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English (United Kingdom) · SelfMadeHero
Plot
n Scarper Lee's world, parents don't make children—children make parents. Scarper's father is his pride and joy, a wind-powered brass construction with a billowing sail. His mother is a Bakelite hairdryer. In this world it rains knives, and household appliances have souls. There are also no birthdays—only deathdays. Scarper's deathday is just three weeks away, and he clings to the mundane repetition of his life at home and high school for comfort. Rob Davis's dark graphic novel is an odyssey through a bizarre, distorted teenage landscape. When Scarper's father mysteriously disappears, he sets off with Vera Pike (the new girl at school) and Castro Smith (the weirdest kid in town) to find him. Facing home truths and knife storms at every turn, will Scarper even survive until his deathday?
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Publication date
October 15, 2014
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quack has rated45/21/2024
Rob Davis coge frases hechas, expresiones y cosas inspiradas en el mundo real y las usa para construir un universo propio que funciona con una lógica interna. La historia no es la gran cosa. Es el tipico relato de pre adolescentes que se hacen amigos y viven aventuras. Pero, la manera en la que está contada sí que es digna de nota. Este mundo que crea Davis que es en parte metafórico, pero real dentro del contexto de la obra, es genial. Yo me he hecho una idea de qué quiere contar el autor, pero creo que sería inútil decirlo porque la gracia de la obra es que cada uno la lea y se haga una idea de ella. Puede que nisiquiera tenga un proposito este cómic y Davis solo lo hiciera para divertirse.