Violent Cases
Violent Cases is a short graphic novel written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean. It was McKean's first published work in comics. Though drawn by McKean in shades of blue, brown, and grey, when it was first published by Escape Books in 1987, it was printed in black-and-white.
Violent Cases
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- Neil Gaiman
- Date
- 1987
- Language
- English
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Violent Cases is a short graphic novel written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean. It was McKean's first published work in comics. Though drawn by McKean in shades of blue, brown, and grey, when it was first published by Escape Books in 1987, it was printed in black-and-white.
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Later editions have been printed in colour. A narrator, who is drawn to look like Gaiman, tells of how, as a small child in Portsmouth, he was taken by his father to be treated by an osteopath who was once employed by Al Capone. The nature of the narrator's relationship with his father, the tales the osteopath told, and the disturbing events that followed, are partially obscured by the narrator's imperfect recollection, since he was not old enough to understand those properly at the time. The book won the 1988 Mekon Award for "Best British Work", presented by the Society of Strip Illustration. It was nominated for the 1992 Harvey Award for "Best Graphic Album: Previous Released Material".
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• Title — Violent Cases • Publisher — * Escape Books (1987) • Titan Books (1991) • Dark Horse (2002) • Origdate — 1987 • Origisbn — 1569716064 • Writer — Neil Gaiman • Artist — Dave McKean • Pages — 48
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- 1.Violent Cases. Goodreads.
- 2.Casi violenti, folgorante esordio per Dave McKean in coppia con Neil Gaiman.
- 3.Michele. Recensione Casi Violenti – Edizioni BD. MangaForever.net. 30 marzo 2010.
- 4.Neil Gaiman Neil's Work Comics Violent Cases.
- 5.Andrea Fiamma. Neil Gaiman dalla A alla Z. Fumettologica. 10 novembre 2020.
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