by Xavier Dorison (story) and Mathieu Lauffray (art), 56 pages Years after the events of Stevenson's Treasure Island, literature's most famous peg-legged pirate agrees to a bold lady's request to help her fill out a ship's crew in order to double-cross her cold-hearted, neglectful, fortune hunter of a husband--for a share of the spoils, of course. But they'll have to make it through the adventure alive first.
Nobody's slate is clean and no one's motives pure in this grown-up semi-sequel inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's classic. Jen H's earlier review piqued my interest, and now I'm hooked, too. It's dark and moody and the lush art easily conveys tone and temperature through skillful use of color and perspective: snow on the dirty streets is bitterly cold, the fireside of an apartment a little dangerously toasty, the winter sun weak through the tall windows of a loveless mansion. Neatness. I need to read the next one soon!
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