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Green Manor

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Green Manor
The second book in the series,
The Inconvenience of Being Dead
featuring the main character.
Publication information
PublisherDupuis (French)
Cinebook (English)
GenreGraphic novel
Publication date2001-2005
No. of issues3 (in French)
2 (in English)
Creative team
Written byFabien Vehlmann
Artist(s)Denis Bodart

Green Manor is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Fabien Vehlmann, illustrated by Denis Bodart and published by Dupuis in French and Cinebook in English. I's a humoristic detective series set in the United Kingdom at the end of the 19th century. [1]

Volumes

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  1. Assassins et Gentlemen - Jan 2001 ISBN 2-8001-3137-3
  2. De l'inconvénient d'être mort - Feb 2002 ISBN 2-8001-3233-7
  3. Fantaisies meurtrières - Apr 2005 ISBN 2-8001-3598-0

Translations

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Cinebook Ltd is publishing Green Manor. The last two volumes have been compiled together into one English volume.:[2]

  1. Assassins and Gentlemen - May 2008 ISBN 978-1-905460-53-3
  2. The Inconvenience of Being Dead - Sept 2008 ISBN 978-1-905460-64-9

Reception

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The first Cinebook volume was reviewed by who complimented the structure and writing ("These stories get straight to the point and keep you there"), said that "[t]he art is gorgeous," before concluding that "[t]he book might be nearly $14, but the art and the storytelling density make for a better value than what that number looks like on the page."[3]

Awards

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The title was nominated for the 2002 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Scenario.

Notes

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References

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