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Carthago Single Issues #8
Carthago. Band 8: Leviathan
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Hardcover
First published June 20, 2018
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Christophe Bec
286 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
One of the things I love about this series at least in this format is that due to their short nature they feel almost like mini-episodes that allow you to get swept away with the action and then pause while preparing to read the next instalment - I wonder what it would be like reading the same story in the compilation editions which I see are out there.
So the bit reveals just keep on coming it would seem with explanations of who and what and where and why coming thick and fast - sadly I cannot say any more as I try my best to avoid spoilers and there are others who have given great and more accurate reviews of these books elsewhere.
I would say that these later books feel less claustrophobic that the earlier ones - something I do not find myself suffering from but still the encroaching darkness and the dangers that lurk within cannot be avoided but here it feels more familiar and less daunting - maybe the books are starting to rub off on me
So the bit reveals just keep on coming it would seem with explanations of who and what and where and why coming thick and fast - sadly I cannot say any more as I try my best to avoid spoilers and there are others who have given great and more accurate reviews of these books elsewhere.
I would say that these later books feel less claustrophobic that the earlier ones - something I do not find myself suffering from but still the encroaching darkness and the dangers that lurk within cannot be avoided but here it feels more familiar and less daunting - maybe the books are starting to rub off on me
September 8, 2025
pas mon tome favori. j'ai trouvé qu'il ne se passait rien de fou. ça suit son chemin, pour faire tramplin au tome 9, je l'espère.
February 20, 2021
Lou is dying again, has some kind of implant that F put in, also in Donovan, that can kill them? It acts up when she was at the monoliths & now near the sanctuary. F is still floating in a big fish tank, we’re reminded at random times...
Man, when is something epic going to happen?
Man, when is something epic going to happen?
May 13, 2021
Going strong.
I just have one quibble - after their meticulously researched illustrations of Sydney and Melbourne (which I instantly recognised, even Sydney which did not use the overused landmarks of the Opera house and Centrepoint - bonus points for that one) in earlier issues, they did Wategoes Beach, Byron Bay. I grew up and live in Byron and Wategoes does NOT look like that whatsoever. In the same sequence there is a duo of surfers doing their thing. One of the surfers is doing something completely impossible, surfing the opposite direction UP the wave in the same direction the other dude is paddling and on a Malibu so don't even get me started on some insane shred cutback move. It was so jarringly wrong it threw me breaking the comfortable immersion. All the artist needs to do is Photoshop the surfer going in the other direction, namely, DOWN the wave and I'll be happy. It's like suddenly putting a lift upside down in a mall, it just... No.
Other than that, fantastic art, plot is tying up for the conclusion fast and I'm enjoying this story very much.
The complaints of the Megalodon becoming less and less relevant/main characteresque seem a bit facile - the title is literally the CORPORATIONS name and as such, is about the people tied to it. Not the big sharks. They are simply a plot device and I appreciate that they are used sparingly.
Onwards!
I just have one quibble - after their meticulously researched illustrations of Sydney and Melbourne (which I instantly recognised, even Sydney which did not use the overused landmarks of the Opera house and Centrepoint - bonus points for that one) in earlier issues, they did Wategoes Beach, Byron Bay. I grew up and live in Byron and Wategoes does NOT look like that whatsoever. In the same sequence there is a duo of surfers doing their thing. One of the surfers is doing something completely impossible, surfing the opposite direction UP the wave in the same direction the other dude is paddling and on a Malibu so don't even get me started on some insane shred cutback move. It was so jarringly wrong it threw me breaking the comfortable immersion. All the artist needs to do is Photoshop the surfer going in the other direction, namely, DOWN the wave and I'll be happy. It's like suddenly putting a lift upside down in a mall, it just... No.
Other than that, fantastic art, plot is tying up for the conclusion fast and I'm enjoying this story very much.
The complaints of the Megalodon becoming less and less relevant/main characteresque seem a bit facile - the title is literally the CORPORATIONS name and as such, is about the people tied to it. Not the big sharks. They are simply a plot device and I appreciate that they are used sparingly.
Onwards!
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.
April 7, 2019
La suite d'aventures passionnantes...on en redemande.
October 23, 2020
Just getting better still
October 30, 2021
What in the heck.
January 22, 2022
A little hard to follow the plot at times, but the artwork is great and the corniness makes it fun.
February 20, 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.
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.
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