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IMPRESSIONS - CONCERTS, BOOKS, COMICS, FILMS

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IMPRESSIONS - CONCERTS, BOOKS, COMICS, FILMS




Concert of the cult band ‘Smak’.
In my opinion, that’s a real rock’n’roll classic. They played in original crew, with singer Boris. His voice is exactly the same as it used to be in youth and it’s really amazing to hear him in live concert. Tochak’s guitar sounds five times more powerful than in any recording. ‘Vizantijsko plavo’, ‘Zajdi zajdi’, just perfect.
They played all the famous songs as ‘People, it isn’t fair’, ‘Alo alo’, ‘Shumadian blues’… Just love them.

Book ‘Tekila’ by Polish writer, not known to me, Kshishtof Varga
That is true rock’n’roll book. Short, fast novel, with ‘killing’ way of expression.
Front man of the popular band has a bad hangover while carrying death coffin of guy from the band, the drummer. On that path, he is thinking and recalling different funny, meaningless and crazy memories from the life in a band… Sharp, clever, unpredictable. Recommendations;)

Comics
‘Julia’
Crime comic book, in classical old-fashion style. She is a criminologist, faculty professor which is helping to the police. Not so bad if you don’t have anything better to do, but really – nothing special. Drawing is ok, and stories, but characters are not interesting enough. She doesn’t have interesting crazy helpers, or fatal lovers… Mark: * * *

‘Dylan Dog’ Episode: Rabbits hill
Cute story about the zombie-rabbits J I won’t write more spoilers. Dylan stays my favorite comic-book character, even if he is so popular that is considered more as a standard than something new and fresh. I am just emotionally attached to him. This episode is good, but I enjoy even in a bad ones. 

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GREYSTORM - comic book

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Greystorm – comic book
Script: Antonio Serra, Drawings: various authors
Mark: * * * * *

I’m always very happy when I discover new comic book serial. And this is the good one.
Episodes: The South Pole, The Downfall Of The Iron Cloud, Death On The Island, Secret Of The Mummy.
Drawers are A. Bignamini, M. Zanella, S. Denna, S. Korbeta. Bigger part of this crew are girls and they really did fantastic job. Styles are very similar and the main impression is that the serial is work of one person.
Drawing is very dynamic and full of speed and movement – great style for action adventure comic.
Serial is based on some real historical events and also on some urban legends, presented, of course, with lot of imagination and fantasy. Main character is Greystorm, brilliant scientist, innovator and adventurist. He is not typical hero, there is lot of darkness inside him; he is unhappy in love and strange with people. Other characters are interesting – beautiful tribal shaman EleEle, Dzejson – Greystorm’s best friend opposite by character – calm and mild and many episodists. In their expedition they are discovering hidden island, kind of heaven on Earth. After a long while, the whole ship crew decides to stay there and to ignore the first ship which passed near the island after a year. The only one who chooses return to London is Greystorm. Authors of the comic book serial obviously are supporters of wild and natural life, distant from civilisation.
Serial is interesting also for showing lot of inventions and discoveries, because the main character and his friends are mostly scientists. “The Iron Cloud” is fantasy vehicle – zeppelin outside and light ship inside. The time when the stories are happening is late 18th and early 19th century. Then, the world is new, young, and open for improvements. Or maybe – improvements will unavoidably spoil the world.
Great stories, good characters and above all – amazing drawings are the reasons for giving this serial five stars.

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