Fibra nastavlja sa izdavanjem samo kvalitetnih stripova kako oni kažu. Pustinjska zvijezda je knjiga 214 u njihovoj ediciji Kolorka, dakle riječ je o western stripu. Matthew Montgomery je na visokom položaju u Ministarstvu obrane, bahat i tvrd, dok jednog dana ne dođe s posla i nađe ženu i kćer masakrirane i jedini trag je zvijezda urezana na tijelo kćeri i ima Cauldroy iz Topeke. Odlazi na Divlji zapad iz Washingtona kako bi pronašao krivce i osvetio se. Ova pomalo noir western priča sa twistom na kraju je osvetnička storija o nasilju, gubitku, prostituciji, iskorištavanju Indijanaca, gradnji željeznice i napretku, kao i o tome da je svaka osveta kopanje dva groba, jednog za neprijatelja, a drugog za sebe. Isto tako, ovo je priča o iskupljenju i pronalaženju novog smisla u životu. Odlično. Pročitati definitvno. Moja preporuka.
It is a mid 1991 and Yugoslavia is about to end when Croatia and Slovenia decided to exit the failed state and start their own independent lives. That brought bloody civil war in my country with Serbs attacking Croatia, dirty war in Bosnia, but it all started with couple of weeks war in Slovenia when Yugoslav National Army tried to keep Slovenia from exiting Yugoslavia and in the war between soldiers and Slovenian Territorial Defence lives where lost and this senseless shit started to unfold. Well, Goran Duplančić, Croatian author released a graphic novel which tells his autobiography story when he served in YNA as a corporal in Ljubljana, capitol of Slovenia in those days, and tells all confusion, tragedy, violence and nationalism that started right there through the eyes of a young man who only tries to survive and come back home alive. This is a powerful story, that grabs you and keeps you reading until you finish it and makes you think a lot about that afterwards, because I can relate to this one, because I lived through all those tragic and confused days, months and years. I love how Goran´s inner visions and background story interplays with the main story and makes it even deeper and personal. This is one of the best comic books I have read in a long time. Heartily rec ommendation.
Graham Masterton is one of my favorite horror writers and his novels are full of suspense, gore, sex and fine storytelling. His works were already mentioned on the pages of this zine. Elisabeth, Laura and Peggy Buchanan are three sisters growing up together. One winter day, Peggy, youngest of the three, accidentally drowns in family pool. Stricken by grief, remaining two sisters build Peggy´s image from snow and her clothes. Then, strange things begin to happen and there is ice, blood and death…In this 1995 novel, Masterton tried to connect classic ghost story and legendary HC Andersen´s fairy tale Snow Queen. Based on a dreamy and imaginary premise, this horror story becomes too complicated in some parts, almost boring in some chapters towards the end of the book, and all gore and death scenes can not save the impression that this one did not quite sit with me when I read it. The characters are a bit plastic, some well written, some are fillers and there are couple of definitely better books of same author than this one. Average horror novel.
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