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Likely Stories
From New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman and Eisner-award winning creator Mark Buckingham comes a graphic novel anthology of four essential fantasy stories.
These dark and imaginative tales feature an odd and subtly linked world of bizarre venereal diseases, a creepy old woman who feasts on raw meat, a man obsessed with a skin model from a magazine, and a story within a story about ghosts.
You wont want to miss this collection featuring comic adaptations of the short Looking for the Girl , Foreign Parts , Closing Time , and Feeders and Eaters from the Hugo, Eisner, Newbery, Harvey, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning author Neil Gaiman!
These dark and imaginative tales feature an odd and subtly linked world of bizarre venereal diseases, a creepy old woman who feasts on raw meat, a man obsessed with a skin model from a magazine, and a story within a story about ghosts.
You wont want to miss this collection featuring comic adaptations of the short Looking for the Girl , Foreign Parts , Closing Time , and Feeders and Eaters from the Hugo, Eisner, Newbery, Harvey, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning author Neil Gaiman!
80 pages, Hardcover
First published October 16, 2018
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December 22, 2020
Fours short stories cherrypicked from Fragile Things and Smoke and Mirrors illustrated by Mark Buckingham of Fables fame. The book is very dense at 80 pages with tiny panels. It probably could have used double the pages as each panel is filled with text. I can imagine the characters trying to talk to the reader as they are being crowded out by exposition blocks. The stories are connected by a framing sequence set in a bar with the patrons telling the stories. Three of the four stories deal with sex and there is a lot of nudity in the book if that's an issue for you. None of the stories are all that compelling however and is really only worth a read if you're a Gaiman fanatic.
Foreign Parts - ★★
A man who only masturbates catches a venereal disease. This was kind of terrible.
Feeders and Eaters - ★★★
A man meets an acquaintance in a bar who is now wasting away. Could have used some more fleshing out but all in all I dug it.
Looking for the Girl - ★★★★
A story about a man obsessed with a woman he keeps seeing in Penthouse over a 20 year period who never ages. I saw early on where this was headed and that's OK, because it gives you exactly what you want out of a story like this.
Closing Time - ★★★
A story about a boy in the country side making mischief with some older boys when they come across an eerie cottage. Again, there needed to be more to this.
Foreign Parts - ★★
A man who only masturbates catches a venereal disease. This was kind of terrible.
Feeders and Eaters - ★★★
A man meets an acquaintance in a bar who is now wasting away. Could have used some more fleshing out but all in all I dug it.
Looking for the Girl - ★★★★
A story about a man obsessed with a woman he keeps seeing in Penthouse over a 20 year period who never ages. I saw early on where this was headed and that's OK, because it gives you exactly what you want out of a story like this.
Closing Time - ★★★
A story about a boy in the country side making mischief with some older boys when they come across an eerie cottage. Again, there needed to be more to this.
August 28, 2021
Well, that was a completely unnecessary illustrated adventure in misogyny.
April 22, 2023
“Likely Stories” is a graphic novel adaptation of four Neil Gaiman stories, all of which deal in some way with a masculine perspective on issues of loneliness, sexual desire, lust, and envy. All of them also have a supernatural aspect to them, as is to be expected from Gaiman.
The novel is framed as a series of stories one would expect to hear being told in divy little pubs that are always open late, hole-in-the-walls found in dark alleys where the beer is cheap and the talk is cheaper.
“Foreign Parts” can almost be classified as extremely subtle body horror. It’s about a young man who is somewhat shy and obsessed with masturbation. He is afraid that something like a virus has invaded his body and that he is slowly being replaced—-blood cell by blood cell—-by an alien pathogen or parasite.
“Eaters and Feeders” is about a police officer who finds himself in an extremely unhealthy and potentially deadly relationship with an older woman.
“Looking for the Girl” is about a photographer who keeps seeing pictorials in men’s nudie mags of the same young woman. Her name is always different, but her age is always nineteen, despite the fact that he keeps seeing her over the course of fifty years.
“Closing Time” is a reminiscence of a man’s childhood experience in which he and three other young boys discovered a little house in the woods. Something bad and inexplicable happened, but he’s not sure if he trusts his memory, and he’s even more sure that he doesn’t want to examine it deeply.
Drawn by Mark Buckingham, “Likely Stories” is pretty typical Gaiman: thoughtful and disturbing.
The novel is framed as a series of stories one would expect to hear being told in divy little pubs that are always open late, hole-in-the-walls found in dark alleys where the beer is cheap and the talk is cheaper.
“Foreign Parts” can almost be classified as extremely subtle body horror. It’s about a young man who is somewhat shy and obsessed with masturbation. He is afraid that something like a virus has invaded his body and that he is slowly being replaced—-blood cell by blood cell—-by an alien pathogen or parasite.
“Eaters and Feeders” is about a police officer who finds himself in an extremely unhealthy and potentially deadly relationship with an older woman.
“Looking for the Girl” is about a photographer who keeps seeing pictorials in men’s nudie mags of the same young woman. Her name is always different, but her age is always nineteen, despite the fact that he keeps seeing her over the course of fifty years.
“Closing Time” is a reminiscence of a man’s childhood experience in which he and three other young boys discovered a little house in the woods. Something bad and inexplicable happened, but he’s not sure if he trusts his memory, and he’s even more sure that he doesn’t want to examine it deeply.
Drawn by Mark Buckingham, “Likely Stories” is pretty typical Gaiman: thoughtful and disturbing.
November 17, 2018
I'd probably have given this book 3.5 stars was the opportunity available. But I round up, not down, so it got 4. Good book. These are pre-existing stories, previously published in other works of Gaiman's short fiction, none of which I had read previously. In fact, this was my first Gaiman book, got it out of the library.
The artwork is fantastic, lovely, glossy and colourful. Rather wistful, really. The stories themselves are... ok. Well, good stories actually, very well imagined, but where they fell short for me was in the endings. Won't say more than that for fear of spoilers. I'm usually more a fan of the journey than the destination, so to speak, but what with these stories being so short, they really should have been less about the journey and more focused on delivering a satisfactory ending instead.
Will continued to read Gaiman in future though of course. Who wouldn't.
The artwork is fantastic, lovely, glossy and colourful. Rather wistful, really. The stories themselves are... ok. Well, good stories actually, very well imagined, but where they fell short for me was in the endings. Won't say more than that for fear of spoilers. I'm usually more a fan of the journey than the destination, so to speak, but what with these stories being so short, they really should have been less about the journey and more focused on delivering a satisfactory ending instead.
Will continued to read Gaiman in future though of course. Who wouldn't.
March 5, 2019
This collection of creepy tales reminded me of another graphic novel collection I read recently, THE HUNGRY GHOSTS. Like that collection, I wasn't blown away, but it was OK. A couple of the stories just seemed to be gross/shocking for the sake of being gross/shocking, and I didn't really think that was necessary.
January 10, 2024
Аж захотілося оповідання Геймана почитати. Окремо треба виділити "У пошуках дівчини" - прекрасне. Це не жахастик, трохи містики, трохи краси, трохи вічності.
November 12, 2018
Tiež máte autorov, ktorí keď si prdnú medzi stránky, tak si to hneď utekáte kúpiť? Mojím je Neil Gaiman. Keď som zbadal v regáli tento komix a jeho meno, cítil som sa ako 15 ročný v striptíz bare. Srdce sa mi rozbušilo a z kútiku mi odkvapla slinka. Moju predstavivosť zaplnili vidiny rozkoše z čítania jeho fantazmagorických kreácií.
Tak ako som sa ja cítil ako 15 ročný na striptíze, tak aj tie príbehy sú ako by ich písal 15 ročný na striptíze. Je to Gaimanov jazyk, ale chýbajú pointy a zápletky, ktoré by podnecovali fantáziu a zvedavosť. Je tam veľa sexu, ale asi tak ako v amerických filmoch ... len aby tam bol.
Sklamanie zahalilo moju dušu básnika, a smútok sadol na srdce, smútok preveliký pretože ma prvý krát sklamal Neil Gaiman.
Tak ako som sa ja cítil ako 15 ročný na striptíze, tak aj tie príbehy sú ako by ich písal 15 ročný na striptíze. Je to Gaimanov jazyk, ale chýbajú pointy a zápletky, ktoré by podnecovali fantáziu a zvedavosť. Je tam veľa sexu, ale asi tak ako v amerických filmoch ... len aby tam bol.
Sklamanie zahalilo moju dušu básnika, a smútok sadol na srdce, smútok preveliký pretože ma prvý krát sklamal Neil Gaiman.
November 26, 2021
Warning - this book is NSFW. All of the stories seem to at least feature Penthouse in some form, and there is a fair bit of nudity. The stories are interesting and well illustrated - Mark Buckingham has some fantastic work, especially in my favorite of the collection 'Looking for the Girl,' which traces the history of the UK through the decades by the appearance of Penthouse pets (one, in particular, multiple times). None of the stories are Gaiman's best, but they're all relatively interesting (although Foreign Parts kind of peters out), and the surrounding story doesn't do a lot to connect them. It's a quick read, best done in private, so you can appreciate the art without embarrassment.
March 26, 2023
I don't know why I still buy pretty much everything Neil Gaiman puts out. This one is certainly not a stunner. Collection of shorts, illustrated to make them into "comics". In general, I hate that, because I prefer to see more actual use of comics language and exploration of the medium. Just publish your short stories if that's what they are! (Oh, wait, he already did! There's a short story collection called "Likely Stories" that are not comics, AND all of these stories were also previously published in other collections!)
The setup is a bit of a "Tavern at the end of the World" feel from Sandman; modern-day bar, the stories somewhat centered around, bookends centered at the bar locale, yadda yadda. I think there's meant to be a nice bow around the whole thing with the name of the bar, Diogenes, and honestly, and all these fantastical and hard-to-believe "likely stories" but, it's thin. The pace and feel are just dull versions of a lot of other (much better) Gaiman short pieces. A narrator tells you a story, there are bits held back and bits are selectively shown by the illustrations... it just feels worked out or tired this time around. It's likely this familiar voice that others love about this book and his other similar short comics of late, but I'm sick of that beat.
The first and the third shorts are fairly sex-obsessed in the way you'd expect an aging famous writer with a somewhat younger wife to write. The second one is grotesque and fairly cryptic at the end. Also, you would think Neil Gaiman hates cats given the number of times I've had to hear about or see them being killed in truly horrifying ways in his works. The last story and the epilogue are the same, which kinda ruins the epilogue idea - or rather I should just say the book has a prologue but no real epilogue.
I probably sound like I hated this, and I didn't, but for me, there's nothing to love here either. I feel like the entire purpose of this comic is to make money since the "comic" part of it adds nothing and the stories are readily available elsewhere. Wow writing that out really made me feel like more of a sucker, and kind of a hater, and I don't want to sound that way... but I think I will be a bit more careful before just buying his next work - especially if it's a comic - and also, I recommend if you're looking to read this author, research what's was a comic originally or a short story/novel originally and try to experience the original format first. In every single case - and I've read pretty much everything this guy has published - the original format is the best version.
The setup is a bit of a "Tavern at the end of the World" feel from Sandman; modern-day bar, the stories somewhat centered around, bookends centered at the bar locale, yadda yadda. I think there's meant to be a nice bow around the whole thing with the name of the bar, Diogenes, and honestly, and all these fantastical and hard-to-believe "likely stories" but, it's thin. The pace and feel are just dull versions of a lot of other (much better) Gaiman short pieces. A narrator tells you a story, there are bits held back and bits are selectively shown by the illustrations... it just feels worked out or tired this time around. It's likely this familiar voice that others love about this book and his other similar short comics of late, but I'm sick of that beat.
The first and the third shorts are fairly sex-obsessed in the way you'd expect an aging famous writer with a somewhat younger wife to write. The second one is grotesque and fairly cryptic at the end. Also, you would think Neil Gaiman hates cats given the number of times I've had to hear about or see them being killed in truly horrifying ways in his works. The last story and the epilogue are the same, which kinda ruins the epilogue idea - or rather I should just say the book has a prologue but no real epilogue.
I probably sound like I hated this, and I didn't, but for me, there's nothing to love here either. I feel like the entire purpose of this comic is to make money since the "comic" part of it adds nothing and the stories are readily available elsewhere. Wow writing that out really made me feel like more of a sucker, and kind of a hater, and I don't want to sound that way... but I think I will be a bit more careful before just buying his next work - especially if it's a comic - and also, I recommend if you're looking to read this author, research what's was a comic originally or a short story/novel originally and try to experience the original format first. In every single case - and I've read pretty much everything this guy has published - the original format is the best version.
July 31, 2021
I haven’t come across any of these stories before and thoroughly enjoyed this little collection. Each was dark and intriguing in a clever or memorable way. I really took to the art work too, which worked very well with the stories, really capturing the mood and feel of the time and places.
There’s real quality in here, an alluring dark magic which seems to fall somewhere between old school Stephen King and Tales of The Unexpected. I find Gaiman very hit and miss, but I would say that this is a decent place to start for those who may not have read any of his work before.
August 8, 2022
Neal and Bucky, together again: I really like seeing a writer/artist team decades on. These two collaborated on Miracleman in the wake of Alan Moore... and, lo, it seems we may see more of that after all these years. These are adaptations by Buckingham of prose stories by Neal: they really work.
Thanks to Fulton County Public Library, Ponce Branch, for the loan.
Thanks to Fulton County Public Library, Ponce Branch, for the loan.
May 25, 2019
I was really excited to read these short stories by Neil Gaiman, as they are presented in graphic novel format and are a little spooky.
I feel like there was one story in particular that disturbed me (because animals) and I didn't want them to show what they showed. There were a few other stories that fared better in my mind, particularly the epilogue because it was a cool take on a classic.
I feel like there was one story in particular that disturbed me (because animals) and I didn't want them to show what they showed. There were a few other stories that fared better in my mind, particularly the epilogue because it was a cool take on a classic.
February 3, 2022
Hacía tiempo que no leía nada nuevo de Neil Gaiman, la verdad, ni en cómic ni en libro. De hecho, recuerdo que lo último que había leído fue el libro de Mitos Nórdicos, que me pareció muy decepcionante. Aun así, evidentemente nunca se me ha olvidado lo impresionante que es Neil Gaiman, y me llamó la atención el resumen de este cómic que vi en el Instagram de Planeta, y el que además estuviera dibujado por Mark Buckingham... pues hombre es suma y sigue, ha ayudado a que me animara aún más a leerlo. Voy a poner por delante mi única queja, y luego ya me lanzo a desgranar el cómic en sí. Y es que me ha parecido carísimo, unos 16€ por ochenta páginas. La edición muy bien, eso sí, tapa dura y tal, muy bonita, pero me escoció un poco, la verdad.
Ahora bien, una vez leído, merece la pena cada euro pagado por cada página. Y es que el tándem Gaiman-Buckingham me parece que crea en este Historias Probables una pequeña joya... bueno, cuatro pequeñas joyas. Historias Probables reúne cuatro historias cortas que el narrador escucha en un club, el Club Diógenes, y que cuentan los distintos visitantes del club. Y Buckingham ilustra perfectamente cada una de estas historias, a base de viñetas pequeñitas, por lo que el cómic da de sí más de lo que parece. Y sinceramente, no sabría decir cuál de las historias me ha gustado más, porque me parece que cada una de ellas tiene su punto. La primera de ellas nos habla de un hombre obsesionado con la posibilidad de contraer una enfermedad venérea que se ve contagiado sin saber por qué, ya que no ha tenido sexo en pareja en años. La segunda, es la historia de una mujer que se alimenta de carne cruda. La tercera es la historia de un hombre que se obsesiona con una modelo de la revista Penthouse que parece no envejecer con el paso del tiempo. Y la última, y quizá la más compleja (esta la tengo que volver a leer), es una historia de cuatro niños que encuentran una siniestra caseta de juegos.
En fin, cuatro historias inquietantes, en el mejor estilo de Gaiman, y que merecen probablemente segundas y terceras lecturas, como todos los trabajos de este escritor.
Ahora bien, una vez leído, merece la pena cada euro pagado por cada página. Y es que el tándem Gaiman-Buckingham me parece que crea en este Historias Probables una pequeña joya... bueno, cuatro pequeñas joyas. Historias Probables reúne cuatro historias cortas que el narrador escucha en un club, el Club Diógenes, y que cuentan los distintos visitantes del club. Y Buckingham ilustra perfectamente cada una de estas historias, a base de viñetas pequeñitas, por lo que el cómic da de sí más de lo que parece. Y sinceramente, no sabría decir cuál de las historias me ha gustado más, porque me parece que cada una de ellas tiene su punto. La primera de ellas nos habla de un hombre obsesionado con la posibilidad de contraer una enfermedad venérea que se ve contagiado sin saber por qué, ya que no ha tenido sexo en pareja en años. La segunda, es la historia de una mujer que se alimenta de carne cruda. La tercera es la historia de un hombre que se obsesiona con una modelo de la revista Penthouse que parece no envejecer con el paso del tiempo. Y la última, y quizá la más compleja (esta la tengo que volver a leer), es una historia de cuatro niños que encuentran una siniestra caseta de juegos.
En fin, cuatro historias inquietantes, en el mejor estilo de Gaiman, y que merecen probablemente segundas y terceras lecturas, como todos los trabajos de este escritor.
March 11, 2019
Nothing too exciting. The first few stories felt unfinished and you had to fill in the meaning. But the rest were kinda blah ghost stories.
February 21, 2021
Die Geschichten sind lose miteinander durch eine Bar oder den Erzähler verbunden und nicht nur grob Fantasy, sondern durch den unheimlichen Unterton und eine schwelgerische Hoffnungslosigkeit auch Noir und Mystery zuordbar. Ich hätte mir gewünscht, dass die Geschichten etwas länger sind und die Bilder nicht auf soviele kleine Panels pro Seite beschränkt. Dadurch entstand ein gehetztes Pacing, wichtige Details bekommen wenig Platz. Entweder habe ich durch meine Liebe zu Manga hier an der Stelle einen Schaden, weil ich anderes Pacing und anderen Fokus gewöhnt bin, oder es ist halt etwas oldschool. Dabei sind die Geschichten schon ziemlich interessant, absurd, gruselig.
Neben dem gequetschten Paneling und Pacing fällt mir auch das Shading und Colouring unangenehm auf. Das Pencil-Artwork im Anhang ist grandios! Aber das digitale Kolorieren ist zu flächig, zu eindimensional für mein Empfinden. Kommt hier sehr stark auf den Geschmack des Lesers an, ob man mit diesen Likely Stories glücklich wird.
Neben dem gequetschten Paneling und Pacing fällt mir auch das Shading und Colouring unangenehm auf. Das Pencil-Artwork im Anhang ist grandios! Aber das digitale Kolorieren ist zu flächig, zu eindimensional für mein Empfinden. Kommt hier sehr stark auf den Geschmack des Lesers an, ob man mit diesen Likely Stories glücklich wird.
June 30, 2022
Have only read a handful of graphic novels but picked this one at the library and really enjoyed it. (Not that I’m ashamed of my inflated Goodreads ratings; unless I have to for work, I don’t finish books I don’t like.) Not my first Gaiman but my first Gaiman GN. Several short and creepy vignettes. Reminiscent of old Friday the 13th or Tales from the Crypt TV shows.
At least one other review on here mentioned misogyny: I can see that, but there are no heroes in these stories…to put it mildly.
So understand these stories all feature male viewpoints, and given the misogyny often present in this form, it’s a reasonable takeaway and criticism. But, to my mind, the misogyny and other sexism present is portrayed as a character flaw in every instance.
NB: Not for kids!
At least one other review on here mentioned misogyny: I can see that, but there are no heroes in these stories…to put it mildly.
So understand these stories all feature male viewpoints, and given the misogyny often present in this form, it’s a reasonable takeaway and criticism. But, to my mind, the misogyny and other sexism present is portrayed as a character flaw in every instance.
NB: Not for kids!
February 4, 2019
Actual rating 3.5 stars.
March 14, 2025
Hindsight really is 20/20
October 6, 2021
I liked the depressed/blah atmosphere of these stories best. The one about the (asexual?) guy whose body and personality is slowly taken over by the clap is my brand of weird. Otherwise, these stories were pretty forgettable for me.
October 22, 2018
Great stories that didn't translate well into the graphic novel format. Needed twice the number of pages or less text; or fewer shots of indistinguishable-white-men just sitting at a bar.
April 4, 2019
Most people headed to the after-hours bar called the Diogenes to concentrate on the serious business of drinking, but some chose to talk and tell each other stories. Men who are on the fringes of society telling each other unexpected strange tales. And they are slightly strange too, there is a girl Charlotte who appears in a soft porn magazine and who never seems to age as a photographer follows her career with interest. There is a man who is neighbours with an old lady who needs to feed on raw meat and a man who has somehow acquired an embarrassing disease and finally there is the ghost story with the suitably creepy house.
Somehow Gaiman manages to take what looks like a normal situation and with some of his magic turns it into something that just isn't quite normal and it is the same with these four interlinked stories, Foreign Parts, Feeders and Eaters Looking for the Girl and Closing Time. The stories aren't that dark compared to some of Gaiman's that I have read, but they are reassuringly disturbing. It is very much an adult graphic novel too… I loved the art from Mark Buckingham, it lifts the book to another level. However, I would have liked to have seen nine panels per page for the stories rather than sixteen as it felt a little cramped. Definitely one for the NG aficionado, but if you have never read one of his graphic novels then you may just enjoy this as first.
Somehow Gaiman manages to take what looks like a normal situation and with some of his magic turns it into something that just isn't quite normal and it is the same with these four interlinked stories, Foreign Parts, Feeders and Eaters Looking for the Girl and Closing Time. The stories aren't that dark compared to some of Gaiman's that I have read, but they are reassuringly disturbing. It is very much an adult graphic novel too… I loved the art from Mark Buckingham, it lifts the book to another level. However, I would have liked to have seen nine panels per page for the stories rather than sixteen as it felt a little cramped. Definitely one for the NG aficionado, but if you have never read one of his graphic novels then you may just enjoy this as first.
March 17, 2019
It's a quick series of 4 stories by Neil Gaiman collected in one graphic novel. Like most everything Gaiman writes, the stories evoke subtle almost uncomfortable feelings in the reader. The characters are deeply flawed and deeply human. It's hard not to see one's self in them.
The common theme through most of the stories is love and its many meanings. Unrequited desire? Abstract concept? Romantic and non-romantic? There's a lot of love here and none of it has a happy ending.
The stories would fit right in as part of DC Comics's House of Secrets. There's weirdness and a touch of the supernatural in all of them but it's always just outside the reach of understanding. Mark Buckingham's artwork is solid and completes what is a fairly neat and digestible volume of work.
The common theme through most of the stories is love and its many meanings. Unrequited desire? Abstract concept? Romantic and non-romantic? There's a lot of love here and none of it has a happy ending.
The stories would fit right in as part of DC Comics's House of Secrets. There's weirdness and a touch of the supernatural in all of them but it's always just outside the reach of understanding. Mark Buckingham's artwork is solid and completes what is a fairly neat and digestible volume of work.
October 14, 2020
I am a big fan of Neil Gaiman. If he's got his name on something I will probably read it. Having said that his material adapted for the Graphic Novel has been hit and miss for me. And this one definitely falls into the miss category.
I don't know, I just didn't find anyone of these stories that interesting...a weird venereal disease, old lady eats raw meat, what's her name who's 19 and a haunted playhouse....The illustrations are very good but aside from that I can only describe this with the word "Meh"
(If I was inclined, at this point I would include the Alan Partridge shrug gif as portrayed by the wonderful Steve Coogan.)
I don't know, I just didn't find anyone of these stories that interesting...a weird venereal disease, old lady eats raw meat, what's her name who's 19 and a haunted playhouse....The illustrations are very good but aside from that I can only describe this with the word "Meh"
(If I was inclined, at this point I would include the Alan Partridge shrug gif as portrayed by the wonderful Steve Coogan.)
December 13, 2018
There are a couple of intriguing ideas floated in here, but the cramped 16-panel page grid Buckingham has chosen to employ makes for a lot of nearly static images that can barely be seen between captions or balloons consuming half or more of the available space. I should just spend more time reading Neil Gaiman's original prose works instead of these ho-hum graphic novel adaptations Dark Horse is releasing.
October 21, 2018
Patented Neil Gaiman quality stories and evocative art from Mark Buckingham make for a fine comic. If you ever read "How to Talk to Girls at Parties", you have a good idea the kinds of vignettes you will find inside. I think this would best be read on a rainy afternoon with the night coming on near the finish.
September 2, 2020
That cat is going to haunt me for a long while to come.
January 26, 2022
Maravilloso. Le quito una estrella por ese final un tanto abrupto y que no acaba de ser redondo. Aun así, lo he gozado muchísimo.
April 17, 2022
Una novela extraña que cuenta historias extrañas.
La novela gráfica nos presenta un bar escondido de Londres, que no tiene un horario fijo en el que nuestro narrador pasa todas sus horas muertas.
Allí se encuentra con personas que tienen historias extrañas que contar.
La primera es la de un hombre que cambia. La segunda de una mujer que come carne cruda. La tercera de un hombre que se obsesiona con una modelo de una revista. La cuarta es un suceso que a él mismo le paso.
Todas tienen tintes místicos y fácilmente rozan las historias de terror.
Todo ello con un dibujo a cuidado, detallado y claro. Con un estilo clásico y a todo color que nos muestra perfectamente lo que el narrador nos está contando.
Es una historia entretenida, pero me ha costado bastante leerla y la temática tampoco me a gustado demasiado. No es el mejor de sus trabajos.
La novela gráfica nos presenta un bar escondido de Londres, que no tiene un horario fijo en el que nuestro narrador pasa todas sus horas muertas.
Allí se encuentra con personas que tienen historias extrañas que contar.
La primera es la de un hombre que cambia. La segunda de una mujer que come carne cruda. La tercera de un hombre que se obsesiona con una modelo de una revista. La cuarta es un suceso que a él mismo le paso.
Todas tienen tintes místicos y fácilmente rozan las historias de terror.
Todo ello con un dibujo a cuidado, detallado y claro. Con un estilo clásico y a todo color que nos muestra perfectamente lo que el narrador nos está contando.
Es una historia entretenida, pero me ha costado bastante leerla y la temática tampoco me a gustado demasiado. No es el mejor de sus trabajos.
June 22, 2021
Grabbed this graphic novel on sale for $10. Not knowing all are short stories I had already read in Gaiman’s “Fragile Things” & “Smoke And Mirrors”. Sadly found the content terrible & boring. Most of the four stories had bizarre ambiguous endings. (Some I didn’t understand) The sometimes awkward sexual content was dumb & unnecessary. Gaiman’s other comic story “Troll Bridge” was excellent fantasy with coherent and moving story. Here the hard cover graphic novel format doesn’t work with these poor short stories.
November 3, 2019
Four short stories from Neil Gaiman in graphic novel form. The stories are from Fragile Things and Smoke and Mirrors. The art is done by Mark Buckingham(Fables) it has alot of classic framing. Most pages have 16 panels. Its oldskool, and pretty small artwork that way, but i kinda like it. The stories are ok, not great. Its only 88 pages, wished it was a bit longer. But solid stuff for Gaiman fans. Also all the stories are kinda sexual tinted, but nothing wrong with that.
3.5 stars.
3.5 stars.
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