Authors: Rosinski & Van Hamme
Age: 15 years and up
Size: 18.4 x 25.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
Publication: November 2018
ISBN: 9781849184229
£6.99 inc. VAT
Aaricia and her children, sold as slaves to an Imperial prince, refuse to believe that Thorgal is dead, and keep trying to escape, eventually wearing off their new owner’s patience. Condemned to a year of hard labour in the silver mines, they meet someone unexpected there: Kriss of Valnor, wielding the whip of a forewoman, yet a prisoner like them. Despite their mutual hatred, the two women will have to work together to escape…
Thorgal demonstrates the problem of delay that I have referred to a few times when it comes to Cinebook titles over the last year or so. It is no secret that I love the Thorgal series and I have pushed it here on CBO and anywhere else I can. I opened up this volume and...I had no idea what had happened last time. Then again, vol. 19 was in April, 2018!
It is probably the delay of 11 months but it took a while to get into things. The story had the usual quality and the art was just as good -even though Thorgal's part in this story is only a cameo (you need to read the book to see why!). Neat, if not unexpected ending and that in itself surprised me -but why not since the twist comes at the very end after the aforementioned expected end...if I tell you why then it is a MAJOR spoiler and I do not do those.
Thorgal 20 does not disappoint. The long delay of almost a year does but Cinebook does not feel the readers -or people like myself- deserve an explanation. With wild speculation that all sorts of things are going to happen with Cinebook after the Brexit farce it might be nice to hear something. It would be good public relations.
But, as always, Thorgal is highly recommended.
Thorgal demonstrates the problem of delay that I have referred to a few times when it comes to Cinebook titles over the last year or so. It is no secret that I love the Thorgal series and I have pushed it here on CBO and anywhere else I can. I opened up this volume and...I had no idea what had happened last time. Then again, vol. 19 was in April, 2018!
It is probably the delay of 11 months but it took a while to get into things. The story had the usual quality and the art was just as good -even though Thorgal's part in this story is only a cameo (you need to read the book to see why!). Neat, if not unexpected ending and that in itself surprised me -but why not since the twist comes at the very end after the aforementioned expected end...if I tell you why then it is a MAJOR spoiler and I do not do those.
Thorgal 20 does not disappoint. The long delay of almost a year does but Cinebook does not feel the readers -or people like myself- deserve an explanation. With wild speculation that all sorts of things are going to happen with Cinebook after the Brexit farce it might be nice to hear something. It would be good public relations.
But, as always, Thorgal is highly recommended.
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