The Arctic Marauder

The Arctic Marauder

Spectacular faux-woodcut vistas make Tardiâ€™s groundbreaking â€œicepunkâ€ story a retro classic.
In its ongoing quest to showcase the wide range of Jacques Tardiâ€™s bibliography, Fantagraphics reaches all the way back to one of his earliest, and most distinctive graphic novels: A satirical, Jules Vernes-esque â€œretro-sci-fiâ€ yarn executed on scratchboard in a stunningly detailed faux-woodcut style perfectly chosen to render the Edwardian-era mechanical marvels on display. Created in 1972, The Arctic Marauder is a downright prescient example of proto-â€œsteampunkâ€ science fiction â€• or perhaps more accurately, and to coin a spinoff genre, â€œicepunk.â€

In 1899, â€œLâ€™Anjou,â€ a ship navigating the Arctic Ocean from Murmansk, Russia, to Le Havre, France comes across a stunning sight: A ghostly, abandoned vessel perched high atop an iceberg. But exploring this strange apparition is the last thing the sailors will ever do, as their own ship is soon dispatched to Davy Jonesâ€™ locker via a mysterious explosion.

Enter JÃ©rÃ´me Plumier, whose search for his missing uncle, the inventor Louis-Ferdinand Chapoutier, brings him into contact with the sinister, frigid forces behind this â€• and soon he too is headed towards the North Pole, where he will content with mad scientists, monsters of the deep, and futuristic submarines and flying machines. Told with brio in hilarious slabs of vintage purple prose, The Arctic Marauder works both as ripping good adventure story and parody of same, and, predating as it does the later and not dissimilar Adele Blanc-Sec series, is a keystone in Tardiâ€™s oeuvre in his fantastical mode. 64 pages of black-and-white comics
Country USA
Manufacturer Fantagraphics
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 1606994352-localization
ReleaseDate 2011-04-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781606994351

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Fantagraphics
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	1606994352-localization
ReleaseDate	2011-04-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781606994351

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