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Chargement... Codex Black (Book One): A Fire Among Clouds (original 2023; édition 2023)par Camilo Moncada Lozano (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreCodex Black (Book One): A Fire Among Clouds par Camilo Moncada Lozano (Author) (2023)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This book is interesting. I appreciated the uniqueness (for me) of the story. I did find it a little hard to follow because I do not know the mythology and even with the illustrations I struggled a little to grasp what was happening. I do think that's a personal issue and not an issue with the work overall though. It's very impressive overall. The first in a series of graphic novels that takes place in early native Central America. The main characters (a boy and a girl) are teenage kids surrounded by Gods and monsters. Most is the novel is spent following Donaji (the girl) as she is on a quest to find her father who has come up missing. The artwork is splashy and bright but the dialogue is confusing at times. Kids into history will like it. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"Navigate through monsters, mysteries, and the will of the gods with two young extraordinary adventurers in fifteenth-century Mesoamerica as they search for a missing father. Donají is a fearless Zapotec girl who, even though she's only fifteen, is heralded as a hero by her village. In Codex Black, Donají sets out on an adventure-accompanied by the god that lives inside of her poncho-to find her missing father. Along the way, she meets a 17-year-old winged Mexica warrior named Itzcacalotl, and over time their temporary partnership blooms into an incredible friendship. The search brings the young pair closer to danger and deeper into mystery than either could have predicted. What exactly was Donají's father involved with? And how did a simple search for a missing relative lead Donají and Itzcacalotl into a fight with a terrifying bat monster to defend an entire village?!"--provided by publisher. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Change the mythology, but a manga style story is still a manga style story! I was hesitant about entering into this book, which combined classic manga stylings (from the artwork to the base plotline) with South American mythology, but I was surprisingly impressed with the author/illustrator’s unique perspective. We have familiar visuals with large eyes, chunky hair, and splashy action layouts, but with a distinctly Mayan colour palette, costuming, and totemic forest setting we’re quickly brought into a unique world that is far steps away from what we initially expected. Centred around an independent girl in search of her father (a classic trope) and a crow-powers wielding outcast (a fun twist on the magical male companion), the story sets the groundwork for an epic adventure. The pair encounter their fair share of challenges in this first novel, everything from being robbed by a kind of well meaning thief to facing an oversized demon creature, that fans of classic manga will revel in the familiarity of narration but still have fun with the cultural twists that introduce a new mythology. The language may not be familiar, but any good otaku will quickly jump on board and adopt a new lingo so that they can follow along as our hero’s grace their way through the mountains of South America meeting gods, kings, and villagers. This is only the initial volume in what could potentially be a lengthy series (even when Donajà finds her father, there are infinite ways to spin off more quests for our protagonists), so it’s a bit hard to judge whether this one is going to be a hit or not. A lot of these manga gained traction because of their weekly/monthly drops as part of a set of stories in volumes like Shonen Jump, so the invest in a particular story is low before gaining a following and legit grounds, so we’ll see if fans are intrigued enough by the trapping of a new mythology to stay tuned. ( )