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Summary: Incredible Work
Review: Geary is one of the best and most under-appreciated illustrators of our time. His Victorian Murder series is both fascinating and beautifully illustrated. "The Borden Tragedy" is especially well done. Every drawing is something to be carefully examined and enjoyed. My only complaint - and it's a big one - is the fault of his publisher. If this is indeed a "Series" then it should look like one, and not haphazard accidents of design. Only the recent two volumes have a similar look, and even then, one has a bio of Geary and other doesn't! These icredible works should be reissued as a set, with consistent design treatments. This would be a wonderful opportunity to mimic period book design!. Afterall, the Victorians LOVED multi-volumed book sets! Nevertheless, well done ...
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Summary: A must have for historical murder fans. Beautiful artwork.
Review: Geary's art and style lend a three dimensional quality to a hundred year old murder story. The evidence is suprisingly detailed, and leads the reader to reflect on any number of possible scenarios without being so brass as to try to present a solution. As good or better than Volume 2's examination of the Jack the Ripper murders.
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Summary: Not just a comic book.
Review: I had to order this book from a local bookstore to be able to obtain a copy.I lost that copy and obtained another one from amazon.At first I looked at it and said .."well its just a comic book"... Having heard about it by word of mouth I was not aware of this fact. Still I sat down to read it. Its very well put together,is a fairly accurate depiction of the crime,and I was truly glad I took the time to read it.It's very entertaining.Once I lost my copy I had to have another.I have also spent the night at the infamous Bed and Breakfast not once but twice...and I'm planning a third stay if I can find someone brave enough to go with me haha.I want to read every available copy of any book dealing with the crime, so if there are any other books someone might recommend I may not have already come across I would be very grateful.
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Summary: Not just a comic book.
Review: I had to order this book from a local bookstore to be able to obtain a copy.I lost that copy and obtained another one from amazon.At first I looked at it and said .."well its just a comic book"... Having heard about it by word of mouth I was not aware of this fact. Still I sat down to read it. Its very well put together,is a fairly accurate depiction of the crime,and I was truly glad I took the time to read it.It's very entertaining.Once I lost my copy I had to have another.I have also spent the night at the infamous Bed and Breakfast not once but twice...and I'm planning a third stay if I can find someone brave enough to go with me haha.I want to read every available copy of any book dealing with the crime, so if there are any other books someone might recommend I may not have already come across I would be very grateful.
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Summary: New Comic books are not Treasures
Review: I was very dissapointed when this book arrived. I expected a "Treasury of a Victorian Murder" Instead I found a black and white comic book. I suspect a guy would like this book, but as a woman I found the title misleading. It's just not how I want to have interesting information about the murder conveyed to me. I was hoping for interesting facts and historical photographs. Guess I should have read the other reviews first!
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Summary: Been There, Done That... Got the Shirt
Review: Mr. Geary... my hat is off to you, sir!"The Borden Tragedy" is near perfect in all it's pictoral details and facts. I can attest to this as I have actually stayed the night in the infamous guest room where dear ol' step-mommy's bludgeoned body was found, had a lengthy conversation with the Borden historian in Fall River, read the interrogation notes and the police blotter from the time of Lizzie's arrest, as well as having dug up as much information as I possibly could before my actual visit so I would be ready to ask a plethora of questions. I can tell you with absolute certainty: Geary has his act together here. For those of you that might not be familar with the term "graphic novel", it basically means "a really fancy comic book with lots of words". Be that as it may, Geary managed to cram pack the pages with more information about the Borden case than you can shake a bloody axe handle at. (Granted, there is still quite a bit more to the case... but this is just a comic book designed for light reading!) The illustrations are beautifully intricate and detailed. All the maps of town and of the rooms within the residence itself are accurate... down to the placement of furniture. Geary introduces briefly throughout the novel many of the alternate theories and possible other suspects to the grisly murders. He has done a wonderful job of recreating the entire series of events that took place that stifling summer of 1892. Included at the rear of the book are several pages of press clippings of the time as well as Lizzie's Indictment. The back cover has an eerie comparison of the Borden case to that of the Simpson case a hundred years later. There are about 3 discrepencies I have found within the pages of "The Borden Tragedy", but they are so minute that they really don't bear mentioning. I highly recommend this book to anyone that has a love of comics, Borden affectionados/collectors, or simply anyone wanting a very brief yet still accurate introduction to one of the most famous unsolved crimes in all of american history.
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Summary: Been There, Done That... Got the Shirt
Review: Mr. Geary... my hat is off to you, sir! "The Borden Tragedy" is near perfect in all it's pictoral details and facts. I can attest to this as I have actually stayed the night in the infamous guest room where dear ol' step-mommy's bludgeoned body was found, had a lengthy conversation with the Borden historian in Fall River, read the interrogation notes and the police blotter from the time of Lizzie's arrest, as well as having dug up as much information as I possibly could before my actual visit so I would be ready to ask a plethora of questions. I can tell you with absolute certainty: Geary has his act together here. For those of you that might not be familar with the term "graphic novel", it basically means "a really fancy comic book with lots of words". Be that as it may, Geary managed to cram pack the pages with more information about the Borden case than you can shake a bloody axe handle at. (Granted, there is still quite a bit more to the case... but this is just a comic book designed for light reading!) The illustrations are beautifully intricate and detailed. All the maps of town and of the rooms within the residence itself are accurate... down to the placement of furniture. Geary introduces briefly throughout the novel many of the alternate theories and possible other suspects to the grisly murders. He has done a wonderful job of recreating the entire series of events that took place that stifling summer of 1892. Included at the rear of the book are several pages of press clippings of the time as well as Lizzie's Indictment. The back cover has an eerie comparison of the Borden case to that of the Simpson case a hundred years later. There are about 3 discrepencies I have found within the pages of "The Borden Tragedy", but they are so minute that they really don't bear mentioning. I highly recommend this book to anyone that has a love of comics, Borden affectionados/collectors, or simply anyone wanting a very brief yet still accurate introduction to one of the most famous unsolved crimes in all of american history.
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Summary: Not just a comic book.
Review: Read the story of the Borden murders like you've never read it before - in comic book form. It's like seeing a movie, or if you really get carried away, almost like being there. The telling of the tale is historically accurate, and each frame enhances what is already a good, condensed version of the crimes. Of special importance are the two drawings Mr. Geary does of the inside of the house. He draws it so simply that it's easy to see which room leads into which with that multitude of doors. A definite read for the Borden enthusiast and a plus for your Lizzie collection.
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Summary: "Tragedy" is Terrific
Review: Read the story of the Borden murders like you've never read it before - in comic book form. It's like seeing a movie, or if you really get carried away, almost like being there. The telling of the tale is historically accurate, and each frame enhances what is already a good, condensed version of the crimes. Of special importance are the two drawings Mr. Geary does of the inside of the house. He draws it so simply that it's easy to see which room leads into which with that multitude of doors. A definite read for the Borden enthusiast and a plus for your Lizzie collection.
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Summary: Lizzie Borden was the O.J. Simpson of her day
Review: Rick Geary makes that clear on the back cover of The Borden Tragedy, a straightforward investigation into the infamous double murder in Fall River, Mass., in 1892. While the contents of the book focus strictly on the case, its victims and suspects, the back cover draws various amusing (and convincing) comparisons between Borden in 1892 and Simpson in 1994, from the celebrity surrounding the crime to the "not guilty" verdict that closed the trial. Between the covers, however, Geary provides a wonderfully direct account of the incident, drawing on anonymous memoirs from the time they were discovered in a trunk in 1990. While using that typed manuscript as his source, Geary verified his facts with numerous other sources, compiling a fascinating summation to accompany his illustrated narration. The terse account is filled with details that suggest it was written by a close associate of the family. The narrative is written formally, evocative of the time, and Geary's black-and-white illustrations provide a fly-on-the-wall view of events as they unfolded. The book draws no conclusions about the murderer's identity; the killer is always off-panel or shown only in shadow. And, while a small amount of blood is unavoidable in a story of this sort, the book never descends into tasteless levels of gore.
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