Cinebook the 9th Art: THE FORTUNE OF THE WINCZLAVS 2: TOM AND LIZA, 1910

 

Author: Jean Van Hamme & Philippe Berthet

Age: 12 years and up

Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm

Number of pages: 56 colour pages

PAPERBACK

Publication: October 2022

ISBN: 9781800440722

£8.99 incl. VAT

 

1910, Oklahoma. Thomas Winczlav, Milan’s son, sees his life turned upside down when he learns he is the heir to the O’Casey distilleries – a colossal fortune he’ll have to share with his twin sister Lisa, who lives in France. As the First World War begins, a sometimes naïve, often flighty Tom will do his best to run his new business; meanwhile, the aviation-obsessed Lisa will carve herself a place in the skies of Europe, dominated by a certain Red Baron …

I reviewed volume 1 in June....my memory is going. 

https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2022/06/cinebook-ltd-fortune-of-winczlavs-1.html

With this volume we see the family enter the First World War and Van Hamme does a great job of building up the story behind the family and its history. I see this as a mix of the movie How The West Was One and Dallas/Dynasty TV shows.  Tom is a rich boy in Europe and enjoying the fun including the women in between the action.

I think we would call Tom the "real bastard" of this book. But gets topped by Liza.

Liza shows herself to be "the hard bitch with a plan" and is willing to do almost anything to get into the family and its fortune. Joan Collins or Stephanie Beacham would have been good actresses to play Liza.

The art is good and I think Berthet does a great job but I do think that Dominique David and Meephe Versaevel deserve equal mention. David made the pencil sketches of the backgrounds in the book (and there are a lot) while Versaevel is the colourist who makes this all gel together.

Nothing to complain about and a good read if you want to get away from the current bland output of companies such as Marvel and DC.

The 9th Art rules