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koreilly's review against another edition
3.0
A trance like odyssey through antiquity as we follow a simple brigand who takes the name of a fallen nobleman. Vivid ink illustrations throughout portray a Roman empire putrid and rotten throughout though throbbing with primal desires. Truly unlike anything else I've read but I'm not sure if it fully sticks the landing.
jrlagace's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
batbones's review against another edition
4.0
The book jacket was right to call it a 'grand, strange dream'. The dialogue is rendered (or translated) poetically, but what really stands out are the images - bold and dark and nightmarish. His use of thick lines, menacing shadows and liberal use of silhouettes reminds me of the horror manga artist Junji Ito. Figures are thrown into sharp relief by harsh white, couched in pure black gloom, some with large staring eyes like bottomless pits. Its impressionistic style is the source of its fascination, every panel speaking a visual language, eliciting emotions and affects that transcend words. It was interesting to me that Blutch sometimes opted for hurried strokes but at moments of action each panel freezes the characters into wonderfully composed tableaux, like a long take in slow-motion. There was definitely a cinematic quality to his composition; it doesn't feel as if it follows the usual flow and logic of a comic book or a graphic novel narrative, his images work more like graphic montages.
billybookmark's review against another edition
4.0
wasn't particularly fond of the pedo bits but hey, when in rome
jekutree's review against another edition
3.0
I loved how dreamlike and feverish the whole thing feels. Blutch’s art and visual storytelling is immaculate, I just don’t understand what the whole point of it was. Definitely gonna have to revisit this one.
cesarcastanha's review
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
andthyme's review against another edition
4.0
a graphic novel reimagination of the Satyricon, with a gorgeous, harsh art style.
daybreak's review against another edition
4.0
This was the good type of weird. The images convey a lot, the plot was loose yet still absolutely followable. Overall a strange nice little comic!