction Squad est une bande-dessinée très agréable à lire autant pour son histoire que pour ses graphismes. Drôle et décalée, elle nous offre une enquête au royaume des contes et nous révèle la véritable nature de ces héros de contes que l’on croyait si purs et innocents.
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September 10, 2016
Fiction Squad
I purchased this via Kickstarter. Hardback. The book is physically gorgeous. Great cover and the pages are silky. The story takes place in Fablewood which is home to all stories that ever been told. I love the references to other nursery rimes. I love the art. 5 stars for art. The puns are fun. That being said the story was only so so and got confusing at the end. It also dragged on and on. 3 stars for story. I guess that would give this a 4 star rating but that seems to high. 3.5 stars it is. I really wish I had liked this more especially since I waited so long to get this book.
Chapter 1 humpty dumpy is pushed off a wall in the city of Rimes. Frankie is investigating. Frankie is a detective from a pulp story who crossed over to the nursery rhyme (or Rime) division. At the end of chapter 1, someone drops a house on a wicked witch and its up to Frankie to investigate. Chapter 2- Humpty Dumpty is being set up for killing the witch. Chapter 3- the plot thickens. All hell breaks loose when simple Simon misunderstands something Frankie says. Chapter 4 Frankie gets set up. I hate stuff like that. It makes me anxious. In chapter 5 we learn who has been manipulating everyone. But it's a very confusing chapter. Chapter 6 ties everything up but I didn't finish it because I felt like it was going on and on and wouldn't end.
I purchased this via Kickstarter. Hardback. The book is physically gorgeous. Great cover and the pages are silky. The story takes place in Fablewood which is home to all stories that ever been told. I love the references to other nursery rimes. I love the art. 5 stars for art. The puns are fun. That being said the story was only so so and got confusing at the end. It also dragged on and on. 3 stars for story. I guess that would give this a 4 star rating but that seems to high. 3.5 stars it is. I really wish I had liked this more especially since I waited so long to get this book.
Chapter 1 humpty dumpy is pushed off a wall in the city of Rimes. Frankie is investigating. Frankie is a detective from a pulp story who crossed over to the nursery rhyme (or Rime) division. At the end of chapter 1, someone drops a house on a wicked witch and its up to Frankie to investigate. Chapter 2- Humpty Dumpty is being set up for killing the witch. Chapter 3- the plot thickens. All hell breaks loose when simple Simon misunderstands something Frankie says. Chapter 4 Frankie gets set up. I hate stuff like that. It makes me anxious. In chapter 5 we learn who has been manipulating everyone. But it's a very confusing chapter. Chapter 6 ties everything up but I didn't finish it because I felt like it was going on and on and wouldn't end.
January 11, 2016
Fiction Squad is great as a standalone work, but it's also great as part of the world of Fablewood. I thought the art fit the story very well, although I was frustrated that most of the women had their boobs popping out everywhere. That's the only "non-kid appropriate" part of the work. It's disappointing and doesn't make sense from a creative standpoint.
November 8, 2016
I wanted to love this. I really enjoy "Fables" and this feels like it's trying really hard to be that. The characters are very hyperbolic- which is fair for children's stories and what not. I was just hoping for a little bit more nuance.
June 28, 2015
Clever storyline with great artwork.
January 1, 2016
Great premise and use of the setting. Awful depiction of the female characters, especially considering they are beloved fairy tale characters.
February 20, 2016
Beautiful art work in a good retelling of some classic fairy tales. I love the way they mixed the mystery and crime genre with fairy tales.
June 26, 2016
A fun read.
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November 5, 2017Would have been better without dressing a handful of the characters up like “sexy Halloween” versions of themselves. Alice (in wonderland) and Dorothy ( of Oz) did not need it.
Otherwise, it was clever, funny, and full of amazing little jokes.
Otherwise, it was clever, funny, and full of amazing little jokes.
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