Prosopopus - Tome 0 - Prosopopus

by De Crécy

Sur le point de pénétrer dans sa limousine, un homme est abattu froidement. Ses gardes du corps, impuissants, ne rattrapent pas le meurtrier. Ce dernier, visiblement satisfait, retrouve une femme au lit. Alors qu'il rentre chez lui, d'étranges effluves flottent dans l'atmosphère, faites de sang, de sperme, de l'air vicié qui plane sur la ville. Et se matérialisent en un magma informe et grotesque : Prosopopus est né, monstre moderne au but implacable. Gare à ceux qui croisent son chemin.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Bande Dessinée, Crime, Fantasy, Comic Book, Supernatural

128 pages, Hardcover

First published June 4, 2003

Reviews

[Suni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una storia che combina il noir con il grottesco e l'horror spingendosi fin oltre il limite del fantastico/allucinato, "alla Lynch" per capirsi.
Informazione essenziale: è una graphic novel wordless, senza dialoghi né didascalie, quindi tutto sta nelle immagini, che sono cupe, sfuggenti, dinamiche ed estremamente espressive, ma vanno guardate con attenzione se si vuole seguire davvero la trama senza perdersi nel delirio verso cui sembrano voler attrarre il lettore.
Io ce l'avevo quasi fatta ma alla fine mi è rimasto il dubbio su quale fosse davvero l'obiettivo del Prosopopus, un mostro nato dall'amalgama del sangue e dei fluidi di un killer e dell'uomo che ha ucciso, una specie di grosso Barbapapà bonaccione ma in grado di incredibili efferatezze, forse una proiezione della coscienza, forse invece un'entità a sé stante votata alla vendetta e alla punizione di chi si sia macchiato di un crimine.
De Crécy deve avere delle cose agghiaccianti nella testa. Lo leggerò ancora.

[Texhnolyze · Rating 4 out of 5]

De Crècy è già difficile di suo ma cosa succede quando non usa nemmeno le parole? Beh, devi essere più attento. Non proprio, in realtà questo non arriva al cripto-simbolismo del Celestiale Bibendum, per cui non c'è da spaentarsi.
La storia se non la si legge attentamente non la si capisce, ma è molto semplice: una famosa pittrice astratta che firma con le impronte digitali sta per essere vittima di un furto ad opera del suo fidanzato, il nostro protagonista, ma quando parleranno di delitto lui andrà contro il suo boss. Questo atto genera l’entrata in scena di Prosopopus, il tipico grottesco grassone decrecyano, creato con il sangue, il fumo e lo sperma del protagonista.
Non è immediato capire se Prosopopus sia un’entità buona o malvagia, se stia dalla parte del protagonista o meno.
Tutto ciò porta il folle e violento noir su un livello metafisico e decisamente surreale, ma è la prassi per De Crècy, poi c'è anche qualche tributo ad Eraserhead. Per cui nel corso del fumetto proporrà una serie di associazioni visive metaforiche, che in un film andrebbero sotto il nome di montaggio simbolico ed anche alternato, ad esempio si alternano vignette dell’atto sessuale con un’autopsia, un fallo con un proiettile, il rosso del quadro con il sangue e così via.
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[Kristian Dobson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A manifestation of guilt told with no words, only pictures, that is equal parts surreal and absurd. It's a pretty heavy-going comic in terms of story but it is visually arresting. Not many people will like it's wordlessness, or the fact that is is heavily metaphorical, but it is worth it for those who do. An intriguing 'read' that will no doubt give more the more you go back to it.

4/5

[Juan Fuentes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una de las historias más originales que he leído hace mucho tiempo. Un extraño ser que nace de la sangre y el humo, del semen y los sueños, y cuyo comportamiento puede interpretarse en clave alegórica. O no.

[Germán González · Rating 4 out of 5]

La historia de un crimen contada en base a un monstruo ¿alegórico? y sin usar texto. Lo lees de un tirón.

[Alexander Lisovsky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Сюрреалистичный криминальный боевик про наёмного убийцу, сходящего с ума (или нет). Грязноватый рисунок, стилистика Энки Билала, компактная, элегантная история рассказана без единого слова. Любопытный визуальный язык, жутковатым образом связывающий эротику с работой патологоанатома.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 2 out of 5]

280013402X has the wrong cover (2009 reprint)
D.L. June 2003 = 68 2452 8 above ISBN 4th plate

I could've done so much better by making it less supernatural-interpretive. Especially cutting all that semen and blood magic that was stupid and unnecessary.

The second star is only because he did a good job of making wordless flow correctly with an engaging character and told a story that COULD have been so much better. It's bounds better than that "Glacial Period" disaster that opened the "Louvre Collection". He couldn't even give that one an ending.

I don't understand why people laud this dude- especially his art which I regard as a sloppy mess of unsuccessful expressionisticness. But I know nothing of the architecture of art and what to specifically look for.

Wait a minute! I did enjoy the "Salvatore" diptyque but I remember that it really went nowhere despite interesting adventuring.

[E · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can say little as to the symbolism or greater meaning of this BD—well, I'd be hard pressed to even say what the plot was—but still I liked it merely for the sheer emotional weight de Crécy was able to convey with his haunting, radical art. Much of it went over my head, but, hey, that just added to the sense of visiting an art gallery.

[Abel]

I can't give this a score (not because I didn't like it)

I'm just not sure what I've read. Well, I've read nothing because it's a mute comic book but still...

I don't know, this is just really, really weird and I'm trying to wrap my head around it

[Pavel Pravda · Rating 4 out of 5]

English version below
Prosopopus je zvíře, které nikdo nedokáže rozeznat, ani když ho vidí. Tvrdí to obsáhlá předmluva. Prý vypadá jako medvěd s velkým zadkem, má oči, které vypadají jako lidské, a v tlamě má tři zuby. Prý je bílý, anebo spíše žlutý a prý žere výhradně muže. Psy nežere vůbec, s těmi je kamarád. A také je velmi mstivý. Velmi nebezpečné zvíře!

Prosopopus je velmi temná a brutální groteska. Samozřejmě beze slov. Noirová kriminálka s fantasy prvky. Příběh začíná tak, že jeden chlap zastřelí druhého chlapa, kterého doprovází ochranka do auta. Po výstřelu se ochranka snaží vraha zastavit, ten lehce zraněn, ale i tak prchá ke své milence. Ještě téže noci stoupá k nebi nad městem esence ze dvou kaluží krve a také z kapky spermatu, aby se v oblacích smísila s tabákovým kouřem a zhmotnil se z toho prosopopus. Ten ihned zamíří do vrahova bytu a začne se zde chovat velmi přítulně a jeden by řekl až kamarádsky. Vyhnat se rozhodně nenechá.
Co předcházelo střelbě, jakou v tom kdo hrál roli? Kdo si vyslouží nemilosrdnou bizarní odplatu? Jakou roli v tom všem hraje prosopopus? To se dozvíte v knize. Připravte se na brutální, ale zároveň vtipnou jízdu.

Komiksy Nicolase de Crécyho jsem doposud vyhledával. Jeho výtvarný styl a příběhy mě moc nelákaly. Ale jeho komiks beze slov jsem nemohl minout a musím říct, že tady jeho kresba sedí naprosto dokonale. Co se týká scénáře, tak některé místa byly matoucí a působily tak nějak navíc, a jinde bych naopak ocenil, kdyby byly panely více vysvětlující. Ve výsledku to ale fungovalo i tak, jak to je.
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Prosopopus is an animal that no one can recognize even when they see it. Six pages long foreword claims it. It is said that it looks like a bear with a big butt, eyes that look human, and three teeth in its mouth. It is said it's white, or rather yellow, and it is said taht it eats exclusively men. He doesn't eat dogs at all, he's friends with them. And he is also very revengeful. A very dangerous animal!

Prosopopus is a very dark and brutal grotesque. Without words of course. Noir crime with fantasy elements. The story begins by shooting. One guy kills another guy who is being escorted into a car by bodyguards. After the shot, the bodyguards try to stop the killer, he is slightly injured, but still runs to his lover. On the same night, the essence of blood of killer and victim and also of a drop of sperm rises to the sky above the city, to mix with the tobacco smoke in the clouds and materialize into the prosopopus. He immediately heads to the killer's apartment and starts behaving very cuddly and one might even say friendly. He will definitely not let himself be banished.
What preceded the murder, what role did anyone play in it? Who deserves a merciless bizarre revenge? What role does the prosopopus play in all this? You will learn that in the book. Get ready for a brutal but funny ride.

I've not been looking for Nicolas de Crécy's comics until now. His art style and stories didn't really appeal to me. But I couldn't miss his silent comic. I have to say that his drawing fits perfectly to this story. As for the script, some places were confusing and felt a bit unnecessary, and in other places I would have appreciated if the panels were more explanatory. But generally, it worked as it is.

[NoID · Rating 4 out of 5]

Si vous n’êtes pas prêt à l’étrange, l’inexplicable, le dérangeant, l’incompréhensible… passez votre chemin !

Mais si une expérience insolite ne vous fait pas peur… Le prosopopus peut être une excellente opportunité ! C’est sombre et étrange et, je l’avoue, après plusieurs lectures, je ne suis pas encore sûr d’avoir tout compris. Il faut dire que l’absence de paroles n’aide pas vraiment à la compréhension de cet OVNI de la bande dessinée.

Il faut dire que les albums de Nicolas de Crécy sont souvent déstabilisants, et celui-là mérite certainement une très bonne place sur ce podium.Un génial Prosopopus, écrasant de noirceur et lumineux d’amour pour les âmes aventurières.

– Et ça cause de quoi, en fait ?
– Laissez-vous surprendre, dis-je !

https://www.noid.ch/prosopopus/

[Les75 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Noir, dark, onirico, grottesco, questo lavoro di De Crécy è una perla nera della Graphic Novel. Una città plumbea, anime perse nella notte e nel buio delle proprie vite, omicidi cruenti e poi lui, il Prosopopus, in tutta la sua gigantesca e grottesca presenza. Bello leggere le pagine di un libro non scritto, ma sapientemente illustrato.

[Graziano · Rating 3 out of 5]

[Sara Tosti · Rating 4 out of 5]

guilty

[Helena Ibañez · Rating 4 out of 5]

de vez en cuando está bien leer cosas sin letra

[Steph Ramon]

Sur le point de pénétrer dans sa limousine, un homme est abattu froidement. Ses gardes du corps, impuissants, ne rattrapent pas le meurtrier. Ce dernier, visiblement satisfait, retrouve une femme au lit. Alors qu’il rentre chez lui, d’étranges effluves flottent dans l’atmosphère, faites de sang, de sperme, de l’air vicié qui plane sur la ville. Et se matérialisent en un magma informe et grotesque : Prosopopus est né, monstre moderne au but implacable. Gare à ceux qui croisent son chemin.

[Kim]

Pencil Panel Page's review of the work is well written. https://pencilpanelpage.wordpress.com...

[Larakaa · Rating 3 out of 5]

this is an interesting book about guilt. it's also a murder thriller without any words. I liked it but it's a bit style over substance.

[Shannon Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Truly brilliant in every way! I could re-read this a million times. The way he uses this silent graphic novel to tell a wonderful story with so much depth and suspense and surprise. There are so many layers to this novel, and more reveals itself the more time you spend within its pages. You can feel the guilt building and welling and exuding from the pages themselves. A dark, disturbing and brilliant novel.