White Death from Robbie Morrison Download book pdf for free. Fans says 'I had to read it twice to actually understanding what was going on in this graphic novel. In fact, after reading #1, I was on the verge of giving it ★★ but then I started all over again and my rating went up. Why did it change so much? Well, I always have troubles distinguishing the characters in a graphic novel. I can't see the little characteristics that make them different one from the other. Yeah, most of the times it annoys me and I don't who to blame. So, during my first reading I didn't know who was who and, of course, at the end I couldn't understand who had survived and who had died. During the second reading I did my best to pay attention to the characters and what they were doing and finally it all made sense to me. War is hell, as many authors tell us. We see trenches, war hospitals and fighting scenes. In school they do mention about the war on the Alps but just in passing. They don't delve into the topic and I've never stopped to think about it. This little graphic novel helped. The cold, the snow, the avalanches... And I've never heard before about people changing uniform after being captured. The protagonist, in fact, was born in Istria (a peninsula now shared by Italy, Slovenia and Croatia) and was conscripted into the Austrian-Hungarian army. Later he was captured by the Italians and he became an Italian soldier. At the end of the book there are six pages which show the storyboards and the corresponding plates... And yeah, thanks to the storyboards some details of the story were much clearer. I really loved the art. It was mostly gray paper with blacks and whites on it. Really impressing and it was perfect to reflect to colors of the mountains. Really good. '
White Death Story
White Death story: For four years, The Great War, World War One, raged across the planet. Millions were sent to their deaths in pointless battles. The Italian Front stretched along the borders of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empires, in treacherous mountain regions. In the last months of 1916, a private in the Italian Bersaglieri returns to his childhood home in the Trentino mountain range to find it no longer a place of adventure and wonder as it was in his youth, but a place of death and despair. Amongst the weapons of both armies, none is more feared than the White Death: thundering avalanches deliberately caused by cannon fire... which, like war itself, consume everything in their path...
White Death Review
White Death On the recent binge of graphic-novels/bios/journalism/history this has been the only disappointment (so far). My fault I guess - as the subject is not really of interest, I was sold on the cover in a sense; that somewhat betrays the overall artwork too which, though I'm not qualified to critique, I didn't at all connect with - perhaps that's the aim, icy, detached, cold, grey, etc but I did not enjoy this and couldn't recommend it. There were text/layout issues too - some poor choices in the design of this book.
White Death The illustrations caught me immediately. With a background in fine art, I recognized the charcoal-on-watercolor paper look immediately, and it continued to enthrall me throughout. There was a huge amount of emotion, story, and turmoil in a few short strokes, and the ability for white/black charcoal to portray snowstorms and flurry made it real for me. Occasionally, it did become hard to distinguish characters. This is not a flaw I've never encountered before, and I think is simply an unfortunate side-effect of the medium that is more than worth it considering the beauty and uniqueness of the illustration, The story, as well, was quite amazing. I'm not usually a fan of war stories, but I felt this contained so much humanity it continued to challenge me in an incredibly enjoyable way. Obviously, I read this digitally but am eager to see if the print product is as amazing as I hope it to be. Well done.
A rather predictable story that does well to highlight the struggles faced during WW1. My main issue is in how short it is. Character progression feels rushed leading to a stale sense surrounding the characters who envelop tropes without really expanding on them in an interesting way. The art style is crude, which at times can lead to some wonderful panels, however for most of the GN it feels like an unrefined sketch that the artist just decided to let go anyway. I was actually really interested in this GN and had much higher hopes, but was sorely let down by how average it felt. White Death
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