El Cazador
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Book Overview
Meet Lady Sin: a Spanish Donessa who searches the seven seas on a quest for vengeance. It's 1687, and pirate captain Blackjack Tom sets siege on a Spanish galleon. All the brave Spaniards are killed - save for one: the beautiful, aristocratic Donessa, who vows to take revenge. She seizes control of one of Blackjack Tom's ships; is rechristened Lady Sin, the most bloodthirsty - and comeliest - lady pirate on the high seas; and sets sail to find her kidnapped mother and brother. This graphic novel, exquisitely drawn and colored by Steve Epting and Frank D'Aramta, brings the violent and swashbuckling era to vivid life. Chuck Dixon's dark and action-paced story has a moral depth that may take novice graphic-novel readers by surprise. As Comic Book News said: Forget those peg-leg walk-the-plank melodramas--Dixon and Epting are going for reality here with a pirate saga that captures the gritty truth of nautical adventures.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1423109279
ISBN13:9781423109273
Release Date:October 2007
Publisher:Hyperion Books for Children
Length:144 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.5" x 10.3"
Age Range:10 to 11 years
Grade Range:Grades 5 to 6
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Beautiful Work...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I have to agree with the previous reviewer, greenhornetNY: Dixon's writing is wonderfully gritty and somber, and Steve Epting's artwork is nothing short of stunning. The first two pages are a spread (often referred to--redundantly--as a two-page spread), looking "up" from an angle, as a broken ship comes sinking down in front of you. The layout, detail, and color by Frank D'Amata & Jason Keith are breathtaking. The work reminds me of a cross between the great detail of Hal Foster's Prince Valiant, and the fluid movement of Burne Hogarth's Tarzan. I am only three quaters through, and am heartbroken to hear from greenhornetNY that the story is not complete due to the comic company folding... I would absolutely give it five stars as well, but i guess I can't if it is not finished.
Excellent, ends to soon
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
An excellent book in both writing and art. It may look like a comic book but this is a pirate novel in graphic form. This is one of Chuck Dixon's best story ideas tragically cut short by the demise of CrossGen comics. It stands on it's own apart from the rest of CrossGen's "Sigil-verse", and feels like it's part of Earth's history. The art is incredible, better than Steve Epting's superhero work, and really conveys the pirate era in all it's glory. The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is the fact that the novel is incomplete. The story of the pirate ship "El Cazador" is left unfinished, but more tragically the many intresting people and storylines Dixon introduced will never be fully realized.
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