Joe Golem und die versunkene Stadt : Roman
by:
Mike Mignola (author)
ISBN:
9783785760888
Publish date: June 21st 2013
Publisher: Bastei Lübbe
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Paranormal,
Science Fiction,
Urban Fantasy,
Steampunk,
Horror,
Alternate History,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Supernatural
Mostly I liked this story, but not as much as I had expected. Although I loved the half-drowned New York setting, and the parallel with horror works such as those of Lovecraft's, I found some of the descriptions redundant, and the villain not that impressive. More than anything, though, I wish we ha...
Joe Golem and the Drowning City is a lovely sort of homage to HP Lovecraft and the Jewish golem folklore tradition. One wonders how they can exist together harmoniously in the same work, but Mignola and Golden do exactly that.New York City is a very different place from the one we know and love in t...
This definitly was NOT what I was expecting. Maybe I'm really naive but when I thought of An Illustrated Novel I assumed a certain level of innocence. Maybe I should have read the back about how this came from the creator of Hellboy. AKA not innocent. The good news is that definitely didn't hurt the...