author: Bernard Swysen
name: Wayne
average rating: 1.88
book published: 2018
rating: 1
read at: 2018/11/17
date added: 2018/11/17
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'History's Greatest Villains: Dracula' by Bernard Swysen with art by Julien Sole is a graphic novel for people who like their humor tinged with humor amid all the morbid stuff.
Vlad the impaler was a pretty bad guy. He had a nasty temper and killed viciously at the drop of a hat. Besides a few dates along the way, that's about all the reader will learn. There is little mention of the context of the times, and a few references to his family, but beyond that, it's just a series of Vlad killing people. Sometimes he eats amid the impaled victims. Sometimes he feeds his enemies to other enemies.
The humor is oddly out of place amid child rape, murder and cannibalism. The art is cartoonish, but that also feels weirdly out of place. The whole thing was a slog to read. I was hoping for more history and less glorification of such a terrible person.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
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