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An edition of Dragman (2020)

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"Il n'y a pas de super-héros plus super que Dragman, le héros travesti de Steven Appleby. Appelé aussi Dolly Marie, il mène contre les voleurs d'âmes de Black Mist un combat apocalyptique, névrotique, tendre, drôle - et brillamment dessiné." Posy Simmonds Depuis qu'il a trouvé, adolescent, un bas de sa mère dans le sofa, August Crimp a découvert deux choses. La première est qu'il adore porter des vêtements de femme. La seconde est que lorsqu'il le fait, il devient capable de voler. Oui, comme un super-héros ! Hélas, cette passion un peu obsessionnelle est contrariée par la peur du ridicule et de la réprobation générale. Si sa mère, puis sa femme venaient à l'apprendre, c'en serait fait de lui. Du coup, il range sagement dans des cartons les tenues et souvenirs de Dragman, le nom de guerre qu'il s'était donné. De toute façon, la ville regorge de justiciers masqués. Mais voici que Cherry Mingle, la petite fille qu'il a sauvée d'une terrible chute du toit du Musée d'Art moderne un jour qu'il s'y était rendu en Dragman, réapparait dans sa vie. Elle a encore besoin de lui, cette fois pour aider ses parents qui ont vendu leurs âmes à la mystérieuse compagnie Black Mist pour lui payer ses études. Dragman reprend donc du service et l'aventure (même si elle finit bien) ne sera pas de tout repos... Comment partager sa vie entre le rôle de bon père de famille et celui de super-héros quand tous vos pouvoirs tiennent au fait de vous travestir en femme ? Telle est la question. Le coming-out et la confession de cette passion très singulière produisent le roman graphique le plus étonnant, détonnant et délirant de l'année...

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Publisher
Denoël Graphic
Language
French
Pages
336

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Dragman: un roman
2023-09-20, Denoël Graphic BD
Paperback in French
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Dragman
2023-09-20, Denoël Graphic BD
eBook in French - Kindle Edition
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Dragman
2022-06-22, FINESTRES, Editorial Finestres
Hardcover in English
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Dragman
2022-06-23, Astiberri Ediciones
Paperback in Spanish - 1ª edición
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Dragman
2022-06-22, Editorial Finestres
Hardcover in Catalan - Primera edició
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Dragman: Ein Roman
2021-05-06, Schaltzeit Verlag
Hardcover in German - 1. Auflage
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Dragman
2020-03-12, Vintage Digital
eBook in English - Kindle Edition
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Dragman
2020-09-16, Denoël Graphic
Hardcover in French
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Dragman: A Novel
2020-04-07, Metropolitan Books
eBook in English - Kindle Edition
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Dragman
2020-03-12, Jonathan Cape
Hardcover in English - 1. Edition
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Dragman
2020-03-12, Vintage Digital
eBook in English
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Dragman: A Novel
2020-04-07, Metropolitan Books
Hardcover in English
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Dragman
2020-04-07, Metropolitan Books
eBook in English - Kindle Edition
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Dragman
2020-09-16, Denoël Graphic
Hardcover in English
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Dragman: een graphic novel
2020-04-01, Podium b.v. Uitgeverij
Hardcover in Dutch - 1. Edition
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Dragman
2020-09-16, Denoël Graphic
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Edition Notes

Translation Of
Dragman
Translated From
English

Contributors

Illustrator
Nicola Sherring

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
336
Dimensions
24.2 x 17 x 3.5 centimeters
Weight
1100 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL51803812M
ISBN 10
2207139794
ISBN 13
9782207139790
Amazon ID (ASIN)
2207139794
Goodreads
55969841

Work Description

Dragman tells the story of August Crimp, a man who has superpowers when he puts on women's clothes. August loves wearing a dress but is deeply ashamed of his compulsion and terrified of rejection should it ever come out. So he tells no one. Not even his wife. But then one day a little girl falls from the rooftop cafe at the Art Museum and August has no choice but to fly and save her - an event witnessed by hundreds of people.

And August Crimp's life is never the same again.

Dragman is Steven Appleby's first long-form graphic thriller. Inspired by the superhero comics he read as a child and informed by his own secret life as a transvestite, Steven Appleby has created a multi-layered, tightly plotted, cleverly structured novel with a compulsive forward drive in which August battles greed, evil and his own self-doubt in a fight to save himself, his marriage - and the human soul. A real page-turner, Dragman brims with humanity, subtlety and wit - plus plenty of Steven Appleby's oblique and absurdly imaginative musings on 'what is life really all about?'

Fans of Steven Appleby's unmistakable drawing style, as seen in his many books and in comic strips such as Captain Star (NME, Observer), Small Birds Singing (The Times), and Loomus (Guardian), will not be disappointed.

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