Isle of 100,000 graves / Vehlmann, Jason ; coloring by Hubert ; [translated by Kim Thompson]
"Five years ago, little Gwenny's father found, inside a bottle, a map with instructions on how to reach the mysterious Isle of 100,000 Graves and its legendary treasures-- and then he vanished. Now Gwenny, having stumbled across another bottle-shipped map, enlists the dubious help of a shi...
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Other title: | Île aux cent mille morts. English |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English French |
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Seattle, WA :
Fantagraphics Books,
2011.
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Summary: | "Five years ago, little Gwenny's father found, inside a bottle, a map with instructions on how to reach the mysterious Isle of 100,000 Graves and its legendary treasures-- and then he vanished. Now Gwenny, having stumbled across another bottle-shipped map, enlists the dubious help of a shipful of pirates, sets out to find the island, and her long-lost dad. Little does she realize that the Isle comes by its ominous name honestly, as the location of a secret school for executioners and torturers, where apple-cheeked youngsters are taught the finer points of extracting information from prisoners-- and then putting an end to their lives in a wide variety of gruesome ways. And they've reached the point in their studies where theory should ideally give way to practice, so an influx of uninvited visitors comes as a blessing to the faculty. And yes, this story is a comedy. Albeit a dark one"--Publisher's web site. |
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Item Description: | Translated from French. |
Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm. |
ISBN: | 9781606994429 1606994425 |