Mitchum by Blutch

Mitchum Reviews

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  Williwaw

  Very evocative . . . of what, I'm not quite sure. Nightmares, maybe. Drawings are scratchy and messy, but quite effective and obsessively sexy.
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  Rod Brown

  Writer/artist Blutch seems to rely on the "write what you know" maxim, as the short stories in this collection -- mostly done in pantomime -- focus frequently on the erotic charge between artists and their models. If there is anything deeper than horniness going on here I'm too dumb or lazy to suss it out. Blutch also uses a lot of dream logic and dream sequences in these stories (one actually features actor Robert Mitchum), neither of which appeals to me.
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  Tom

  Mitchum collects five comic books by the French cartoonist Blutch, plus a batch of unfinished pieces, all intended to evoke the noir spirit of Robert Mitchum. Told with dream-like imagery and speed, the stories fall more on the surrealistic side of dreams rather than the joyful or horrific, so the pleasure here (for me, at least) was largely taken from the artistry, the page layouts, the energy in the lines revealing a craftsman behind the dashed and scribbled panels.
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  Keith Kavanagh

  having no previous knowledge of blutch prior to last night, I absolutely barreled through this book, admiring his textures and brushwork along the way
  I always find its sign I really like a comic when it makes me eager to practice the medium it was made with
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  StrictlySequential

  The narrative flow of the short stories is as erratic as abstract slam jam-packed with dancehall/arcade action->freestyling<-->among-a-cast-of-fools-and-fanatics! It's very theatrical in an off->off->broadway fashion. Slapstick and butts kicked while besides the backhands of Mitchum, it's the chicks tracking each other as the bad-asses! While entertained, I had to read back too often.
  
  It's my type of "avant-garde" but I don't swing that way with the art. He gets too looose with his sketches when it seems that he's having fun drawing the thing. Get's a bit spirited? It's probably more like the Crecy thing where they're trying to achieve a look or.... it's not my style. I like to know what I'm looking at I have yet to see the hand which can impresse me with that scratch
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  Peter Landau

  Endlessly creative. Great renderings. Inspiring, weird and unclassifiable. What are you doing wasting you time reading this? Get Blutch!
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  Jake Nap

  Great collection of surrealist stories by the French cartoonist Blutch. His art style is so unique, I love how he draws.
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  Matt

  Challenging.
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  Aaron

  The linework is some of the most gorgeous I've ever seen, but the storytelling is often confusing and incoherent.
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  Halina Hetman

  Експресивний стиль малюнку, що передає... щось. Щось тут замість сюжету, замість теми збірки і замість персонажів. Щось є, а що саме - і не розгледиш. Більшість замальовок без слів і то на краще, бо як тільки вони з'являються стає ще заплутаніше. В цілому, залишив по собі відчуття сирості роботи та здивування що її видали в такому вигляді.
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  Jamil

  brush stroke genius, in french, but mostly wordless.
  
  "il se méfie du langage, et il a raison : si on explique trop les choses, on les tue en quelque sorte."
  
  "he distrusts language, and he is right: if we explain things too much, you kill them somehow."
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  Florin Spătaru

  Blutch improvise et va droit au but avec ce roman fascinant.
  
  Son travail en noir et blanc souligne les pièges de la réalité face à la fiction BD ou cinéma.