Peter Pan by Loisel [Dutch/Eng/French] (.CBR)

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Aug 25th, 2013, 7:09 pm
#1521284 by data9724
Peter Pan by Régis Loisel
Requirements: CBR Reader, 613 MB.
Overview: This is a prequel to the Peter Pan story you know and love. And it is NOT for children. If you think of Peter Pan as the Disney version, and want to get it for your kids, forget it right now, and get it for yourself. It features nudity, bad language, violence, and several nightmare-inducing scenes that are NOT for kids. I couldn't care less about the nudity, but the violence and horrible scenes in the book in my eyes means that I would classify this as M-rated comic. So just dont hand it to your 7 year old, thinking Disney's Peter Pan :)
Scenes in this book made me cry while I read it, and I consider one scene at page 302-303 as one of the nastiest scenes I have seen in a comic.

This review of the book cover it better than I could, so here is a slightly edited description of the book:
    It is clear from the first panel that Loisel has no interest in giving us a white-washed narrative: ’London... cold, hunger and misery merge to set the scene...’ It’s a Dickensian nightmare. The houses are cramped, the streets are full of cynical, selfish people and all is awash in the ordure of poverty. While it’s clear that they all suffer together, there is precious little sense of community. The Londoners prey upon each other like rats in a cobble-stoned coffin. The single factor connecting the adult world and that of the young is a gnawing hunger to escape. So, we come to Peter, a ragged child holding forth to a group of orphans in a tiny yard. When we first meet him, his only magic lies in his words, transporting the children with marvelous stories of far away places and warming their hearts with the ‘words of tenderness’ he claims his mother whispers to him. (That damned harpy!) His struggle to maintain innocence in a tawdry world is heart-breaking, and renders the book firmly in the arena of adult reading. Loisel does an excellent job of portraying the darkness and terror of the adult world from a prepubescent perspective, in imagery, language and inference - laying down the psychological tracks that lead to Peter’s perpetual childhood in Neverland. This is not a world for children.

    Although he chooses to root the story in reality, the bulk of the adventure takes place in Neverland - though it's not actually named in the book. If there is one thing that Peter Pan represents, it’s the joy of unfettered imagination, and Neverland fits him like a glove. Loisel's artwork is of the very highest quality, but the flames of his creativity burn brightest in Neverland. The island is brought vividly to life, in all its contradictions: blending Greek mythology, fairy tale, stories of the blood-red waves and the wild west. The character design is fabulous throughout: from Hook’s haggard and bestubbled face to the Peter’s gap-toothed grin, while the Lost Boys have never looked wilder. The pirates’ attempts to steal the fairy treasure (and latterly exact revenge on poor Peter) is perhaps the one weak point of the story. It suffers from the same malaise as Barrie’s original, with outlandish ploys and schoolboy tactics. That said, Hook is a formidable bully when roused, representing as he does all Adults in his grasping nature and cruel injustices. If this is a ‘children’s’ story, then it’s the kind they tell each other when there are no grown-ups around: full of brutality and bloody excess.

    This is one of those rare books that gives you more and more each time you read it, whether it’s in the spectacular detail of the artwork, fresh insights to story, theme or meaning. The artwork is sumptuous, the drama intense and the emotional punches are near-crippling. How many comics delve into gnaw-knuckle nastiness one minute and move you to tears the next? Precious blooming few, and that’s a fact!

Genre: Comics, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mature Reader.

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Aug 25th, 2013, 7:09 pm
Jun 16th, 2014, 8:12 am
#1965316 by Ojay
Peter Pan by Régis Loisel
Requirements: CBR Reader, 613 MB / 90 MB.
Overview: For the first time in English, collecting the entire 6-volume series that's sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide. Before he became Peter Pan, before his arrival to Neverland, he was a boy fighting for survival. Born into the harsh Dickensian London suburbs, an alcoholic mother leaving him in an almost-orphan state, Peter’s only retreat from reality was the fantastical stories given to him by a friendly neighbour - allowing him to escape temporarily from the darkness of the adult world. For the first time this six-volume series will be translated into English and collected in one omnibus edition, for UK audiences. Readers will love the chance to collect this amazing reinterpretation of the J.M Barrie’s Peter Pan story for an adult audience. Loisel offers a unique take on a well-known tale that goes into a grim and dark world; his artwork will transport readers to a different world.

    "Brilliant series. It's amazing that it's not been published in English already. Loisel is a genuine master of the medium" -- Bryan Talbot, 2013 Costa Award winner.

This is a prequel to the Peter Pan story you know and love.

Genre: Comics, Fantasy, Mature Reader, Completed.

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Peter Pan
    Régis Loisel story, writer, arts, colours
    Nicolas Rossert translator
    Published (in France) by Glenat, Vents d'Ouest, 1990-2004
    Published (in English) by Soaring Penguin Press, 2013.

        Peter Pan T01. Londres 11/1990
        Peter Pan T02. Opikanoba 09/1992
        Peter Pan T03. Tempête 11/1994
        Peter Pan T04. Mains rouges 09/1996
        Peter Pan T05. Crochet 01/2002
        Peter Pan T06. Destins 10/2004

      Régis Loisel is widely acknowledged as the first French author to have worked in the fantasy genre in recent decades, his style having become the standard for other European authors working in the genre. He is known best for his work on the best-selling series The Quest of the Time-Bird (La Quete de l’Oiseau du Temps) and his second series Peter Pan. Loisel has also worked with Disney on various animated films such as Mulan and Atlantis.

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http://www.gboxes.com/u5afhs34lrsr -- Peter Pan 01 London (1990)
http://www.gboxes.com/8163z5llpisa -- Peter Pan 02 Opikanoba (1992)
http://www.gboxes.com/z21y0oi8sgma -- Peter Pan 03 Tempest (1994)
http://www.gboxes.com/6mad5f7dnof2 -- Peter Pan 04 Red Hands (1996)
http://www.gboxes.com/ley9x68h0byx -- Peter Pan 05 Hook (2002)
http://www.gboxes.com/gxulnmgyz6lc -- Peter Pan 06 Destiny (2004)


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Note: The book size is 613 MB, but I splited it by the issues.
Jun 16th, 2014, 8:12 am

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Jun 17th, 2014, 4:02 am
#1967818 by Ojay
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    Pour peu que l’on s’intéresse un minimum à la bande dessinée, le personnage de Peter Pan évoque inévitablement la série éponyme de Régis Loisel, au moins au même titre que le livre originel de James Matthew Barrie ou le dessin animé des studios Walt Disney. Avec Loisel, dans l’ombre de Peter Pan, Christelle Pissavy-Yvernault propose un long entretien avec l’auteur sur cette oeuvre majeure qui l’aura accaparé pendant quatorze ans, le tout agrémenté de divers témoignages et hommages.

    Le premier chapitre est centré sur l’homme plus que sur son ouvrage. On y découvre une personnalité attachante, passionnée, particulièrement imprégnée de ses souvenirs d’enfance. Loisel apparaît comme un autodidacte qui n’a jamais cessé de développer son dessin depuis son plus jeune âge. Conscient de ses capacités et de son talent, il n’en est pas moins modeste et convaincu du besoin qu’il a de travailler son trait encore et encore.

    On entre ensuite dans le vif du sujet, avec une captivante analyse tome par tome de la série, permettant à l’auteur d’expliquer comment il pense et construit ses planches, mais aussi de revenir sur ses états d’âme de l’époque. Viennent aussi des explications sur les corrélations avec les œuvres de Barrie ou Disney, mais surtout la réponse que tout le monde attend sur le lien entre Peter Pan et Jack l’éventreur. Cette idée, soumise par Pierre Dubois, eut un impact majeur dans l’esprit du dessinateur de La quête de l’oiseau du temps. Les deux hommes y reviennent d’ailleurs lors d’une rencontre amicale tout à fait intéressante. Si Loisel a son point de vue personnel - et secret - sur la question, il prétend qu’il a tout fait pour que chaque lecteur puisse choisir son camp, et qu’il n’y a pas une réponse unique à découvrir. Certains de ses lecteurs s’en plaignent, mais peu importe, il était fondamental pour lui de ne rien affirmer qui puisse être trop catégorique et préjudiciable à la cohérence entre sa vision de la genèse de Peter Pan et la suite de ses aventures.

    À noter également, entre autre, une discussion avec Jean-Pierre Gibrat sur la différence entre la beauté et le charme, ainsi que 19 dessins de la sulfureuse fée clochette, par des auteurs tels que Guarnido, Marini, Franck Pé, Dany ou autre Malfin (*). On referme alors cet imposant ouvrage de près de 300 pages avec l’irrésistible envie de se replonger dans cette œuvre majeure de la bande dessinée.


      (*) Les originaux de ces 19 dessins seront vendus aux enchères sur Ebay le 11 février au profit de l'Hôpital des Enfants Malades de Paris.
    Par J-M Grimaud. 15/01/2007
Jun 17th, 2014, 4:02 am

Labor Omnia Vincit Improbus... Hard Work Conquers Everything!
Jan 2nd, 2015, 1:29 am
#2341528 by Ojay
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Peter Pan

De winter van 1887 is koud en in Londen hebben de armen het zwaar. De jonge Peter heeft het nog relatief gemakkelijk, want hoewel hij door zijn drankzuchtige moeder aan zijn lot wordt overgelaten kan hij altijd aankloppen bij mister Kundal, een oude cafehouder die hem lezen en schrijven heeft geleerd en hem iedere dag te eten geeft en spannende verhalen vertelt. Op zijn beurt vertelt Peter die verhalen weer door aan zijn vriendjes uit het weeshuis, maar op een dag gebeurt er iets dat nog vreemder is dan alle verhalen en legenden bij elkaar; een elfje komt hem halen en neemt hem mee naar een geheimzinnig eiland vol mythologische figuren, dat belaagd wordt door een gevaarlijke piraat. Peter moet de eilandbewoners redden, al heeft niemand er een idee van hoe!
Jan 2nd, 2015, 1:29 am

Labor Omnia Vincit Improbus... Hard Work Conquers Everything!