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Wednesday 30 November 2022

Cinebook the 9th Art: LARGO WINCH 19 - THE EDGE OF NIGHT



Authors: Philippe Francq & Eric Giacometti

PAPERBACK

Age: 15 years and up

Size: 18.4 x 25.7 cm

Number of pages: 48 colour pages

Publication: September 2022

£7.99 incl. VAT

 

Largo wakes up confused in a place he doesn’t recognise. The first thing he sees when he opens his eyes is Earth … seen from space! Ten days earlier, the founder of a French aerospace company is murdered by a contract killer. So begins a new adventure for the leader of the W Group, his friends and his employees, in the world of new technologies, the space race, environmentalism … and social networks.

Almost two years (December 2020) since the last book (Scarlet Sails

https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2020/12/cinebook-9th-art-largo-winch-18-scarlet.html

Some very weird stuff at the outset and I thought we were going to get a The Prisoner scenario!  Things soon settle down, however, we then get into the modern world. You know, where everyone uses social networks and click things that allow themselves to be spied on or search for something on Google or Microsfoft and the think its "weird" how adverts for those same things pop up on their emails and...social networks (before you ask I was looking for a, uh, friend).

With billionaires using space as the new toy of choice (they aint paying, suckers) you can see that this little outing for Largo Winch is quite relatable. The story is good and the final page...O..M..G!! Hopefully I wont have to wait two years for the next book as I am getting somewhat older...just a hint there, Cinebook.

As for the art. Well, it is a treat for the eyes and I do try to find something "off" but this is quality from the scene settings to the technology and the superb colour work just adds to the overall quality. I seem to recall thinking at the outset of this series that a series about some guy who finds out he's rich was not going to be that good.  Hey, it even inspiured me to buy the movie (yes, there was a movie).

Largo Winch is in the top 5 Cinebook titles that I would suggest a new reader gets into and if you cannot guess what the other four are...are you new to CBO.

Recommended now I am holding my breath for part two! 😲😲

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