US-Lesetipp: "That's The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of...": Die VERTIGO CRIME novels sind da!

Die beiden ersten Bände der "VERTIGO CRIME"- Reihe sind erschienen!  Im gediegenen Hardcover-Pocket-Format könn't man zuerst denken, es handelt sich um "echte" Kriminal-Romane und nicht um exklusive "Graphic Novels".

DARK ENTRIES

Written by Ian Rankin; Art by Werther Dell'Edera; Cover by Lee Bermejo

"Rankin's work is crime fiction at its most consuming, cerebral best." – The New Yorker

"The best living British crime writer." – Lee Child, bestselling author

"One of Britain's leading novelists in any genre." – New Statesman  Occult detective John Constantine has seen his share of strange things in his career, but nothing could prepare him for the horrors of…reality television. "Haunted Mansion" is currently the hottest show on tv, but when the macabre house actually starts attacking the contestants, Constantine is hired to be the ultimate mole. Locked inside with a cast of wannabe-celebrities, his every move being monitored by a deadly figure from his past, Constantine must figure out who (or what) is pulling the strings before he gets cancelled—permanently. DARK ENTRIES is a classic locked-room mystery starring HELLBLAZER's John Constantine from Ian Rankin, the #1 international best-selling crime writer best known for his "Inspector Rebus" novels. Rankin has won numerous awards, including the Edgar Award in 2004 and is joined in this graphic novel by Italian artist Werther Dell'Edera, the illustrator of a number of American comics – mostly notably Vertigo's LOVELESS.
FILTHY RICH

Written by Brian Azzarello; Art by Victor Santos; Cover by Lee Bermejo

Richard "Junk" Junkin has always lived on the wrong side of trouble. A former pro football star whose career was cut short by injury (and a nasty gambling problem), Junk now spends his time dreaming of what might have been, selling cars in Jersey and lusting after the boss's unbelievably spoiled, unbelievably sexy and unbelievably rich daughter, Victoria. So when the boss asks him to be Victoria's personal bodyguard while she tears up the New York City club scene, Junk leaps at the chance. But before long, he's finds that Victoria wants a lapdog and not a chaperone, someone who's going to do all of her dirty work—all of it—someone who wants to get filthy rich… 

From Brian Azzarello, the multiple Eisner Award-winning writer of Vertigo's long-running crime series 100 BULLETS and the smash-hit graphic novel, JOKER, and artist Victor Santos, the creator/writer/artist of the hit French series Young Ronin.
Beide Bände haben jeweils 200+ Seiten in s/w (mit farbigem, teillackierten Hardcover!) und kosten z.Zt. bei uns jeweils ca. € 18,95.  Ihr findet die Bände z.Zt. auf unserem "Krimi"-Sondertisch (in unserer Filiale in Mitte). Dort liegt auch eine Auswahl anderer sehr lesenswerter Comic-CRIME-Titel für Euch bereit (z.B. Cooke/ Parker: THE HUNTER, die exzellenten Paperbacks u. Graphic Novels von Peter Milligan um THE HUMAN TARGET, der komplette Run der 100 BULLETS u.v.m. Selbst Alfred E. Neumann gibt ein Stelldichein als neuer "Pate" in "MAD ABOUT THE MOB" !) 
Weiterhin bei uns erhältlich: der "Vertigo Crime-Sampler" mit exklusiven Auszügen vers. Graphic Novels und einem Komplett-Reprint des lange vergriffenen 1. Heftes der "100 Bullets"-Serie.

"Der Stoff aus dem die Träume sind." (Sam Marlowe / The Maltese Falcon)

c) 2009 WB & Estate H. Bogart

Einsteiger-Lesetipp:

Azzarello's "FILTHY RICH" liest sich tatsächlich wie ein Gangster-Roman bzw. -Film der in den 50er Jahren entstanden ist. Atmosphärisch dicht - die Story schlägt im Verlauf mehrere Haken - ein "Held" der diverse menschliche Schwächen zeigt - diverse undurchschaubare Femme Fatales die unserem Helden (nicht nur!) den Kopf verdrehen - wilde Schlägereien - Sex, Mord & Totschlag ... Wenn die weiteren Bände der "VERTIGO CRIME" Reihe ähnlich ausfallen, hat DC einen Hit.

P.S.: "DARK ENTRIES" ist eigentlich eine "John Constantine"-Story; d.h. man kann diese "OGN" (Original Graphic Novel) auch genießen, OHNE die diversen "HELLBLAZER - JOHN CONSTANTINE"-Sammelbände von Vertigo gelesen zu haben! ...aber mir persönlich sagt "Filthy Rich" einfach mehr zu, da es sich hier um einen "echten" Krimi handelt (mit komplett neuen Figuren!).