Green Manor by Fabien Vehlmann and Denis Bodart
Requirements: CBR Reader, 118. MB.
Overview: Impossible investigations, perfect crimes, a “série noire” whose plot draws the reader into the mystery!. Green Manor is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Fabien Vehlmann, illustrated by Denis Bodart and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English.
Green Manor
- Fabien Vehlmann, scriptwriters
Denis Bodart, drawings
Publisher: Dupuis. 2001 (French), Cinebook, LTD. 2008 (English)
Number of issues: 3 (in French), 2 (in English)
Age: 12 years and up
- Green Manor Part 1 – Assassins and Gentlemen. 56 colour pages, May 2008
- Delicious Shivers, 7 pp.
- Post-Scriptum, 7 pp.
- Modus Operandi, 7 pp.
- 21 Halberds, 7 pp.
- Sutter 1801, 7 pp.
- The Ballad of Dr. Thompson, 7 pp.
Green Manor Part 2 – The Inconvenience of Being Dead. 96 colour pages. September 2008
- A cup of tea? A drop of milk? A spoonful of poison? At first sight, nothing would make the very select club called Green Manor stand out from any other English club. Yet behind its thick walls, sunk into its deep chairs, hides the biggest bunch of con artists, bandits and murderers that Queen Victoria’s England has ever seen. Expresso Collection brings together stories published in one or two volumes by CINEBOOK. Single or Double, Cinebook proposes to savour the best European Graphic novels selected for connoisseurs. Green Manor is a Cinebook Double Expresso
The 1st volume of Green Manor: Assassins and Gentleman contains 7 short stories, which are narrated as if they were told by a psychotic prisoner, who was an inmate at Green Manor, to a visiting doctor. This gives us a first-hand accounting of the events as they occur, which reveals the blackness lurking in the minds of people rated as the top cream of Victoria’s England.
Despite the subject matter, Green Manor is murder-lite; all the killings are offstage, and there is little gore as witnessed in the stories. But that’s not all, the ending strongly suggests that Green Manor is all inside the patient’s head, which puts a different spin on all the stories you have read so far.
This English translation for this French album has been done by Elaine Kemp for CineBook. The translator has taken enough care in maintaining the core storyline to retain its context. The Original French album was released back in 2001 by publishers Dupius titled “Assassins et gentlemen”. Look at the cover art of the original edition, which shows how much rework it has gone through before finding its place as part of the CineBook stable.
The duo of Vehlmann & Bodart have totally worked on 3 albums of Green Manor, which all have been released by CineBook in US/UK. With the reception it has garnered with Volume 1, they would be a collectors item, when Volume 2 and 3 finally makes their way.
Reviewed by Parka, November 21, 2010
- "Green Manor is a series of short stories about murders and misadventures in Queen Victoria’s England. The tales are all related back to the Green Manor, which seems have a knack at attracting misfortunes.
The stories are written by Fabien Vehlmann and they are fantastic, wasting no time getting you into the mood, and oftentimes end with a satisfying twist. The art by Denis Bodart is also very beautiful and appropriate, especially the colours.
This is a wonderful crime genre comic with great storytelling. Highly recommended."
About the Author:
- Fabien Vehlmann, 37, made his debut with Green Manor. Recognized immediately as one of the cleverest scriptwriters of his generation, he has written many successful graphic novels, such as "The Marquis of Anaon," a Spirou one-shot, and a new series "Alone." The drawings of Denis Bodart, 45, entered the graphic novel world in 1985. He has tried his hand at all genres of comic books. Denis received the best drawing award in 2006 for Green Manor Part II from the Belgian Chamber of Experts in graphic novels.
Download Instructions:
http://ceesty.com/wKLYJW — Green Manor 01 Assassins and Gentlemen (2008)
http://ceesty.com/wKLYJT — Green Manor 02 The Inconvenience of Being Dead (2010)
- Mirror:
- http://novafile.com/9p1qs9pgrsjl — Green Manor 01 Assassins and Gentlemen (2008)
http://ceesty.com/wKLYJZ — Green Manor 02 The Inconvenience of Being Dead (2010)
http://ceesty.com/wKLYJ3 — Green Manor 01 Assassins and Gentlemen (2008)
http://ceesty.com/wKLYJ6 — Green Manor 02 The Inconvenience of Being Dead (2010)
French:
- http://www.gboxes.com/xfvheg18fl7h — Green Manor T01 Assassins et Gentlemen (2001)
http://ceesty.com/wKLYJ9 — Green Manor T02 De l’inconvénient d’être mort (2002)
http://ceesty.com/wKLYKw — Green Manor T03 Fantaisies Meurtrières (2005)
http://ceesty.com/wKLYKa — Green Manor T01 Assassins et Gentlemen (2001)
http://ceesty.com/wKLYKj — Green Manor T02 De l’inconvénient d’être mort (2002)
http://ceesty.com/wKLYKz — Green Manor T03 Fantaisies Meurtrières (2005)
http://ceesty.com/wKLYKm — Green Manor T01 Assassins et Gentlemen (2001)
http://ceesty.com/wKLYKE — Green Manor T02 De l’inconvénient d’être mort (2002)
http://ceesty.com/wKLYKY — Green Manor T03 Fantaisies Meurtrières (2005)
