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Maingoval/Torton, Alexandre le Grand - Jona Lendering - 06-24-2008
Admittedly, it is impossible to tell the full story of Alexander the Great in a comics album of 48 pages, but Alexandre le Grand by Francois Maingoval and Jean Torton is very, very bad. In fact, it so bad that it becomes funny again.
I'm not complaining about the many historical errors (Siwa was not in the mountains and you can not walk straight from Babylon's Ishtar Gate to the Etemenanki shrine) because an artist has to tell a convincing story, compared to which topographical details are of less importance. Nor am I complaing that certain scenes are too close to that Alexander film - I haven't complained about the references to The Ten Commandments and Liz Taylor in Asterix and Cleopatra either. That the portrayal of Darius as a coward is essentially Greek propaganda - so be it, if Robin Lane Fox manages to ignore 25 years of research, we should not blame cartoonists.
The trouble is that the story, which is in fact exciting and offers all opportunity to add couleur locale, is poorly told, that the central character remains flattish, and that all excitement is missing. The only reason to buy this album, is to be amazed that it is possible to spoil one of the greatest stories ever. Caveat emptor.
Re: Maingoval/Torton, Alexandre le Grand - D B Campbell - 06-24-2008
Quote:... and Liz Taylor in Asterix and Cleopatra ...Monica Bellucci ? or Cleopatra ? :?
Re: Maingoval/Torton, Alexandre le Grand - Uwe Bahr - 06-25-2008
Hi Jona,
o.k. - the story. But how do You judge the paintings, what I saw at the cover and the following excerpt looks quite promising?
Mostly, may-be always, the story in the Alix-Series seemed to be very odd to me, and when I bought one was it allone because of the magnificient paintings, that gave good inspirations for dioramas, for example.
Greets - Uwe
Re: Maingoval/Torton, Alexandre le Grand - Jona Lendering - 06-25-2008
Quote:But how do You judge the paintingsDisappointing again... too static. Not uncommon in the Alix-school, BTW.