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Britten and Brülightly (2009)

di Hannah Berry

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"Private detective Fernández Britten is an old hand at confirming the dark suspicions of jealous lovers and exposing ugly truths of all varieties. Battered by years of bearing ill tidings, he clings to the hope of revealing, just once, a truth that will do some good in the world. It is a redemption that has long eluded him. Then Britten and his unconventional partner, Brülightly, take on the mysterious death of Berni Kudos. The official verdict is suicide, but Berni's fiancée is convinced that the reality is something more sinister. Blackmail, revenge, murder: each new revelation stirs up the muddy waters of painful family secrets, and each fresh twist takes the partners further from Britten's longed-for salvation. Doing good in the world, he discovers, may have more to do with silence than truth.… (altro)
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    Blacksad di Juan Díaz Canales (wandering_star)
    wandering_star: Both these are comic books of hardboiled detective stories, with a distinctive and interesting drawing style, and a bleakly noir story.
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Far be it from me to second The Daily Telegraph, but indeed, it is "one of the most gloriously inventive and appealing comic-book debuts in years"! The art is attractive and necessary to the story, both in plot and tone. Though the last page hardly leaves any room for a sequel, I'd love to see one.

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  deliriumshelves | Jan 14, 2024 |
Imagine a slightly unhinged and downbeat Hercule Poirot winding up in a Hammett plot set in a wet and mundane England. If that sounds good then you'll probably enjoy this slightly old-fashioned feeling noir.

Not sure the device of the talking teabag adds much. It helps with exposition a bit, but feels like an early idea that was neither fully explored nor excised.

This is very atmospheric and enjoyable, and beautiful to boot. Not entirely successful and the plot felt more complex than it actually was, but still a very original and impressive debut.
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  thisisstephenbetts | Nov 25, 2023 |
This neo-noir graphic novel follows Britten and his sidekick Brülightly, a teabag, as they investigate a suicide at the behest of a doubtful widow. It uses cinematic-style art, hand lettering, and washed out colors to capture the world weary investigator as he discovers that some information is best left unknown. Witty but extremely sad at times, this is probably not for everyone. For me, I so wish it wasn’t a standalone. ( )
  psalva | Dec 11, 2022 |
Ooit duwde een vriendin dit boek in mijn handen met 'neem maar mee'. Het stond in mijn kast te wachten als een onbekend pareltje. Eindelijk was ik nieuwsgierig genoeg om het te openen en begon te lezen. Daar hield ik pas mee op toen ik het uit had. Iets dat me niet vaak gebeurt bij graphic novels.

De tekenstijl, het verhaal, de personages, werkelijk alles vind ik prachtig aan dit boek.

Laat ik eerst met de twee hoofdpersonages beginnen, Britten en Brüglightly. Britten is een wat sobere, ingetogen detective bijgestaan door zijn maatje, Brüglightly, een theezakje. Ja, dat lees je goed, een theezakje is een hoofdpersonage zonder dat het cartoonesk wordt.

De tekeningen zijn allemaal levensecht waarbij de menselijke vormen wellicht ietsje stripachtiger zijn. Dit is ook al aan de tekening op de kaft te zien.
Het hele boek is bijna zwart-wit maar weer net niet omdat er soms een beetje kleur wordt gebruikt om de sfeer nog wat sterker te maken. Er zijn ook wisselingen van aquarelachtige taferelen naar gedetailleerde potloodtekeningen. Allemaal een feest voor het oog.

En dan het verhaal, een mysterie dat zich langzaam ontvouwt. Spannend opgebouwd en op een natuurlijke manier verlopend.

Ik kan niet anders dan alleen maar de loftrompet over dit meesterwerk steken. ( )
  Niekchen | Mar 19, 2022 |
detective tries to find truth of suicide, only leads to more deaths--his "partner" is a tea bag
  ritaer | Aug 26, 2021 |
As the detective and his faithful teabag wander through a city where it's almost always drizzling, they encounter sleazy businessmen, uncover a blackmail-and-murder plot so Byzantine it threatens to collapse into a black hole, and sink into inescapable existential despair.
 
More than a comic book, this graphic novel gives noir a new dimension.
 
...what makes Berry's graphic novel linger long and move into a remarkable strata is how it understands the terrible price and awful sense of loneliness that comes to those seeking salvation when there is none to find.
 
Although Berry has her bit of fun with the genre traditions — notably in the bizarre detail that Britten’s trusted partner, Stewart Brülightly, is (quite literally) a lecherous tea bag that, under stress, infuses in the detective’s waistcoat pocket — she writes in a darkly poetic vein about love and betrayal, deceit and despair, in a plot so complex it would give Raymond Chandler a headache.
aggiunto da stephmo | modificaNew York Times, Marilyn Stasio (Apr 10, 2009)
 
"As it did every morning... with spiteful inevitability... the sun rose." So begins one of the most gloriously inventive and appealing comic-book debuts I've come across in years.
aggiunto da stephmo | modificaThe Telegraph, Sam Leith (Mar 22, 2008)
 
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"Private detective Fernández Britten is an old hand at confirming the dark suspicions of jealous lovers and exposing ugly truths of all varieties. Battered by years of bearing ill tidings, he clings to the hope of revealing, just once, a truth that will do some good in the world. It is a redemption that has long eluded him. Then Britten and his unconventional partner, Brülightly, take on the mysterious death of Berni Kudos. The official verdict is suicide, but Berni's fiancée is convinced that the reality is something more sinister. Blackmail, revenge, murder: each new revelation stirs up the muddy waters of painful family secrets, and each fresh twist takes the partners further from Britten's longed-for salvation. Doing good in the world, he discovers, may have more to do with silence than truth.

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