Author: Marc Vedrines Colours by Letitia Schwendimann
Age: 12 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cmNumber of pages: 52 colour pagesPublication: August 2019ISBN: 9781849184342£7.99 INC. VAT
Sometime during the 1600s, Jacques, a young orphan from France, stows away aboard a fishing boat heading to Icelandic waters. Willing to brave the dangers and the rough life of a sailor, he is intent on one goal: to go to Iceland. There he hopes to find answers to the mysterious visions that have plagued him since childhood, to his unexplained ability to speak and read Icelandic, and also to the strange phenomena that sometimes occur around him.
With a welcoming cover like that how can you go wrong? The art is in a rather cartoony style -not that rare even with serious stories in Franco-Belgian albums. The colouring job is nice but things do look a little cramped on the pages -I actually wondered whether this was originally published in a larger format album. There are small panels and the number of panels on each page varies from 12....13 and 15. It does not seem to affect the text in panels or the art, though.
I will be honest and state that I am not 100% sure on this new series -but that has been true of a couple past series. So try it. See what you think while I wait to see whether volume 2 "Wows" me!
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