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The |Yellow Mark| is a criminal that has London enthralled in his exploits: holding up the Bank of England, robbing the imperial crown and many more. The Home Office asks Captain Francis Blake to discover the identity of the man who hides behind the Yellow Mark. Blake immediately calls upon his old friend, Professor Philip Mortimer, to help him unmask this mysterious criminal.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a wonderfully nostalgic adventure that cavorts around London in the 1950's. The clear line developed by Herge is in evidence in this work by Edgar P Jacbs who also worked on Tintin. Being originally printed in the Tintin magazine it has a similar pace and regular cliff-hanger to fit in with that publication. The drama is very tangible and more real than in Herge's work and the draftsmanship is splendid.
There were many adventures in this series (some continued after Jacob's death) and they make a great read.
There were many adventures in this series (some continued after Jacob's death) and they make a great read.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is commonly regarded as Edgar P. Jacobs best work, another reviewer describes it as being dated, and yes it is definately of its time, but this is no bad thing. It has the look and feel of a 1930's B/W thriller, The comparisons to Herge are obvious, Jacobs worked with Herge during the Second World War, and essentially taught Herge how to use colour (the pre-war Tintin books were originally b/w). (The 2 men eventually fell out when Jacobs demanded a joint credit for "Prisoners of the Sun" at which point he went his own way and started Blake and Mortimer) Jacobs skills with colour comes through in "The Yellow M", it is strong and rich, pages 27-30 illustrates this perfectly. He is also an excellent artist, like Herge he uses the ligne claire style (my personal favorite style of Bande Dessinee), he also shares Herge desire for perfection, just look at frame 2, pg 14, anyone living in London will know thats Fleet St instantly, you could easily find the exact point that that picture is based in 2009.
As other reviewers have said, this work lacks humour, when you combine this with Jacobs willingness to include lots of dialogue, with huge text boxes, it becomes a bit of a slow read. Herge always did this better providing interesting supporting characters,(i.e. pg 23-24 of "The Red Sea Sharks", where Herge does a massive info dump, made paletable by the humour of Captain Haddock struggling to stay awake). This is all the more important when you consider that both artists use a bland leading character so that the reader can put themselves into the adventure, regardless of their own personal background. "The Yellow M" suffers from having 3 bland leading charactors, Blake, Mortimer and Kendall, and this makes the storytelling a little dry (the excessive use of narrative text boxes adds to this).
Nevertheless despite these criticsms, this is an essential purchase for any Bande Dessinee collection and a rollicking good adventure story.
As other reviewers have said, this work lacks humour, when you combine this with Jacobs willingness to include lots of dialogue, with huge text boxes, it becomes a bit of a slow read. Herge always did this better providing interesting supporting characters,(i.e. pg 23-24 of "The Red Sea Sharks", where Herge does a massive info dump, made paletable by the humour of Captain Haddock struggling to stay awake). This is all the more important when you consider that both artists use a bland leading character so that the reader can put themselves into the adventure, regardless of their own personal background. "The Yellow M" suffers from having 3 bland leading charactors, Blake, Mortimer and Kendall, and this makes the storytelling a little dry (the excessive use of narrative text boxes adds to this).
Nevertheless despite these criticsms, this is an essential purchase for any Bande Dessinee collection and a rollicking good adventure story.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's so great to see these classic stories by E.P. Jacobs in English again. Jacobs work wonderfully combines the old-fashioned detective story with science fiction. The Yellow M is one of his best, with a particularly interesting antagonist.
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Blake & Morti....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
It's not a bad comic book, but for me it is too text heavy. There are some huge blocks of text that I really couldn't be bothered reading. Read more
Published 6 months ago by D. W. Gill-collis
Not a patch on Tintin!
As a fan of Tintin, I was excited to discover that Herge was not alone in creating beautifully drawn adventure stories. Read more
Published 16 months ago by S. Brackenridge
good book - good service
Originally I rated this book with 2 stars. I think the story and the artwork are wonderful but the book fell to pieces before I had finished reading it. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Titus
Masterpiece
This is a masterpiece - subtle combination of science fiction and police drama, set in 1950s london and the source of inspiration for many comic artists. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2009 by H. Bouzillard
A little too dated
The artwork is magnificent and if you didn't know better you'd swear it was drawn by Herge. However, I found the story a little too dated to enjoy that much and the 'antique' feel... Read more
Published on 8 July 2009 by SJJones
Classic Blake and Mortimer
One of Blake and Mortimer's earlier adventures, a little confusingly Cinebook have called this number 1 but it refers to the Mystery of the Great Pyramid in it which are books 2... Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2009 by Timothy Richardson
Great comic book by collaborator of Herge
I have try for years to read an album of Blake and Mortimer, the series of comic books made by E.P. Jacobs, a disciple of Herge who worked on Tintin as well. Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2008 by Andres C. Salama
By Jove!
Well, this book, E.P.Jacobs' masterpiece, is the fifth book in the "Blake and Mortimer" comic book series (though here it is published as the first). Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2007 by RDWHITE
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