Sin Titulo (Cameron Stewart) (Dark Horse)

[AceMembre de Nextwave]

24 Septembre. Cochez cette date dès maintenant sur vos agendas : ce sera le jour de sortie du graphic novel SIN TITULO, de CAMERON STEWART, chez Dark Horse Comics.
Initialement publié sous la forme d'un webcomic, ce one-shot de 184 pages connaît enfin une seconde vie en format papier dans un album hardcover, format à l'italienne, conformément aux souhaits de son auteur. Et tout ça pour seulement 19,99 $ !

Débuté en 2007, Sin Titulo est une série noire surréaliste et étrange à propos d'un jeune homme, Alex, qui découvre la photo d'une belle jeune femme blonde dans les affaires de son père. Il entreprend alors de découvrir qui elle est, découvre qu'elle était l'amante de son père et s'enfonce dans une enquête peuplée de figures inquiétantes, le ramenant à sa propre enfance...

La critique de Lauren Davis, du site comicsalliance, en parlait en ces termes :

It would be forgivable if Sin Titulo had proved merely meditative, a working through of the things in life that don't make sense--that can't make sense because they belong to a moment that we'll never be able to properly examine. After all, this is a passion project from an artist who has spent much of his career illustrating other people's stories. But Stewart is determined to tell a story that lives outside his head, where Alex's investigations find some logical (if impossible) solution.

To that end, Sin Titulo is a strictly noir fantasy. Although there are suggestions of maybe teleportation, maybe interdimensional travel, maybe shared cognitive space, much of the comic's distinct imagery wouldn't be out of place in less fanciful detective novel. There is, however, some almost Lynchian playing around with symbols--retro videophones locked in cinderblock cells hidden behind plush lounge doors, grotesque crabs served up by a blindfolded waiter. Those moments of the almost-familiar serve to make Sin Titulo slightly disorienting. We're not just following Alex through his visual dissonance;we're experiencing it alongside him. Fortunately, we also end up with less blood on our shirts.

Here are some Sin Titulo strips that give you an idea of not just the psychological intrigue of this ambitious project, but also the modified art style Stewart employed to tell the story. Necessarily much more economical than his more fully rendered comic book art on print books like Batman and Robin and BPRD Hell on Earth: Exorcism, Stewart's more minimal, spot-color approach does a fantastic job of sucking you into the haunting world of Sin Titulo.

La couverture de l'album et quelques planches pour vous plonger dans l'ambiance :















Pour en voir plus, et en vf, allez voir par là :

http://sin-titulo.webcomics.fr

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