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Back then life was simple and sweet. Everything was simple and sweet. The taste of cherries, the cool shade, the fresh smell of the river. That was how we lived, in a vale among the hills, sheltered from the storms. Ignorant of the world, as though on an island. Peaceful and untroubled. And then. Then everything changed. Well this took me completely by surprise!Three Shadows is a graphic novel about a family and their son, who is haunted by these three shadows that appear from time to time. Loui...
Not going to lie, this one disappointed me. Most likely because I saw the art first and overestimated it. Three Shadows is not a bad graphic novel by any means- it has a wonderful premise and message, and the art- hot damn that art! -is beautiful and emotive, but the narrative is kind of disorganized. We are introduced to characters who don't have any bearing on the plot and just kind of come and go. The stories pace comes to a screeching halt when the father and son board the boat and interact
In our springtime there is no better, there is no worse.Blossoming branches burgeon as the must.Some are long, some are short.Stay upright.Stay with life.//I wasn't intending to it because if the Graphic Novel has more than hundred pages and drawn out by charcoal style it gives me a damn headache. Even so I read it all in one sitting I couldn't put it down and totally can say it was 100% worth the pain this time. Well done Pedrosa!
I really liked this, though I don't know quite what to make of it-- the story is interesting, especially in its parts, but at the same time, I'm not sure it all hangs together. There are sequences, like the getting on the boat stuff, that take a lot longer than I think they are worth, and elements that are never really resolved satisfyingly-- like the slave holder stuff. And I struggled to see if this was a story for kids, which isn't entirely my thing, or if it was meant for adults, and if that...
I love First Second books. Beautiful cover, lovely pages. This definitely feels like a translation - tone is a little free, themes are crazy sophisticated. Beautiful, sad story, that gets pretty symbolic at the end. Sad, but lovely.
Kids, from time to time, will die from terrible conditions that for-better-or-worse will give parents a good space of time in which to quietly go mad. Leukemia, cancer, some horrible incurable disease that causes the body to slowly shut down. It happens. And it's always distasteful. And Cyril Pedrosa made a comic about it.It's times like this that the term comic is grossly inadequate as a descriptor of what it hopes to describe.I am the father of a young daughter and the possibility of losing he...
A farmer, his wife and their young son live an idyllic life on their farm in the country. Until one day three ominous horsemen appear in the hills, getting closer to the house every day. They’ve come for the boy. So begins a desperate game of cat and mouse as the farmer tries to save his son from his fate, running from the horsemen across land and sea - but can anyone outrun Death? Cyril Pedrosa’s Three Shadows is a decent but flawed comic. The story takes a while to get going but once the fathe...
Beautiful, allegorical fairytale. An idyllic family of three living in the woods, become aware that there are three shadows watching them, seemingly getting closer. The father attempts to protect his family from the mysterious trio, without knowing what they want or having any idea of what they will do next. The book is beatifully drawn, with lots of controlled scribbly lines (a little reminiscent of a slightly lighter Mattotti), but Pedrosa varies his style to good effect. Some of the pages are...
I should let a little time pass before writing down my thoughts on this gem of a comic. Instead, I will rave about how much I loved it, how hard it hit me, how it's such a huge shame that this is the only book translated into English by this French author/illustrator, how incredible its drawings are, very similar to Craig Thompson if you like him, how Pedrosa is one of the few black and white artists I've encountered who can really utilize the contrast of deep blacks and stark whites to perfecti...
I read the book Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosa. It had an interesting cover and it had good reviews. It was a graphic novel therefore it was easy and fun to read. I wanted to read a graphic novel because they have interesting stories and pictures and they are fun to read, this book had all these qualities.Joachim lives with his parents in a small house far away from everything. They have a happy and calm life. Until one day the three shadows come and they want to take away Joachim away. His fath...
Back then, life was simple and sweet. The taste of cherries, the cool shade, the smell of the river... That was how we lived, in a vale among the hills--sheltered from storms, ignorant of the world, as though on an island, peaceful and untroubled.And then...And then everything changed. When it comes to graphic novels, I prefer those with realistc and colored drawings. In The Three Shadows the art is neither realistic nor colored. At first I found it a bit hard to follow but soon I got the han
The most beautiful graphic novel I've read so far! A true masterpiece!!!It was charming, emotional, thought-provoking but most of all real. It is inspired by a real story the author has witnessed and I can honestly say that he did an amazing job representing it in a fictional world. Ah, the artwork! Outstanding! It is exactly the way I imagine every graphic novel to be! Best graphic storyteller! Go, go, go! Read it :)
Beautiful and moving, I loved it.
