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Edgar P. Jacobs (1904–1987)

Autor(a) de The Yellow M

44+ Works 3,590 Membros 37 Reviews 3 Favorited

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Séries

Obras de Edgar P. Jacobs

The Yellow M (1953) 415 cópias
Atlantis Mystery (1957) 266 cópias
The Time Trap (1960) 264 cópias
The Affair of the Necklace (1965) 256 cópias
La guerre des mondes (1992) 2 cópias
Le Manuscrit : E. P. Jacobs (2004) 1 exemplar(es)
Box Blake & Mortimer 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

King Ottokar's Sceptre (1938) — Editor, algumas edições1,719 cópias

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2013 (18) 20th century (39) adventure (209) bande dessinée (178) BD (447) Belgian (25) Belgium (42) Blake (38) Blake & Mortimer (240) cartoons (18) children (19) children's (38) comic (191) comic book (46) comics (422) comix (27) detective (21) Edgar P. Jacobs (41) Egypt (18) England (19) fiction (211) FR (19) French (86) graphic novel (143) graphic novels (46) Hergé (25) humor (22) ligne claire (35) Mortimer (37) own (20) read (44) science fiction (97) series (31) sf (41) strip (103) strips (103) thriller (21) Tintin (227) to-read (26) translated (20)

Conhecimento Comum

Outros nomes
Jacobs, Edgard Félix Pierre (birth name)
Data de nascimento
1904-03-30
Data de falecimento
1987-02-20
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Belgium
Local de nascimento
Brussels, Belgium

Membros

Resenhas

Well this one was quite a surprise. Unlike its contemporary Tintin Blake and Mortimer adventures are more adult story and without that much humor and comedy. Art is excellent, so called "clear line" schools is truly great. So if you like Tintin, early Tanguy and Laverdure you will truly enjoy it.

Story wise this reads more like graphical novel than standard comic - there are blocks and blocks of text. But while sometimes actions of villains seem very much like parodies (you now that ominous cackle and monologue describing what their evil plan is) overall story is pretty good. You have thrills, chase, mystery and very interesting characters.

Recommended to all fans of thrillers and adventure stories.
… (mais)
 
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Zare | outras 9 resenhas | Jan 23, 2024 |
I know about this series because it was originally published alongside Tintin. It's an odd series set in a fairy-tale version of antiquated London where everyone says "What the Dickens!" every other page. And there is a bonkers pseudo-sci-fi crime plot on top. Fun read, but not sure I want to get the rest of the series.
 
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finlaaaay | outras 9 resenhas | Aug 1, 2023 |
A mysterious figure has been terrorizing London, and he seems to be some sort of supervillain. This is an adventure worthy of the Batman a mad scientist with a mind control device has stolen the imperial crown from the Tower of London. How could he get past all the guards to make off with such a potent symbol of British power? This apparent supervillain has already robbed the Bank of England leaving behind a mysterious yellow chalk mark of the Greek letter mu surrounded by a circle. Captain Francis Blake of military intelligence and his close friend Professor Philip Mortimer are asked to come to the aid of Scotland Yard to apprehend the fiend. The game is afoot, and after some interviewing, a daring break in at Blake’s home and an apparent visit from the main suspect who appears to be bullet proof and the chase is on from the docks through the sewers and a hidden doorway to a secret laboratory leads to a fiendish plot for revenge and world domination!… (mais)
 
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MaowangVater | outras 9 resenhas | Mar 1, 2023 |
In the nineteenth of the English language series of the Adventures of Blake and Mortimer, the adventures are all Mortimer’s. Blake makes only two short appearances at the beginning and end of the tale.

Receiving a posthumous inheritance from a former foe, Professor Mortimer recklessly dashes off to investigate. What he finds is a secret laboratory hidden near the ruins of a medieval castle. And sitting in the middle of the abandoned lab is a time machine with prerecorded operating instructions. Curiosity gets the best of him, and he tries it out landing himself back in the age of dinosaurs. Where he soon finds himself being attacked by them. Narrowly escaping this peril, he jumps back into the “chronoscape” and jumps forward to the 14th century, where he enables the escape of a fair damsel in distress before jumping forward into the 50th century where his appearance sparks a revolt against a tyrannical authoritarian world government that maintains rigid control over the Earth’s population using mind control. Needless to say, our hero saves the day before returning to the present with an explosive “BROOM” sound effect. Then what happened to him is, of course, covered up by the British and French governments.

M. Jacob’s line much like that of his fellow countryman Hergé, with whom he worked, has the same ligne claire illustration style. His crisp cartoons are accompanied by extensive expository text at the top of all of his panels. The result is a delightfully melodramatic science fiction adventure about a diabolical time trap with a high word count.
… (mais)
 
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MaowangVater | 1 outra resenha | Jan 31, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
44
Also by
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Membros
3,590
Popularidade
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Avaliação
4.0
Resenhas
37
ISBNs
329
Idiomas
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Favorito
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