Courtney Crumrin And The Fire Thiefs Tale
Comic Summary: by Ted Naifeh Uncle Aloysius takes Courtney to Romania, where she encounters a tribe of nomadic gypsies with a dark secret, and a young woman in danger of losing her heart, or worse, her humanity, to a handsome gypsy violinist. Can Courtney save her? Should she even bother? After all, this is Courtney Crumrin we're talking about!
Codes: FEB083948 MAY073664
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| Author: | Ted Naifeh |
| Release Date: | March 26, 2008 |
| In Stock? | Not currently available |
| Genre: | Horror |
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Customer Reviews
I’m a huge fan of Courtney Crumrin – I’ve given five stars to everything else in the series.
This installment lost its way, I think.
The great bit of CC is that one little girl was smarter than her horrible yuppie parents, hated her classmates, and was immersed in suburbia … despite knowing a bit about the magical elements around her, and despite being able to practice a bit of magic.
The juxtaposition of cell phones, talk about BMWs, and night creatures and spells was striking…really really good stuff!
Also, her weird relationship with her uncle was quite interesting.
This issue loses all of that.
Courtney is off touring the hinterlands of Europe with her uncle (who is now less mysterious), and everything that was great about the series goes away: no fairies, no night creatures, no juxtaposition and contrasting of the well-lit suburbs with dark magical secrets.
Also, a bit of moralizing was woven into the whole thing – don’t be afraid of folks who are different ; maybe most conflicts are just caused by misunderstanding ; etc., etc.
All in all, still fun, but much weaker than the previous CC books.
Hoping the next one is better…
1 pts.