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La Marche du Crabe #3
The March of the Crabs Vol. 3
The March of the Crabs concludes in the third volume of the Eisner Award-nominated series.
Inhabiting the Gironde estuary, there is a race of crabs known for their strange defect: unable to evolve, they are condemned to spend their lives walking a single straight line. When Sunny, Boater, and Guitar, discovered a way to spur their biology and change directions, their bold moves broke the crabs into two clans: the rigid (who walk straight) and the turners (who change direction). Now, these two factions are prepared for battle as the other underwater creatures look on, ready to take a side. But the stunning rebellion comes in the crosshairs of another species on the brink of their own cataclysmic change of course . . . humanity.
The Eisner Award-nominated series concludes in epic fashion with The March of the Crabs: The Revolution of the Crabs from acclaimed cartoonist Arthur de Pins.
Inhabiting the Gironde estuary, there is a race of crabs known for their strange defect: unable to evolve, they are condemned to spend their lives walking a single straight line. When Sunny, Boater, and Guitar, discovered a way to spur their biology and change directions, their bold moves broke the crabs into two clans: the rigid (who walk straight) and the turners (who change direction). Now, these two factions are prepared for battle as the other underwater creatures look on, ready to take a side. But the stunning rebellion comes in the crosshairs of another species on the brink of their own cataclysmic change of course . . . humanity.
The Eisner Award-nominated series concludes in epic fashion with The March of the Crabs: The Revolution of the Crabs from acclaimed cartoonist Arthur de Pins.
112 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 2012
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May 3, 2025
Very entertaining. I love the drawings - limited but diversified use of color.
A quick and funny read.
A quick and funny read.
March 3, 2021
Very cute final part of a series of three graphic novels about crabs. These crabs can only walk in one direction, and in the first book one learns how to walk in another direction which unleashes a series of events, finally leading into an oil spill. Very much loved the art style and the cute crab content.
December 3, 2022
Beetje teleurstellend einde van deze trilogie...Vond de vorige twee delen een flink stuk leuker en interessanter; deze afsluiting voegt niets meer toe en 'voelt' afgeraffeld.
August 23, 2024
Ein sehr guter Abschluss :D auch wenn die anderen Bände hier und da ein wenig wirr waren - der letzte Band macht nochmal alles her. Wieder ist der zeichenstil super, mir gefällt er in diesem band sogar noch mehr.
Und ein wunderbarer Seitenhieb auf die Gesellschaft - wo die kleinen Quadratkrabben, von allen gemobbt und herabgesehen, eine Revolution starten, nur um am Ende selber alle zu unterdrücken, die anders denken und anders sind :D und um direkt wieder in ihren eigenen Reihen sich auf zu teilen auf Vollkommene und Unvollkommene. Wirklich. Eine perfekte Darstellung der menschlichen Gesellschaft in Krabbenform.
Und ein wunderbarer Seitenhieb auf die Gesellschaft - wo die kleinen Quadratkrabben, von allen gemobbt und herabgesehen, eine Revolution starten, nur um am Ende selber alle zu unterdrücken, die anders denken und anders sind :D und um direkt wieder in ihren eigenen Reihen sich auf zu teilen auf Vollkommene und Unvollkommene. Wirklich. Eine perfekte Darstellung der menschlichen Gesellschaft in Krabbenform.
May 2, 2023
Gran finale della trilogia.
Trama finalmente chiara, scene di battaglia belle tirate, un po’ di Orwell, un altro po’ di fratelli Grimm, l’ecologia, il metaforone sulla condizione umana e poi caspita, un finale spiazzante e coraggioso.
Trama finalmente chiara, scene di battaglia belle tirate, un po’ di Orwell, un altro po’ di fratelli Grimm, l’ecologia, il metaforone sulla condizione umana e poi caspita, un finale spiazzante e coraggioso.
June 11, 2018
Finally, the battle of the crabs comes to a head.
February 15, 2019
Why am I so emotionally invested in the lives of these crabs?
September 26, 2018
A much briefer and simplified ending than I had anticipated, given the complexity and twists in the first two books. But it still managed to be humorous, despite the rather depressing ending.
July 27, 2018
God I love this series! I smiled the whole way through each of the three volumes! LOVED IT!!
March 16, 2022
This is the final volume of the ¨March of the Crabs¨ trilogy by Arthur de Pins - continuing the cool, light-hearted yarn that began, for me at least, several years ago - since it was so difficult to find a copy of Vol. 3 in the library (I ended up requesting the copy I read via inter-library loan).
The book continues and eventually wraps up the several intersecting story-lines that comprise the layered yarn. To describe the development of these these themes would constitute spoiling the book. Suffice it to say that the politics of the sea-side town - development vs. ecological considerations - play a role, after the book opens with a scene of workers trying to clean oiled sea creatures following the rupture of an underground pipeline. The beach has been closed for a year for the clean-up of the oil. Beach life however returns the following and as in the prior two graphic novels of this series, the collective enjoyment of the seaside forms a pleasant backdrop for the melodrama - which is a political revolution of the (now) evolved crabs. There are numerous twists and turns of the story, and the windup is kind of sad, and even disturbing to some extent - perhaps that is the message of the book, that at some point, nature, if pushed too far by industry and development, may take its revenge. That is the big unknown hanging over the book, perhaps its message.
The trilogy was wonderful - what would be great is if all three volumes were collected in one book. I read Vol. 1 long ago (it seems) and more years have elapsed since I read Vol 2. The subject of the environment, ecology has become even more urgent with each passing year, as the needs of man for energy (for example) as well as other commodities, invariably collides with the needs of nature to remain pristine so that life on Earth including of course in the sea, is able to continue. Although evolution is inevitable, and we hope adaptation can occur fast enough to keep up with the pace of global warming, the factor most responsible for change, possibly catastrophic change, is man. Our unending needs for things, travel, and so forth, have greatly stressed nature. Although we cannot go back to a less consumer oriented society (although might one day have to) since the wonders of the market seemingly are the end-all and be-all of existence these days (the latest smart phone, vehicle - including electric vehicles, most exciting vacation etc etc) so that we seem to measure the success of civilizations only against economic criteria such as GDP, a day may come when we will not have a choice but to dial back consumerism or at least substitute less harmful materials for chemicals used in agriculture, or in manufacturing, or figure out how to produce biodegradable plastics etc. Our industrial societies are the wonder of the world, and this has been the case since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, which is exactly when global warming began over a hundred fifty years ago. Nature does not have the capacity to process somehow or render harmless and once again natural, the unnatural substances we are dumping into the earth, the sea and into the air by the ton. We were better off prior to the Industrial Revolution from the perspective of global warming but we cannot go back to a pre-industrial past. And so a way much be found to continue the civilization we have come to expect, which is based on rather unnatural substances and processes which lead to toxic emissions and so forth, by substituting less toxic substances and developing less extreme manufacturing processes so that the emissions from plants and so forth, are less toxic. Can it be done? Who knows. Should it be done? Definitely yes. The graphic novel references but in a less ponderous way, the possible dangers of catastrophes such as oceanic oil spills. But the message is clear: If things continue going as they are, nature itself may end up poisoned with all life on Earth, including us, endangered.
As with Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, the author´s art work is fantastic and very effective; simple, with a limited color palette that does change from page to page. Readers will love this book, which takes them on a phantasmagorical journey from a bustling French seaside beach town to the depths of the ocean and the politics of the hidden world of crabs.
The book continues and eventually wraps up the several intersecting story-lines that comprise the layered yarn. To describe the development of these these themes would constitute spoiling the book. Suffice it to say that the politics of the sea-side town - development vs. ecological considerations - play a role, after the book opens with a scene of workers trying to clean oiled sea creatures following the rupture of an underground pipeline. The beach has been closed for a year for the clean-up of the oil. Beach life however returns the following and as in the prior two graphic novels of this series, the collective enjoyment of the seaside forms a pleasant backdrop for the melodrama - which is a political revolution of the (now) evolved crabs. There are numerous twists and turns of the story, and the windup is kind of sad, and even disturbing to some extent - perhaps that is the message of the book, that at some point, nature, if pushed too far by industry and development, may take its revenge. That is the big unknown hanging over the book, perhaps its message.
The trilogy was wonderful - what would be great is if all three volumes were collected in one book. I read Vol. 1 long ago (it seems) and more years have elapsed since I read Vol 2. The subject of the environment, ecology has become even more urgent with each passing year, as the needs of man for energy (for example) as well as other commodities, invariably collides with the needs of nature to remain pristine so that life on Earth including of course in the sea, is able to continue. Although evolution is inevitable, and we hope adaptation can occur fast enough to keep up with the pace of global warming, the factor most responsible for change, possibly catastrophic change, is man. Our unending needs for things, travel, and so forth, have greatly stressed nature. Although we cannot go back to a less consumer oriented society (although might one day have to) since the wonders of the market seemingly are the end-all and be-all of existence these days (the latest smart phone, vehicle - including electric vehicles, most exciting vacation etc etc) so that we seem to measure the success of civilizations only against economic criteria such as GDP, a day may come when we will not have a choice but to dial back consumerism or at least substitute less harmful materials for chemicals used in agriculture, or in manufacturing, or figure out how to produce biodegradable plastics etc. Our industrial societies are the wonder of the world, and this has been the case since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, which is exactly when global warming began over a hundred fifty years ago. Nature does not have the capacity to process somehow or render harmless and once again natural, the unnatural substances we are dumping into the earth, the sea and into the air by the ton. We were better off prior to the Industrial Revolution from the perspective of global warming but we cannot go back to a pre-industrial past. And so a way much be found to continue the civilization we have come to expect, which is based on rather unnatural substances and processes which lead to toxic emissions and so forth, by substituting less toxic substances and developing less extreme manufacturing processes so that the emissions from plants and so forth, are less toxic. Can it be done? Who knows. Should it be done? Definitely yes. The graphic novel references but in a less ponderous way, the possible dangers of catastrophes such as oceanic oil spills. But the message is clear: If things continue going as they are, nature itself may end up poisoned with all life on Earth, including us, endangered.
As with Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, the author´s art work is fantastic and very effective; simple, with a limited color palette that does change from page to page. Readers will love this book, which takes them on a phantasmagorical journey from a bustling French seaside beach town to the depths of the ocean and the politics of the hidden world of crabs.
September 12, 2023
The Revolution of the Crabs (Vol.3) is pretty wild. Des Pins stretches himself as an artist - it's probably the most inventive of the three books - and the story takes a lot of unexpected turns. Evolution here really is societal, with the crabs overrunning the beach and finding religion, daring Armageddon. You do get attached to some of the crabs, so Revolution threatens to sour your disposition towards them, but I think it ends on the best note it can, taking us back to Vol.1.
January 6, 2019
The third of a quirky little graphic novel trilogy for adults. Wraps up the story about a species of crab that has been unable to evolve to move in more than one direction. Now two factions, the turners and the rigid, face off. It’s a really interesting concept, thought-provoking, and full of questions. The art has a muted vintage feel.
March 26, 2025
No hay palabras, no es un buen final ni uno malo, es abrupto y a la vez perfecto, simplemente el final que necesitaba esta historia para dejar su mensaje y para dejarte pensando con una ligera sensación de vacío.
September 7, 2018
Some of my absolute favorite art out there right now. A great story and just gorgeous pages.
October 14, 2018
Simple but immersive little series.
January 7, 2019
An excellent finale to a funny, thought-provoking, and fabulous graphic trilogy. This series is wonderful and unexpected from start to finish in so many different ways.
April 27, 2020
Une trilogie qui porte plus à la réflexion qu'il n'y paraît, j'ai beaucoup aimé la lire. Les graphismes sont supers également.
August 29, 2021
I appreciate how the series ended. I expected something trivial but got a complex ending that allows one to think a little.
January 13, 2022
Ultimately, I found the crab characters a bit underwhelming and didn’t really care enough about their individual stories.
October 9, 2022
My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:
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https://youtu.be/lpK5lBav0hI
Enjoy!
May 23, 2025
A bit scattered of an ending, but the pace of this series stays solid throughout, and I really liked the cartoony style.
August 10, 2016
Per errore ho acquistato il terzo di 3 volumi.
I disegni sono bellissimi, soprattutto quelli delle architetture. La storia è divertente, ma sospendo il giudizio in attesa di leggere (forse) gli altri 2 libri. Da guardare e riguardare.
I disegni sono bellissimi, soprattutto quelli delle architetture. La storia è divertente, ma sospendo il giudizio in attesa di leggere (forse) gli altri 2 libri. Da guardare e riguardare.
September 11, 2016
Avec un humour toujours aussi décalé que le second volume, ce dernier est très divertissant. Très bonne fin ! Toutefois, je trouve qu'il y a un petit fossé entre les 2 derniers volets de la trilogie et le premier, qui est moins drôle.
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October 11, 2017Capitolo conclusivo della saga dei granchi.
Nemmeno loro hanno imparato dai loro errori? forse sì, forse no, la cosa importante è che ci siano un mare, una spiaggia sulla quale scorrazzare e le belle giornate di una lunga estate...una favola simpatica, ecologista e al tempo stesso antropologica. Una riflessione sulla condizione che ci detta la natura e i cambiamenti che possiamo cercare di attuare anche quando tutto è stabilito.
Nemmeno loro hanno imparato dai loro errori? forse sì, forse no, la cosa importante è che ci siano un mare, una spiaggia sulla quale scorrazzare e le belle giornate di una lunga estate...una favola simpatica, ecologista e al tempo stesso antropologica. Una riflessione sulla condizione che ci detta la natura e i cambiamenti che possiamo cercare di attuare anche quando tutto è stabilito.
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