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Title: King David by Kyle Baker ISBN: 1-56389-866-7 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A GN format to learn David ( & Goliath) story
Comment: "King David" GN is essentially a book extracted from the bible story of David. As in David and Goliath. The writer/artist of the book Kyle Baker, in my opinion did a masterful job inspite of hearing some complaints from others. The book, turns out more than above average of the retelling of this particular Bible story. Kyle Baker decided ultimately, to combine a narrative style in his arts using illustrated formats & the basic comic book format.Most pages are done in the more conventionals comic book format, but the words & dialogues are found entirely below his art, not within or inside the artwork. The illustrated style, through my observation, are primarily used when a lot of words employed such as 3rd person narrative/introductions. In this format, somehow he also employ the basic dialogue exchanges (2nd person). The outcome or the look of his illustrated style, is like one big picture per page, more often than not, placed on the right-hand corner & thus, the texts can be found in the left-side corner, below & under the picture. His texts or letters are highly-dependent on his artwork & thus, follow the flow basing on his artworks.
On the contrary, mixing or using an unconventional storytelling style does not in anyhow, detracts or destroys Kyle Baker's effort. In fact, I think the book is quite an excellent reading, highly enjoyable, contains a lot of heartfelt emotions & thoroughly interesting story based from the Bible. So, for people unfamiliar or only with a passing understanding of "David and Goliath", want to learn or gain a better knowledge, & in addition to that, want a book or GN easy to read, enjoyable, & intersting, this book is for you. I highly recommend this book to all, specially to novice or with only a slight understanding of this story based from the Bible.
The high points of the book, with the exception of learning the story of King David, is the dialogue exchanges. Specially beween King Saul & David himself. The dialogues between the two, are excerpted directly form the bible. It came out extremely meaningful though the texts were archaic & also their talk are full of emotions - heartwarming & heartening.
In the end, David become the King when King Saul himself and his son Jonathan died in one of there battles, as David is chosen to lead his country as the newly-crowned king.During his tenure,it clearly depict & show us the other side of David, unlike his heroic past such as being a spanky child & the one who killed the giant Goliath,as a king,the book show us his penchant for womanizing & significantly chronicling the famous incident when he notoriously stole his one of his soldiers wife, Batsheba in particular.
My overall comment, a good to own.The book format is softcover,large size- 8.5 X 11 ( like the typical oversized GN), but with below average thickness and feeble glossy paper.Nevertheless, Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Stunning!
Comment: This book is awesome. I love the way Kyle Baker melds a variety of art techniques, juxtaposing lush Disneyesque renderings with rough charcoal sketches which recall the work of legendary cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman. Baker also employs a variety of narrative techniques in the text, ranging from the witty dialogue which is his trademark to multi-page wordless sequences (the Publishers Weekly review above details Baker's handling of the Goliath fight, and I loved the silent scene of Saul and David in the cave), all combined with a healthy portion of actual Biblical passages (which are already so beautiful, Baker was wise not to try "improving" the Word of God). The result is a delightful variety of rhythms which keeps the reader engaged. I hope there will be more Bible stories from Kyle Baker.
Rating: 5
Summary: Astonishing! Another Breathtaking Triumph!
Comment: This is one of the most spectacular graphic novels I've ever seen! Of course, that should be expected from one of the pioneers of the medium, but still! I've had this book for three days now, and I can't stop staring at it! The amount of detail, labor and research that must have gone into creating this must have been, uh -- impossible! How could one man create the kind of product it takes 400 Disney animators years to produce? And the story is true to the Biblical source material! You could read this book in Sunday school or Hebrew school! I mean, sure there's a lot of sex and violence, but it's all from the Holy Bible. I can't say enough wonderful things about this book. If you love the Bible and the incredible story of one of the greatest leaders of all time, you will LOVE this book.
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Title: You Are Here by Kyle Baker ISBN: 1563894424 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Undercover Genie : The Irreverent Conjurings of an Illustrative Aladdin by Kyle Baker ISBN: 1401201040 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Supreme: The Return by Alan Moore, Alex Ross, Rick Veitch, Chris Sprouse ISBN: 0971024960 Publisher: Checker Book Publishing Group Pub. Date: 03 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Why I Hate Saturn by Kyle Baker ISBN: 0930289722 Publisher: Vertigo Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Judgment Day by Alan Moore, Jim Starlin ISBN: 0974166456 Publisher: Checker Book Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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