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Carthago Single Issues #9
Le pacte du centenaire (Carthago Single Issues #9)
Lors d'un forage dans une caverne sous-marine, des scaphandriers sont attaqués par un megalodon. Ancêtre préhistorique du requin, il est le plus féroce prédateur des mers que n'ait jamais connu notre planète. Employée par le richissime collectionneur Feiersinger, l'océanographe Kim Melville découvre que des spécimens ont survécu dans des grottes sous-marines alors qu'ils sont censés avoir disparu depuis 5 millions d'années ! Une découverte qui pourrait remettre en question l'équilibre écologique de la planète et la survie même de l'humanité.
56 pages, Hardcover
First published March 20, 2019
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Christophe Bec
298 books50 followersChristophe Bec is the writer of over fifty graphic novels. His flagship series as a writer, Shrine, has sold several hundred thousand copies worldwide. He is also the author of the comics Prometheus, Carthago, Darkness, Bunker, and Aéropostale.
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February 5, 2025
So now we have the big reveal of one of the long running mysteries that of the Centenarians story and how is drive and family pretty much put in motion all that you see un-furling in this series - I would not say that all of it was intentional rather ripples in the water.
There is a lot to take in this short book and I will admit that I did return to it a number of times while reading the next and last instalment as I felt I had missed certain things (am sure anyone else reading it would spot them - as reading the electronic version did feel I was missing the big artwork effect on some pages).
So where next - well each book does lead in to the next however this one feels like it is setting up the last book in the series - almost like they were intended to be a local 2-parter if you ask me
There is a lot to take in this short book and I will admit that I did return to it a number of times while reading the next and last instalment as I felt I had missed certain things (am sure anyone else reading it would spot them - as reading the electronic version did feel I was missing the big artwork effect on some pages).
So where next - well each book does lead in to the next however this one feels like it is setting up the last book in the series - almost like they were intended to be a local 2-parter if you ask me
September 11, 2025
3.5
la partie de la BD qui s'intére à London est bien. l'autre partie, sur les recherches de feiersinger, sont un peu hors sujet dans ce tome. d'où ma note mitigée. sinon les dessins sont toujours sympa
la partie de la BD qui s'intére à London est bien. l'autre partie, sur les recherches de feiersinger, sont un peu hors sujet dans ce tome. d'où ma note mitigée. sinon les dessins sont toujours sympa
February 20, 2021
Oh man, I’m out. Utter shite.
The most boring life-threatening drama. Even with a giant murderous yeti & more giant shark action. This tedious trapped-at-the-bottom-of-the-Bering-Sea-and-oh-we-have-another-problem schitck is too much.
The pacing is terrible, the twists are labored & the tension is diluted by the interminable flashbacks. I think we even flashed sideways. And Lou is dying again. Again. There is literally no point at all to her having gills & shark telepathy. None.
This one is actually terrible. Awesome art, giant sharks and yetis got me pretty far, but there is no pay-off— all the threads the author has spun are just a messy clump of yarn on the floor. What is he waiting for? When will Lou’s preternatural abilities get the prominence they deserve? If not by now, then never, as far as I’m concerned...
The most boring life-threatening drama. Even with a giant murderous yeti & more giant shark action. This tedious trapped-at-the-bottom-of-the-Bering-Sea-and-oh-we-have-another-problem schitck is too much.
The pacing is terrible, the twists are labored & the tension is diluted by the interminable flashbacks. I think we even flashed sideways. And Lou is dying again. Again. There is literally no point at all to her having gills & shark telepathy. None.
This one is actually terrible. Awesome art, giant sharks and yetis got me pretty far, but there is no pay-off— all the threads the author has spun are just a messy clump of yarn on the floor. What is he waiting for? When will Lou’s preternatural abilities get the prominence they deserve? If not by now, then never, as far as I’m concerned...
November 8, 2023
I am happy to get more info on the Donovan Feiersinger dynamic, but... yeah, there is a but. It does not explain the start of it, which really makes me disappointed in Donovan. Yes, I understand that graphic novels and comics have serious space limits, however, this is issue 9, we are at over 200 pages. This is stringing the reader along. Gratuitous sex scenes do not move the plot, they just waste precious space.
That said, the art is, as always well done. I am still very interested in the series. I like the few crytids they introduce, though the constantly being stuck under water is getting irksome. So I rate this as a 3 of 5
That said, the art is, as always well done. I am still very interested in the series. I like the few crytids they introduce, though the constantly being stuck under water is getting irksome. So I rate this as a 3 of 5
May 13, 2021
This is going to be very interesting - the next issue is apparently the last and with the plot becoming a cliche Hollywood cliffhanger rescue type mission... I'm still rating it a five for the overall story but this is veering dangerously close to becoming a cliche ending.
Here's hoping the last one proves my fears wrong.
Here's hoping the last one proves my fears wrong.
March 29, 2024
La historia de fondo de los híbridos es una tontería, ya no se habla nada de Carthago, la empresa causante de todo por extraer gas, los malos ahora son buenos y salen otros malos nuevos, un poco sin ton ni son, los megalodones ya no están aislados, vienen por cientos...
Los dibujos están bien, pero no merece la pena.
Los dibujos están bien, pero no merece la pena.
October 26, 2019
Une nouvelle aventure très prenante de la série Carthago...
October 24, 2020
Unable to stop reading this now
October 30, 2021
One more... how will they end this..
February 24, 2024
I got this comic via a Humble Bundle and as I am a bit lazy when it comes to writing reviews this year, I am going to write one review for the entire series.
These comics remind me - the story, the storytelling and the artwork (the characters move a bit stiffly) - of the adventure comics I read during the seventies and eighties (Bob Morane for example). They also have a European feel: the locations, the artwork, no superheroes, and occasionally a bit of nudity.
They feel a bit dated, but as adventure comics go, I enjoyed them. The stories revolve around the Centenarian of the Carpathians and his aides, mainly London Donovan, who search/hunt the world for weird and often very dangerous creatures.
Volumes 9 and 10 weren't as good as the previous volumes.
These comics remind me - the story, the storytelling and the artwork (the characters move a bit stiffly) - of the adventure comics I read during the seventies and eighties (Bob Morane for example). They also have a European feel: the locations, the artwork, no superheroes, and occasionally a bit of nudity.
They feel a bit dated, but as adventure comics go, I enjoyed them. The stories revolve around the Centenarian of the Carpathians and his aides, mainly London Donovan, who search/hunt the world for weird and often very dangerous creatures.
Volumes 9 and 10 weren't as good as the previous volumes.
October 29, 2022
When Bec's goes down, he goes down big time.
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