It Was the War of the Trenches
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (966 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1606993534 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the living hell of combat to the ghostlike calm of bombed-out villages, each panel radiates with the fear and hopelessness of hapless conscripts who strive only to retain their limbs and their sanity. Nearly a century after the fact, Tardi's outrage and compassion make the First World War sting like a fresh wound. Dark, densely packed backgrounds and heavy wedges of solid black recall the dramatic shading effects of European expressionism, as do the characters' black, fearful eyes. Yet neither the long gestation period nor the lack of a central narrative prevents it from standing as a singular, cohesive work of art. All rights reserved. Calling the war a gigantic, anonymous scream of agony, Tardi skewers the concept of nationalism and drives home the banality of death. (Apr.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Tardi, whose French grandfather would often recount his experiences
!^!(akaRyanHoffman) said One of the best comics I've ever had the privelidge of reading.. seriously, this might be one of the best comics I've ever read. One of the most complete experiences on why war is hell and how ethics are mistreated and twisted for the sake of some misguided nationalism I've ever read in this medium. This is up there with Maus, folks. This is up there with Paths of Glory and Grave of the Fireflies. You're doing yourself a misservice by NOT reading it.EASILY a five out five.. It Was the War of the Trenches A graphic novel masterpiece, "It Was the War of the Trenches" is the archetypal "anti-war" cartoon, retaining its emotional power. Many of the battle and trench sequences are impressive, even by graphic novel standards.This graphic novel hit the nail on the head in that the only ones that want war are the elite leaders, and political and war manufacturers.. True Horrors of World War I This graphic (quite graphic) novel about the 'War of the Trenches' brings the horrorand misery of ground war to the printed page. What humor exists is the black humor of men facing fear and death. My maternal grandfather served in WWI and told me stories about the trenches. This graphic novel made those stories more real, and more affecting.You can't look away from this strong anti-war statement. It's the fascination of watching a great disaster unfold.
His Adele Blanc-Sec series was adapted into a feature by Luc Besson, and he was behind the recent animated film April and the Extraordinary World. Jacques Tardi is a pioneering European cartoonist. . His comics are award winning (including the U.S.'s Eisners). He lives in Paris with his wife, the singer Dominique Grange, and their cats
Yet he also delves deeply into the underlying causes of the war, the madness, the cynical political exploitation of patriotism. Tardi’s World War I masterpiece finally in English! World War I, that awful, gaping wound in the history of Europe, has long been an obsession of Jacques Tardi’s. Rendered in an inhabitually lush illustrative style, inspired both by abundant photographic documentation and classic American war comics, augmented by a sophisticated, gorgeous use of Craftint tones, trenches is somehow simultaneously atypical and a perfect encapsulation of Tardi’s mature style. Like Remarque, he focuses on the day to day of the grunts in the trenches, and, with icy, controlled fury and disgust, with sardonic yet dee