Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Ghoul Goblin, Vol. 1 Author: Jim Butcher | Language: English | ISBN:
B00GOZ2I6Y | Format: PDF
Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Ghoul Goblin, Vol. 1 Description
Harry Dresden, a Chicago private investigator and wizard, heads to a small, isolated Missouri town terrorized by Nevernever monsters. The singularly unfortunate Talbot family has suffered a curse that has decimated their number for generations, and only our hero can save them... that is, if he can survive hostile lawmen, the dark secrets of townsfolk, an ancient guardian spirit, and two deadly carnivores! Can Dresden cleanse the Talbot bloodline of its curse without a blood sacrifice of his own?
- File Size: 235060 KB
- Print Length: 152 pages
- Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment (November 26, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00GOZ2I6Y
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First things first - This 162 page hardcover collects all six issues of the original Harry Dresden story "Ghoul Goblin". It also includes an original series summary, sketches and script to pencil story board sketches. There are individual comics that run about 30 pages that are available from third party sellers, but this is the only collection. There are some reviews on this site that refer to the first comic book, and I suspect that when that comic became unavailable and this hardcover was announced those old reviews were incorrectly transferred to the site. That happens more often than one would like.
So, that said, how do we feel about this collection of the entire six comic book story? Well, I like Butcher's Harry Dresden, and I particularly like the way the Dresden stories are presented in Butcher's published fiction. Butcher writes a good action sequence, but I especially admire the fashion in which Dresden communicates with and converses with other entities, especially powerful magical and spiritual entities whom he must placate and from whom he seeks assitance. Dresden is very formal and elegant in those scenes and the writing is well above the average. Dresden is not just a slam/bam actioner.
The comics that make up this collection, which becomes, basically, a graphic novel, offer glimpses and suggestions of that style and substance, with the added virtue of generally expressive and reasonably immersive drawings. The story has a lot of twists and turns and surprises, with revelations sprinkled along the trail instead of all saved up for the end. Several characters besides Dresden are developed well, and the tale is logical and internally consistent. Dresden can be a little angsty, but that is part of his appeal, (aren't most superheroes tormented in some way?
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