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Murder Mysteries 2nd Edition Kindle & comiXology

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Constructing and maintaining all of heaven and earth is an immense task, which God has divided up among the various ranks and stations of angels. As with any such huge effort, there are bound to be casualties. This unique passion play sheds light on the hands behind creation, as well as one lonely man in LA who gets to hear the whole story of a most unspeakable crime: a murder in paradise!
* Featuring sketches, high-res scans, and more bonus material from master artist P. Craig Russell!
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Neil Gaiman was born in Hampshire, UK, and now lives in the United States near Minneapolis. As a child he discovered his love of books, reading, and stories, devouring the works of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, James Branch Cabell, Edgar Allan Poe, Michael Moorcock, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, and G. K. Chesterton. A self-described "feral child who was raised in libraries," Gaiman credits librarians with fostering a lifelong love of reading: "I wouldn't be who I am without libraries. I was the sort of kid who devoured books, and my happiest times as a boy were when I persuaded my parents to drop me off in the local library on their way to work, and I spent the day there. I discovered that librarians actually want to help you: They taught me about interlibrary loans."

Neil Gaiman's work has been honored with many awards internationally, including the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. His books and stories have also been honored with four Hugos, two Nebulas, one World Fantasy Award, four Bram Stoker Awards, six Locus Awards, two British Science Fiction Association Awards, one British Fantasy Award, three Geffens, one International Horror Guild Award, and two Mythopoeic Awards.

A graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a degree in painting,
P. Craig Russell has run the gamut in comics. After establishing a name for himself at Marvel on Killraven and Dr. Strange, he went on to become one of the pioneers in opening new vistas for this underestimated field with, among other works, adaptations of operas by Mozart (The Magic Flute), Strauss (Salome), and Wagner (The Ring of Nibelung). Russell is also well known for his Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde series as well as his graphic novel adaptations of Neil Gaiman's Sandman: The Dream Hunters and Coraline. The author lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lovern Kindzierski is an award-winning colorist and comic book author. He has colored Star Wars Tales and Neil Gaiman’s CoralineMurder Mysteries, and The Graveyard Book. He is the author of the Shame trilogy, Underworld, and Tarzan. He lives in Winnipeg, Canada.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N0GQDX3
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Horse Books (November 30, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 30, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 230.4 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
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Fantastic 2nd edition; problematic story
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Fantastic 2nd edition; problematic story
I would not recommend this book to a general audience, but if you're a fan of P. Craig Russell or the sequential artform of comics, it's possibly a must-read. Featuring an attractive new cover plus additional materials, the book's second edition (2014) is incredibly well-produced. The extras really push it over the edge. In particular, "Mysteries Demystified" by Durwin S. Talon offers copious insights into Russell's storytelling methods and techniques, illustrated with examples from the book. It certainly gave me an enhanced appreciation for the artist's panel layouts.The story by Neil Gaiman, as adapted by Russell, is another matter. It's a story within a story, and the outer framing story is a problem. It is, to put it in a word, "icky". It has distasteful elements and suffers from a complete lack of characterization and motivation. (For example, the main character is British, wears glasses, has short brown hair—and, oh yeah, he may be a psychopath!) On the other hand, the central story is fairly interesting. It takes place within an allegorical, heaven-like world—a "silver city" where angels are busy designing what will eventually become the universe. A death occurs, the first of its kind, and an angel named Raguel is dispatched to determine who is responsible. There's some iffy logic to this conceit, but it's entertaining enough.This is clearly a 5-star edition of this work. Whether the story itself is worth your time is another matter. Either way, this book made me want to read more by P. Craig Russell.NOTE: The color balance of this second edition seems slightly different from the first. The yellow plate in the first edition was strong enough to create plenty of green or aqua hues throughout, as in the nighttime scenes. In the second edition, yellows are paler, and blues predominate. The effect is slightly cleaner and more distinctive-looking but also somewhat cool and icy (and lacking in scene-to-scene contrast). It's a subtle difference, but noticeable when the editions are placed side by side. I suspect the first edition may represent the colorist's intent more accurately, as there's a wider dynamic range of hues and a greater naturalism, particularly in the book's opening scenes. Attached are some images comparing new (left) and old (right) editions. Note that the character of Lucifer the angel is described by the story's narrator as having skin the color of sea mist, which is usually a type of green.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2015
    When Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russel team up, beautiful things happen. Here, Neil's cosmically original murder mystery story is brought to life in vivid color and gorgeous detail.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2016
    Another great story from Neil Gaiman. Anyone who is a fan should own this.
  • Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2014
    I got a copy of this book to review in e-book format from NetGalley. Thanks to Netgalley and Dark Horse for the chance to read this book. I am a huge Gaiman fan and was excited to read something new by him. While this definitely wasn’t the strongest book I have read by him, it was decent and made you think.

    This was an interesting and somewhat ambiguous tale about a man who loses time and ends up with the story of an angel of vengeance. Little does he know that he may have been the one the angel was seeking vengeance on and his blank times may not be as blank as he thinks.

    This is one of those stories where you aren’t quite sure what is going on. For the first part of the story you are following around a young man who is visiting an old friend. The young man has blank spots where he can’t remember how he got places. He finds himself on a bench with an older man who wants to tell him a story. What follows is the story of the angel of vengeance created to find out who committed a murder in Heaven.

    The whole thing is cleverly done and has that whole story in a story thing going on. There is a wonderful twist at the end, that is fairly predictable but still darkly ironic. I enjoyed the dark irony to the story.

    The actual story portion of this was very brief maybe 70 pages, the rest was all the extras. There is a very detailed appendix where the authors talk about transitioning this from a radioplay to a graphic novel. There is also a section of sketches.

    I thought the illustration was just so so. Some frames are beautifully illustrated, while others lacked detail. Many of the illustrations were lacking in facial detail. I wish that the flights of angels had actually been illustrated rather than shown as rectangular blocks in the distance. The illustration is very similar in style to the Sandman books, but I found it to be not quite as detailed and refined.

    Overall this was a decent read. I enjoyed the irony behind the story and love the whole idea of stories in stories. It is a dark story with language and sex, so for adults only. The illustration was only so-so however, and the story portion was very short. Definitely not the best Gaiman graphic novel I have read, but interesting.
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2014
    Yup, that pretty much says it, great comic by a pair of masters.
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2015
    Always love Neil Gaiman. Each story had its own personality.
  • Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2017
    A very interesting story done in graphic style form about a murder of one of the angels, and the Lord of Vengeance trying to find out who the culprit is. Lucifer, at the time still an angel, takes this time to contemplate the meaning of life, and death, and everything in between.

    The mystery itself was great, takes you in many different directions as you try to find out who did it. It brings to question a lot of doubts about God's true purpose and what it all means. Neil Gaiman successfully weaves an intricate storyline, with complex characters, taking you on a memorable journey.

    I can't say I was a huge fan of the illustrations, but I will admit that they added to the feel of the story. When I first read it, I wasn't aware that this was a short story that was adapted into comic form, but it definitely works very well. Worth picking up.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2014
    Wonderful, thought-provoking.
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2014
    I would not recommend this book to a general audience, but if you're a fan of P. Craig Russell or the sequential artform of comics, it's possibly a must-read. Featuring an attractive new cover plus additional materials, the book's second edition (2014) is incredibly well-produced. The extras really push it over the edge. In particular, "Mysteries Demystified" by Durwin S. Talon offers copious insights into Russell's storytelling methods and techniques, illustrated with examples from the book. It certainly gave me an enhanced appreciation for the artist's panel layouts.

    The story by Neil Gaiman, as adapted by Russell, is another matter. It's a story within a story, and the outer framing story is a problem. It is, to put it in a word, "icky". It has distasteful elements and suffers from a complete lack of characterization and motivation. (For example, the main character is British, wears glasses, has short brown hair—and, oh yeah, he may be a psychopath!) On the other hand, the central story is fairly interesting. It takes place within an allegorical, heaven-like world—a "silver city" where angels are busy designing what will eventually become the universe. A death occurs, the first of its kind, and an angel named Raguel is dispatched to determine who is responsible. There's some iffy logic to this conceit, but it's entertaining enough.

    This is clearly a 5-star edition of this work. Whether the story itself is worth your time is another matter. Either way, this book made me want to read more by P. Craig Russell.

    NOTE: The color balance of this second edition seems slightly different from the first. The yellow plate in the first edition was strong enough to create plenty of green or aqua hues throughout, as in the nighttime scenes. In the second edition, yellows are paler, and blues predominate. The effect is slightly cleaner and more distinctive-looking but also somewhat cool and icy (and lacking in scene-to-scene contrast). It's a subtle difference, but noticeable when the editions are placed side by side. I suspect the first edition may represent the colorist's intent more accurately, as there's a wider dynamic range of hues and a greater naturalism, particularly in the book's opening scenes. Attached are some images comparing new (left) and old (right) editions. Note that the character of Lucifer the angel is described by the story's narrator as having skin the color of sea mist, which is usually a type of green.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Fantastic 2nd edition; problematic story

    Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2014
    I would not recommend this book to a general audience, but if you're a fan of P. Craig Russell or the sequential artform of comics, it's possibly a must-read. Featuring an attractive new cover plus additional materials, the book's second edition (2014) is incredibly well-produced. The extras really push it over the edge. In particular, "Mysteries Demystified" by Durwin S. Talon offers copious insights into Russell's storytelling methods and techniques, illustrated with examples from the book. It certainly gave me an enhanced appreciation for the artist's panel layouts.

    The story by Neil Gaiman, as adapted by Russell, is another matter. It's a story within a story, and the outer framing story is a problem. It is, to put it in a word, "icky". It has distasteful elements and suffers from a complete lack of characterization and motivation. (For example, the main character is British, wears glasses, has short brown hair—and, oh yeah, he may be a psychopath!) On the other hand, the central story is fairly interesting. It takes place within an allegorical, heaven-like world—a "silver city" where angels are busy designing what will eventually become the universe. A death occurs, the first of its kind, and an angel named Raguel is dispatched to determine who is responsible. There's some iffy logic to this conceit, but it's entertaining enough.

    This is clearly a 5-star edition of this work. Whether the story itself is worth your time is another matter. Either way, this book made me want to read more by P. Craig Russell.

    NOTE: The color balance of this second edition seems slightly different from the first. The yellow plate in the first edition was strong enough to create plenty of green or aqua hues throughout, as in the nighttime scenes. In the second edition, yellows are paler, and blues predominate. The effect is slightly cleaner and more distinctive-looking but also somewhat cool and icy (and lacking in scene-to-scene contrast). It's a subtle difference, but noticeable when the editions are placed side by side. I suspect the first edition may represent the colorist's intent more accurately, as there's a wider dynamic range of hues and a greater naturalism, particularly in the book's opening scenes. Attached are some images comparing new (left) and old (right) editions. Note that the character of Lucifer the angel is described by the story's narrator as having skin the color of sea mist, which is usually a type of green.
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  • shivam rai
    5.0 out of 5 stars lucifer.......
    Reviewed in India on July 17, 2017
    neil gaiman don't write bad stories........
  • MilesDei
    5.0 out of 5 stars I recommend it
    Reviewed in Canada on December 5, 2014
    I am very glad and I enjoy reading it, I will soon, I love the drawing!!

    thanks

    Pierre
  • JIMMIE DICKIE
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great story.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 28, 2014
    Stunning artwork. Great story.
  • Jason Raycraft
    4.0 out of 5 stars A good read, but short.
    Reviewed in Japan on February 3, 2016
    There is a bunch of history behind this book, as the artist takes a succesfull Gaiman story and uses the comic medium to tell its story. I bought it becuase it is Gaiman and I feel guilty as a comic fan that my library is very sparce on Gaiman. (Those Sandman omnibuses are expensive). It is a great read, but as my title suggest it is to short for five stars.

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