Christian De Metter
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1968-12-08
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- France
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- 349
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- #68,500
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- 3.9
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- 11
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- 37
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- 4
The graphic novel is based on the book (not the film) written by Dennis Lehane. The muddy brown & yellows are thanks to French artist Christian De Metter. The art is important to the story, to convey the depravity and depression often associated with places like this.
I have not read the book nor seen the movie, so I can only assume the ending is the same. The panels are written out like a standard comic book, with no splash pages or excitement of a thrilling ending. The story plods along in some places – the parts with no dialogue and just pictures is especially interesting and leads you on a merry mind-bending chase.
If Dennis Lehane is making some kind of commentary on psychiatric methods, he's doing a good job. Is it "therapy" to lock someone up, possibly for life, filling a patient with drugs and arcane and at times evaluative silly advice that does nothing to forward sanity?
Interesting subplots: Who is this girl that disappeared from her cell? Why are there guards around a "sanitation facility?" And what's the meaning of a code found in the missing girl's room? All artfully done, all suspenseful in reading.
There are some murder scenes, some craziness and some blood but not graphically so.
Check out the publisher's websites, at Tokyopop.com and HarperCollins.com for more info on the book and its critical reception.
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