Franck Bonnet comic strip artist is back with a new series (we already know him for the 12 volumes of Pirates of Barataria). This time we embarked with the U.S. Navy on the USS Constitution in 1803. The hero Pierre-Mary Corbière shows us the fleet leaving the waters of Boston for the Mediterranean. This first volume is an opportunity for the author to present us the march of these war frigates: life on board, exercises, maneuvers and promiscuity. A very precise account helped by a lexicon that allows the uninitiated to find their way around nautical terms.
Franck Bonnet is both a historian and a novelist. His drawings and indications on the progress of these sailing ships from another century are surprisingly precise. Based on historical facts (even if the actors did not really exist), the marine vocabulary, the representation of ships and equipment, the explanation of manoeuvres, propel us into this era.
As for the novel, the adventure takes a little time to set up and the last pages reveal a suspense that puts us on tenterhooks and invites us to wait impatiently for the next volume. The bases of a nice graphic and rhythmical novel are there. A beautiful maritime adventure is taking shape that will delight the amateur of the historical genre as much as the lover of the sea and beautiful stories of the open sea.
USS Constitution, Volume 1 - Franck Bonnet
- Éditions Glénat
- 24 x 32 cm
- 64 pages
- 14.95 euros
