Green Manor

Green Manor

The second book in the series,
The Inconvenience of Being Dead
featuring the main character.
Publication information
Publisher Dupuis (French)
Cinebook (English)
Genre Graphic novel
Number of issues 3 (in French)
2 (in English)
Creative team
Writer(s) Fabien Vehlmann
Artist(s) Denis Bodart

Green Manor is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Fabien Vehlmann, illustrated by Denis Bodart and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English.

Volumes

  1. Assassins et Gentlemen - Jan 2001 ISBN 2-8001-3137-3
  2. De l'inconvénient d'être mort - Feb 2002 ISBN 2-8001-3233-7
  3. Fantaisies meurtrières - Apr 2005 ISBN 2-8001-3598-0

Translations

Cinebook Ltd is publishing Green Manor. The last two volumes have been compiled together into one English volume.:[1]

  1. Assassins and Gentlemen - May 2008 ISBN 978-1-905460-53-3
  2. The Inconvenience of Being Dead - Sept 2008 ISBN 978-1-905460-64-9

Reception

The first Cinebook volume was reviewed by who complimented the structure and writing ("These stories get straight to the point and keep you there"), said that "[t]he art is gorgeous," before concluding that "[t]he book might be nearly $14, but the art and the storytelling density make for a better value than what that number looks like on the page."[2]

Awards

The title was nominated for the 2002 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Scenario.

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.cinebook.co.uk/index.php?cPath=165
  2. ↑ De Blieck Jr., Augie (February 17, 2009). "Green Manor: Victorian England Murder Mysteries". Pipeline. Comic Book Resources.

References

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