Midwest Book Review: Rohan At The Louvre
Rohan at the Louvre is a manga (Japanese graphic novel) presented as a full-sized hardcover book, printed on glossy paper. The art is deliberately "unflipped" (in its original format, read right-to-left) and colored in a stylized tonal palette that effectively brings its darker elements to the fore. A tale of suspense that gradually builds up to supernatural horror, Rohan at the Louvre follows a young comic artist with a unique talent - the ability to read people's souls as if they were pages of manga. He is conscientious about respecting other people's privacy, and his extraordinary ability is largely a background element to the unfolding story about a mysterious painting by an executed artist. Created to be the darkest shade of black imaginable, this evil masterpiece is held deep within the recesses of the Louvre museum. Years after learning about the painting under questionable (at best) circumstances, Rohan dares to go to the Louvre and investigate - only to find that the concentrated hatred buried beneath the impenetrable canvas craves blood sacrifice! Rohan at the Louvre is not a ghost story for the faint of heart, and should definitely not be read before bedtime, not if one plans to sleep with the lights out. Highly recommended for fans of horror comics!
Rohan at the Louvre
Hirohiko Araki
Comics Lit/Musee du Louvre Editions
NBM Publishing
40 Exchange Place, Suite 1308
New York, NY 10005-2742
9781561636150 $19.99 www.nbmpublishing.com
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