Books: Grandville

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Grandville
By Bryan Talbot
2009





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Apparently inspired by "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Rupert Bear and Quentin Tarantino" - Grandville is a little bit of steam punk mixed with some furry fandom set in an alternative world where animals can walk, talk and engage in fights, shoot outs and all sorts of dirty political espionage. Starring Detective Inspector Archibald "Archie" LeBrock, (who's basically Sherlock Holmes if he was a large, heavily-built badger); and his assistant Detective Roderick Ratzi, (a dapper, monocle-wearing rat) - Grandville is a light-hearted romp that has all the hallmarks of your cheesy mystery: chases, sexy badger ladies, secret groups etc. Featuring a strange - slightly out of place 9/11 reference that you may want to ignore this is Bryan Talbot's lightest work yet - with computer generated colouring that makes everything feel a little bit - cheap. So maybe worth reading as a distraction - but sadly nothing more. I'd rather read The Adventures of Luther Arkwright again (which is much much better).

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Links: Savage Critics Review, SteamPunk Magazine Interview.

Further reading: The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, Blacksad: Somewhere Between The Shadows, Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, Aetheric Mechanics.

Profiles: Bryan Talbot.

All comments welcome.