Storytime Part 1 of 3: The Chimera Brigade

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Anyone reading?

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How to handle an embedded file?

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Am I alone in this thread?

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Am I posting at the wrong time?

>>93450613
>The Chimera Brigade
oh god if I see another comic reference Neitzsche again I'm going to hurl. When was this published?

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>>93451810
2009-2010

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How is it seem like a reference to Nietzsche by the way?

>>93451895
Senpai, the page anon replied to literally has a Nietzsche quote in it.

>>93450978
I am now so this is very cliche in a very old school comics deconstruction kind of way. Are the pulp character public domain in europe?

>>93450514
Nice

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>>93451934
Time for me to take a break.

>>93451810
It's more than a reference, the man and superman and Zarathustra are fairly important to the story.

>>93451945
It does get really good, trust. Aren't all these characters public domain pretty much everywhere?

>>93452024
It might be important to the story but even by 2010 this was a cliche as hell observation about superheroes. The story is slow as hell though and feels like I'm missing key moments. Like I'm reading a sequel to a book where I need to read that other book.

>>93452088
I don't really see what's cliche about it. I'll agree that it is a slow burner. French books do tend to put more time into the first and second acts and kinda rush the conclusion. I suppose that knowing European history and pop culture does help, since they're all established characters, besides the brigade, I think.

>>93452147
the cliche comes from when you read a lot of superhero deconstructions, it shows up in Watchmen, Miracleman several Image titles and even shows up in piss takes like Marshal Law. It's a very common one for this type of story to either mention it, make the comparison or go on a rant about it.

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Regarding Nietzsche and the various interpretations of the 'superman', two questions to ask yourself while reading this:
Whatever Happened to the European Superhero?
Why couldn’t European superheroes save the day?

>>93452232
Yeah, I know it's a superhero deconstruction, but I think they each have a different take on it, I wouldn't say this book is a lot like Watchmen at all.

>>93451416
I'm reading!

>>93450845
>Someone actually acknowledges all the communist stuff that was going on in post-WWI europe
>Mabuse actually has believeble motivation behind his actions and plans

I think I will have to read this through. French are already surpassing almost all "WW2, but with superheroes" things americans have made.

>>93452907
>Mabuse actually has believeble motivation behind his actions and plans

You realise this is essentially Hitler's motivation, at least publicly.

>>93452962
Yeah, but usually it boils down to he's nazi because he's EVIL with capital letters

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Thank you for being here in this thread with me. I hope you enjoyed part 1. See you all tomorrow for part 2!

>>93453307
Thanks.

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Bumping so that more people might discover this.

Interesting

bumping before going to sleep

>>93451416
I'm here OP, enjoying

Excellent comic, gets pretty crazy by the end but the narrative it conveys is great. Great to see it storytimed again.

>>93450729
Is that Mabuse?

>>93456444
bump

mega download?

>>93452871
This is starting to smell an awful lot like Persona...

No idea what I'm reading here but for those who may not know:

>>93450750
Doktor Mabuse was a bad guy featured in two (if I recall) Pre-War German films, where he was a brilliant criminal mastermind and hypnotist.

Very interesting. Hope to catch the next part,

>>93450978
A very odd little story. Not sure if I dig it or not yet.
Just waiting for Phantòmas and Judex to show up.

>>93461269

>>93458286
Dr. Mabuse der Spieler (1922)
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1933)

>>93461269
Only in reference I believe.

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>>93457864
>This is starting to smell an awful lot like Persona...

It's closer to Shin Megami Teisen, really.

Is there a website for annotations?

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>>93463335
Isn't one just an anime highschool spinoff of the other?

>>93463170
I've seen the first but not the second and really enjoyed it. It seems like a pretty obscure character to make as the main villain but I find this whole thing rather interesting.

>>93465455
>It seems like a pretty obscure character
>Mabuse
>obscure

I have no reaction image. He's the least obscure character in that story after the US delegation in the opening and the Golem of Prague.

>>93465587
Think so? That may be true I guess. Though I guess being the "least obscure" in a group of obscure characters is probably true. Most of these characters haven't seen much use in the past few decades.

>>93465673
Most of those characters are from french pulp novels, a genre that's about as obscure as israeli concentration camp smut.

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