Green Manor
{{Short description|Franco-Belgian comic series}}
{{Infobox comic book title
|image = Green-manor-vol2.jpg
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|caption = The second book in the series,
The Inconvenience of Being Dead
featuring the main character.
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|genre = Graphic novel
|publisher = Dupuis (French)
Cinebook (English)
|date = 2001-2005
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|issues = 3 (in French)
2 (in English)
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|creators =
|writers = Fabien Vehlmann
|artists = Denis Bodart
|editors =
|subcat = Dupuis
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|sort = Green Manor
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|nonUS = Yes
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Green Manor is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Fabien Vehlmann, illustrated by Denis Bodart and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English. I's a humoristic detective series set in the United Kingdom at the end of the 19th century. {{Cite web|url=https://www.bedetheque.com/serie-541-BD-Green-Manor.html|title = Green Manor - BD, informations, cotes}}
Volumes
- Assassins et Gentlemen - Jan 2001 {{ISBN|2-8001-3137-3}}
- De l'inconvénient d'être mort - Feb 2002 {{ISBN|2-8001-3233-7}}
- Fantaisies meurtrières - Apr 2005 {{ISBN|2-8001-3598-0}}
Translations
Cinebook Ltd is publishing Green Manor. The last two volumes have been compiled together into one English volume.:{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinebook.co.uk/index.php?cPath=165|title=9th Art Comics & Graphic Novels UK - Cinebook Publishers - Green Manor}}
- Assassins and Gentlemen - May 2008 {{ISBN|978-1-905460-53-3}}
- The Inconvenience of Being Dead - Sept 2008 {{ISBN|978-1-905460-64-9}}
Reception
The first Cinebook volume was reviewed by who complimented the structure and writing ("These stories get straight to the point and keep you there"), said that "[t]he art is gorgeous," before concluding that "[t]he book might be nearly $14, but the art and the storytelling density make for a better value than what that number looks like on the page."{{cite web |first=Augie |last=De Blieck Jr. |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20078 |title=Green Manor: Victorian England Murder Mysteries |work=Pipeline |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=February 17, 2009 |accessdate= }}
Awards
The title was nominated for the 2002 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Scenario.
Notes
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References
{{Refbegin}}
- [http://www.bedetheque.com/serie-541-BD-Green-Manor.html Green Manor] at Bedetheque
- {{gcdb series|id=28246|title=Green Manor (Uitgeverij Dupuis)}}
- {{gcdb series|id=60756|title=Green Manor (Zack)}}
- {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=27839|title=Green Manor (Zack)}}
- {{gcdb series|id=37112|title=Green Manor (Cinebook)}}
- {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=20810|title=Green Manor (Cinebook)}}
- {{gcdb series|id=62107|title=Green Manor (Ballon Media)}}
{{Refend}}
Category:Belgian graphic novels
Category:Comics set in the United Kingdom
Category:Comics set in the 19th century
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