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Apples and pears, dog and bone, bloody demons all over the shop. Pukka.
The one-liners. Oh the one-liners. I loved this graphic novel, I really did. If you like dry English humour this is a must-have. The story is so over the top, but delivered in a gripping, you're-not-getting-out-of-your-seat-until-you've-finished-it way. I picked it up from the library but I'm actually thinking of buying it.
It’s 1578 and there’s a demon chained up in the Tower of London. It’s just the kind of surprising development that could lead to rioting on the effluent-sodden Tudor streets and cause all manner of upset to the life and reign of Elizabeth I. Clearly the whole thing has to be hushed up but silencing hell-spawn is no easy matter. The best means of retaining the status quo, at least outwardly and in the eyes of the masses, is the negotiating of a treaty between the throne of England and the power p...
Harry Absalom is a cranky old git but he is, indeed, perfect for the job. I've read the second volume first by mistake but I didn't miss all that much, thankfully. It's all occult investigations with little bits of very slowly revealed overarching plot dealing with Absalom's grandchildren held hostage. A work like that would probably feel better if you read all the three volumes back to back since the author already stated that volume three is the end for the character. So far I haven't read any...
Harry Absalom, by Gordon Rennie, is one of the best new characters to come out of 2000AD in the last decade. He's like a cross between DCI Gene Hunt & John Constantine. But it's not just a one-man show, the supporting cast including some of the weirdest people I've seen, adds to a compelling world I want to know more about. The setting is very British and the dark humour is too. Then there is the stylistic monochrome artwork by Tiernen Trevallion which fits the mood of the story perfectly. It's
What happens when AD2000 decides to release a supernatural thriller in vein of Hellboy and BPRD with some elements of Constantine mixed in? You get beautiful book about old (to be precise ancient :)) detective Harry Absalom and his team of UK police tasked with .... wait .... policing the old contract between Hell and UK throne by which Hell can send demons to merge with the fancy aristocrats as long as they do not try creating actual Hell on Earth.We follow Harry and his team as they solve case...
Quite sweet fun with all the monsters and dark stuff from England's history. Not prefect but sweet fun with great dialoque.
Ever since reading the 2000AD story Cabalistic I have been intrigued by the story of Absalom, a character only briefly mentioned but who would up having his own mini series of books. What you have is a policeman (of sort) charged with keeping the peace and enforcing a centuries old pack between England and the denizens of hell. So in this first book you have 3 stories which introduce the character and his team - some of which are not what they seem and the world in which he resides. its a violen...
Gordon Rennie's Detective Inspector Harry Absalom very much resembles Warren Ellis' William Gravel or Garth Ennis and Ellis' take on John Constantine. A bit of a lower class Londoner who gets the job done. In addition Absaloom's speech pattern resembles Gravel's and Constantine's to my ear. In Absalom's case he and his special squad enforce the Accord, the agreement between the Crown and the demons of Hell. Absalom's ancestor was around in the 16th century when it was signed.This TPB feels a lit...
A clever tactic to start a series near the end of the main character's life - it leaves space for prequals! Detective Inspector Harry Absalom is a re-spin of a minor character in Rennie's Caballistics, Inc. Absalom has been around the block a few times, and doesn't suffer fools or demons gladly. His department's job is to enforce the human side of The Accord between the throne of England and Hell, a diplomatic treaty made in the sixteenth century.Absalom might not use politically correct languag...
Fun read. Had no idea was part of the 2000 ad print, feels like Constantine due to the obvious reasons but it stands on its own merit, fun read with good art.
This was great. Sort of a Hellblazer meets BPRD. The art is beautiful black and white, and reminded me of Duncan Fergredo. The bits of the story are each good on their own and as a whole. I definitely would want to read more of this.
Das hier Geschriebene gilt für alle drei Trade Paperbacks der Absalom-Serie: Die von Gordon Rennie geschaffene Szenerie, London, knapp 500 Jahre nach dem England einen Pakt mit Dämonen einging, ist ein super-interessanter Startpunkt. Doch davon profitiert nur Zeichner Tiernen Trevallion, der sich in dieser Steampunk-Lovecraft-kaputtes-London-Landschaft austobt und dabei Kreaturen schafft, die einen noch im Schlaf verfolgen. Kein Wunder, dass Mike „Hellboy“ Mignola ihn sich für eigene Spin-Offs g...
