by Warren Ellis, Ben Templesmith
Fell is Warren Ellis' take on the police procedural genre with some very dark and kind of surreal elements. If you are not a fan of monster comics, this is your best option to enjoy the unique art of Ben Templesmith. Unfortunately Fell is another one of Ellis' abandoned projects (Doktor Sleepless,...
A detective is transferred to serve a disintegrating neighborhood. The art plays into the creepy, off-balance vibe.Surprisingly free of the usual Ellis rants and raves.
Really, quite a good graphic novel, and Ben Templesmith, the illustrator (and author in his own right--see Wormwood), is a wizard. His artwork is haunting and beautiful while depicting the very dregs of humanity that title character Richard Fell encounters as he carries out his job as a detective in...
And thus Mr Ellis is redeemed, at least in this humble reader's opinion. (I didn't like Crooked Little Vein.) This was my first graphic novel by the man, and I will buying my local comic shop bare of anything else in this series. Feral City lives up to its name triumphantly. Crime abounds in Snowtow...
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