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suzene (suzene) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-30 14:36:00

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char: sherlock holmes, creator: gianluca pagliarani, creator: warren ellis, publisher: avatar press, title: aetheric mechanics

Aetheric Mechanics
Title: Aetheric Mechanics (Avatar Press, 2008, 46 pages)
Creators: Warren Ellis (writer), Gianluca Pagliarani (pencils)
Availability: In print.

A Sherlock Holmes pastiche as written by Warren Ellis. When I first posted this back at the old comm, I described it as "what awesome will be once it grows hair on its chest and finds the confidence to talk to girls". I stand by this opinion.

1907. London, England. Our POV character, Dr. Richard Watcham, returns home from the Ruritanian War...

...and meets up with a familiar face, currently working to puzzle out the mystery of "The Man Who Wasn't There" (but who is doing a good job of knifing scientists nonetheless).

In case you're not interested yet, here are some out-of-context scans of other fine pages.

It's not what you think.

Anyway -- good book. Lots of fun. Deserves your money.

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	unknownscribler 2009-04-30 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	I think it's suspiciously similar to something we saw over Christmas... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	skywaterblue 2009-04-30 06:03 pm UTC (link)
	I was jamming on it till that very last page. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-04-30 07:08 pm UTC (link)
	I could have lived without the Cyber Iron Giant, and traded it in for a few steampunk repaired Cybermen instead! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thandrak 2009-05-01 08:09 am UTC (link)
	Actually, that ship-robot reminds me of the end-ish boss from Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-04-30 06:43 pm UTC (link)
	I prefer Poirot myself. At least he uses a jetpack. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-04-30 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	Surely you jest... Poiroit would NEVER risk the headwind unsettling his perfectly waxed moustache (or worse yet, insects being caught in them) or scuffing his shoes when he landed. Miss Marple on the other hand! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	batcookies 2009-04-30 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	She only ever uses that thing to please whichever niece or nephew gave it to her. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-04-30 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	As I said when this was posted on the other comm: First, that's a marvelous description by the Navy man. Second, "world's most objectionable goldfish." Hee. Last, good show Watcham. ~~Holmes~~ Raker does occasionally need to be reminded that the rest of mankind was not put on this Earth to marvel at his cleverness. (Reply to this)

	seawolf10 2009-04-30 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Pick this up, ladies and gents. Had one of the best endings I've seen in years. (Reply to this)

	volksjager 2009-04-30 08:56 pm UTC (link)
	I'm likeing the art. I shall have to pick this up. Terrible reff. for the Reykenback falls... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	suzene 2009-04-30 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	I thought those were supposed to be the Niagra Falls. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ashtoreth 2009-04-30 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	I dunno. I read the complete Holmes when I was a child, and I really had enough of his eternal unchangingness. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	seawolf10 2009-04-30 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	Give it a try. "Unchanging" is something the ersatz Holmes here is NOT. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-05-01 12:38 am UTC (link)
	He evolves? Really? You wouldn't lie to me? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	seawolf10 2009-05-01 08:12 am UTC (link)
	Yup. Rather surprisingly. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	queen_marshed 2009-05-01 06:08 am UTC (link)
	Looks like one more thing to grab for my next trip to the 'local' comic shop. (Reply to this)