Advantages: Charming art, devastating story Disadvantages: Compact panels
Written and illustrated by Raymond Briggs, When the WindBlows was his first attempt at an adult graphic novel. Released in 1982 on the back of his success with children?s books, it tells a sorrowful tale of the effect a nuclear attack on England has on a retired couple living in rural Sussex. A heavy topic, but the dark, yet compassionate sense of humour pervading the book lightens the mood somewhat. Twinned with the cosy, pastel shaded art-work, the unsettling, yet warm-hearted story closely examines the initial effects of a disaster on two people who have never done anything to deserve it.
The harmless pair are developed through their interactions with each other, and (some clunky exposition in the first page aside) are convincingly characterised. Their tender, occasionally abrasive relationship adds some humour as well as ...
Advantages: Clever parody, some very funny scenes Disadvantages: The music
Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean are still best known for their brilliant spoof rockumentary ?This Is Spinal Tap? almost 20 years later they?re back but this time as a folk band from the 60?s trying to re-launch their career.
THE FILM
In the same way that ?Spinal Tap? pretended to be a documentary about the Rock band Spinal Tap A mighty wind follows in a documentary style the setting up and performance of a folk reunion concert featuring top folk band from the 60?s 'The Main Street Singers', 'The Folksmen' and 'Mitch and Mickey' as a tribute for legendary folk impresario Irving Steinbloom.
Of course as in 'Spinal Tap' all the characters and bands are fictitious but if you are not careful you could be taken in to believing it. In spinal tap the band was a parody of all the hair metal bands of the time and in ...
Mauri 01.12.2004
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Mighty Wind, A
Advantages: Must-read, amazing plot and binding characters Disadvantages: none...
I read this book last summer, and wasn't really expecting much honestly, as the author was one I did not know of. But as soon as the first narrative, the first page, it was no question how easy it was for me to get hooked.
This book follows the story of a girl named Max and a group of other "bird children" who've resulted from multitudes of expirements which crosses human beings with birds. Thus, we find our heroine and her troop with the wondrous capabilities of flight and an intelligence with which they use to escape their so-called "lab life" as the "project" was doomed to be destroyed and the children alongside it.
With a beautifully-woven plot, this story's unexpected charms will leave you breathless. And like the characters, light in the wings of flight.. ...
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