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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN num: 9781582406930
ISBN number: 1582406936
Label: Image Comics
Manufacturer: Image Comics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: June 06, 2007
Publishing house: Image Comics
Sale Popularity Level: 60920
Studio: Image Comics
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Detective Richard Fell is transferred over the bridge from the big city to Snowtown, a feral district whose police investigations department numbers three and a half people (one detective has no legs). Dumped in this collapsing urban trashzone, Richard Fell is starting all over again. In a place where nothing seems to make any sense, Fell clings to the one thing he knows to be true: everybody's hiding something.
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I stumbled across this when I was in the library, and I'm so glad I decided to give it a try. The main character reminds me of Sam Spade, while the atmosphere he moves through and the people he interacts with would make director David Lynch mighty proud of its weirdness. The stories are engaging, though they start off a little slow. My only real gripe is that there is not a second volume. I found this to be a refreshing break from the usual bland grahic novel offerings of late. Do yourself a favor and check it out.
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After reading through Wormwood I was very excited to get my hands on Fell. It's not written by Templesmith but I love his art and with all of the great reviews I had to give it a shot. Unfortunately, I found Fell very difficult to read.
First off, this is a set of about eight separate stories with a small subplot about Fell's history that flows throughout. Each story is, honestly, just too short and it seems like Fell is only a great detective because stuff just falls in his lap. It almost seems like every story is just filler.
I can see how this might have been good as separate comics because you didn't get stuck in an eight comic story that took eight months to finish up but there should have been some sort of major plot that pulled all eight of the stories together.
In the end I just felt like I'd wasted time by reading this book. I'm giving it three stars because the art is great and the story is not a total loss but I doubt I'll read anymore of this comic if it is continued.
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Very excellent new detective/crime based graphic novel. I personally love the character of Detective Fell. I like the idea that he has been ostracized from his regular post as a police detective over the River and has been vanished to Snow City. Fell is an excellent depiction of personal strife and character flaw, although he is a good man and very believable, because he is tough but not like a superhero, he has to rely on his intelect quite often to catch the bad guys, very much like Batman in the old Detective Comics.
Great book that leaves you wanting more.
Can't wait for the subsequent installment.
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Warren Ellis' (Transmetropolitan, Thunderbolts, Desolation Jones, Astonishing X-Men, this list can go on and on...) brilliant crime fiction saga Fell is something you have to read to believe. Revolving around the incredibly skilled Detective Richard Fell, who has been transfered to Snowtown: a crime-ridden wasteland from which there may be no escape. As the area around him decays with every passing minute, Fell makes a number of encounters (most frequently with an eccentric bar-maid) with the townspeople, and comes to one conclusion in the end about them all: everybody is hiding something, including himself. Peppered with fantastic dialogue, Ellis manages to make Fell one of his most intriguing works of crime fiction, with Fell himself being one of his most interesting character creations. Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night) provides his typical dark and moody artwork, and it more than suits the atmosphere of the universe that Ellis crafts here. All in all, the very first volume of Fell is a brilliant piece of crime fiction from one of the true modern day comic book masters, and it more than deserves your attention.
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Oh boy! Good doesn't even begin to describe it. Warren Ellis does noir and sets a different standard for everybody else. His inner cityscape is gritty, convincing and creepy. And I am not easily spooked. Richard Fell is beautifully characterized as the detective dedicated to his craft and every bit human and vulnerable. And Snowtown is the ultimate urban nightmare - a town that the rest of the world gave up on and only exists in the shadows of human society - inhabited by the true scum of the earth.
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