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Gregory #3
Gregory the Third
Book by Hempel, Marc
- GenresComicsGraphic Novels
63 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1993
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Marc Hempel
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Marc Hempel is an American cartoonist/comics artist best known for his work on The Sandman with Neil Gaiman.
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
Marc Hempel is an American cartoonist/comics artist best known for his work on The Sandman with Neil Gaiman.
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December 30, 2018
Uno de los tantos dibujantes de Sandman, en solitario como artista integral, Marc Hempel presenta a Gregory, un pequeño en un manicomio envuelto en chaleco de fuerza y su particulat visión del mundo.
Humor fino donde lo visual le gana a la narrativa.
Humor fino donde lo visual le gana a la narrativa.
September 17, 2021
Barely *** but I enjoyed it anyway. It's dumb but endearing.
His art stinks but it fits the character and narrative.
His art stinks but it fits the character and narrative.
April 8, 2008
Marc Hempel is probably best known for his work on Sandman, the Neil Gaiman 75 issue comic that ran from 1989 until 1996. Gregory III is the third volume in a series Hempel did on the side.
Gregory is a straight-jacketed child living in an unnamed asylum somewhere. His introduction from the distant future implies that someday he's reformed enough to go back to mainstream society and make quite a living for himself but however or whenever that happens isn't revealed in this slim volume. Gregory has rats and bugs for friends (they live in his pants) and a demented imagination.
What Gregory III reminds me of most is The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward. I'm reminded of it because of the introduction. In both stories the only setting is institution but both are told from sometime beyond the protagonists' stay. Hempel's bold use of line and black and white visually brings to mind the German classic expressionist film, Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920).
Gregory is a straight-jacketed child living in an unnamed asylum somewhere. His introduction from the distant future implies that someday he's reformed enough to go back to mainstream society and make quite a living for himself but however or whenever that happens isn't revealed in this slim volume. Gregory has rats and bugs for friends (they live in his pants) and a demented imagination.
What Gregory III reminds me of most is The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward. I'm reminded of it because of the introduction. In both stories the only setting is institution but both are told from sometime beyond the protagonists' stay. Hempel's bold use of line and black and white visually brings to mind the German classic expressionist film, Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920).
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