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Mount Laurel, NJ : Dynamite Entertainment, [2016-
Description
Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files saga continues in this original and in-continuity graphic novel, featuring a never-before-told story set after the bestselling novel White Night and graphic novel Down Town! A bizarre double murder draws the interest of Chicago's only wizard-for-hire. But as Harry Dresden begins his investigation, the clues lead to troubling conclusions about the possible perpetrator, and set him on a path that will place him in the middle of a conflict between the city's three most powerful factions -- a conflict that could engulf all of Chicago!.
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LibraryThing member babsji
I did recieve this as an eArc from Netgalley for an honest review. First, I liked the story more than the artwork. The first part with him standing between the vampire court and Marcone's is per norm. lots of yelling, lots of beating up of poor Harry. The old wild fey that showed up is pretty
Second, the artwork was just kind of meh. It was just like all the other Image, Boom studios, Dynamite, & IDW comics. It's like they have a stock of 5 or 6 shapes, and after awhile, they all start looking the same.
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interesting, and I hope he does more stories around the wild fey. The ending was kind of hurried, and not very satisfying. I will admit that I am behind in my Dresden Files reading, like maybe the last 4 books, but I did like that Molly was there. Dresden really needs to be training somebody as much as he gets beaten up. And it's also good to have family around, even if his brother is a vampire.Second, the artwork was just kind of meh. It was just like all the other Image, Boom studios, Dynamite, & IDW comics. It's like they have a stock of 5 or 6 shapes, and after awhile, they all start looking the same.
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LibraryThing member -Eva-
A powerful being is sucking the life energy out of its victims and Harry Dresden and his team must get Lara Raith and "Gentleman" Johnny Marcone to work together to defeat the villainous faerie Puck. This was another great graphic Dresden short story; the villain wasn't my favorite, but the regular
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cast was as entertaining as ever and the art matched what I have come to expect. Dresden and Company can always be relied upon to provide some fun mayhem. Show Less
LibraryThing member amanda4242
I don't really expect much from the Dresden Files graphic novels except a decent story to keep me entertained until the next novel comes out. I enjoy some of them more than others, but I have never been disappointed by one until Wild Card.
The premise sounded good: a powerful creature from the
Received via Netgalley.
The premise sounded good: a powerful creature from the
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Nevernever pits the mob, the police, and the White Court of vampires against each other, with only Harry Dresden to keep all of Chicago from plunging into war. However, the creature's motives are never really explained, Lara Raith and John Marcone--two of the most intelligent characters in the series--seem like idiots here, and the simmering war is averted by dumb luck. Add in art that makes it hard to tell one character from and you have the worst Dresden Files graphic novel yet produced. Received via Netgalley.
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LibraryThing member AVoraciousReader
Book source ~ Gifted – birthday present
For those who like to read things in chronological order this story is set between the novel White Knight and the graphic novel Down Town.
I love the world of Harry Dresden and I delight in each book and graphic novel I can get my greedy little hands on. This
For those who like to read things in chronological order this story is set between the novel White Knight and the graphic novel Down Town.
I love the world of Harry Dresden and I delight in each book and graphic novel I can get my greedy little hands on. This
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one was a birthday gift from my hubby, so yay! Even though this is a short story in graphic novel form, everything I love about the Dresden Files is present: humor, snarkiness, Big Bads, mystery, and magic. I love it. On the other hand, I’m not so enamored with the artwork. It’s only so-so for me since I don’t think anyone looks how I pictured them. Which wouldn’t ordinarily be a bad thing, but I just had a hard time with everyone being so buff. Harry? No. And Marcone? Seriously?! Absolutely not. Anyway, great story, meh artwork. Show Less
LibraryThing member Glennis.LeBlanc
This collection of six comic issues is another new story to the Dresden universe. It falls between Small Favor and Turn Coat time wise so there are some spoilers if you are new to the series. The story was very basic and I was a bit surprised that as each faction was being played against one
Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley
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another they didn’t seem open to that fact very early in the scheme of things. For such a quick story almost every big gun in the area has a part in the book. How to deal with the attacks gets wrapped in the final issue a bit quickly. My only real problem with the comics is the art makes almost look much the same. Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley
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LibraryThing member JalenV
Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Wild Card collects all six issues of the 'Wild Card' comic book. This is an original story that's set between books 10 and 11 (Small Favor and Turn Coat).. The story starts out with a couple of young blondes being chased. Too bad they didn't stay home for the
We switch to Harry Dresden, Molly Carpenter, and Detective Sergeant Karrin Murphy visiting coroner Waldo Butters. Molly tries to use her powers to find out why two corpses that have no reason to be dead are dead. The answer was unnerving, but gives the writers an excuse to have Harry visit his shorter, handsomer older half-brother, Thomas Raith of the White Court Vampires. Harry
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evening. We switch to Harry Dresden, Molly Carpenter, and Detective Sergeant Karrin Murphy visiting coroner Waldo Butters. Molly tries to use her powers to find out why two corpses that have no reason to be dead are dead. The answer was unnerving, but gives the writers an excuse to have Harry visit his shorter, handsomer older half-brother, Thomas Raith of the White Court Vampires. Harry
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LibraryThing member TheYodamom
Harry finds himself and his friends in another jam.
The illustrations are very well done. Expressive and colorful, I enjoyed the art as much as the story.
The characters are all here. I loved the way the artist drew them.The bad guy reminds me of clockwork orange. Thomas, Murphy, Mollie, Godmother,
Puck is the very bad one and is good at it. He’s killing all over town and has everyone twisted into knots.
Dresden gets kicked, does some kicking and throw some magic around, it’s awesome. Harry just keeps getting better.
I loved it, it went along with the story beautifully. I have read the books through the last published one and enjoy seeing the story brought to life, and color.
The illustrations are very well done. Expressive and colorful, I enjoyed the art as much as the story.
The characters are all here. I loved the way the artist drew them.The bad guy reminds me of clockwork orange. Thomas, Murphy, Mollie, Godmother,
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Mouse are all here, drawn to fit their personality. Puck is the very bad one and is good at it. He’s killing all over town and has everyone twisted into knots.
Dresden gets kicked, does some kicking and throw some magic around, it’s awesome. Harry just keeps getting better.
I loved it, it went along with the story beautifully. I have read the books through the last published one and enjoy seeing the story brought to life, and color.
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LibraryThing member mom2lnb
Wild Card is the sixth Dresden Files graphic novel. According to Jim Butcher’s website, the story is set between Small Favor and Turn Coat in the greater series story arc. In this one, we have a mysterious and powerful entity who is trying to pit Chicago’s most prominent factions against each
I enjoyed the story for the way that it brings together a number of characters from the Dresden universe who must manage to put aside their differences to take on a common enemy. This is no small order for our wizard PI, Harry Dresden, who is the only one who can talk sense into the leaders of the various factions, and ultimately he’s also the one to defeat their enemy, although not in his typical flashy fashion full of things that go boom. Some of the characters are ones who’ve been a part of the series for a while, and others are new to this graphic novel format. Harry’s brother, Thomas; his good friend and CPD cop, Karrin Murphy; and his apprentice, Molly, act as his closest allies and have all been seen before in illustration. Murphy’s partner, Rawlins, and ME Butters I’m pretty sure are new to this format, making it interesting to see the artist’s concepts of them. In the frenemy camp, Marcone was seen in the previous graphic novel, Down Town, but I don’t believe that Lara Wraith has been in one of these books before and neither has Harry’s fairy godmother, Lea. Then there’s our evil villain who I can’t really say much about because giving away his identity is a huge spoiler. It made for a very well-rounded cast. I also enjoyed the couple of scenes that are written from Murphy’s POV, another first in the series. It was nice to get a little bit of insight into her past.
Most of the illustrations are done by Carlos Gomez who has worked on previous Dresden Files graphic novels, although according to the credits, Sean Izaakse worked on Issue 4. Their styles match closely enough that I didn’t find the transition jarring in any way. For the most part, I liked the artwork, although I have a few minor quibbles. I’m still not a fan of the way that Thomas is portrayed. As illustrated, he’s just not that attractive to me, considering that he’s always been described as impossibly beautiful. I also thought that Murphy and Molly looked a little to much alike in their facial features. The only way I was able to tell them apart is by Molly’s colorful hair and piercings. The last thing is that I feel like the female characters are a bit over-sexualized. However, I realize that this sadly is often par for the course in comics. Otherwise, this was a well-written and nicely illustrated book, that I very much enjoyed.
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other. He has murdered two women in an attack meant to look like it was perpetrated by White Court vampires, and when one of their own is also attacked, the cops are out to kick some vampire butts. Then two vampires are killed, leaving their leader, Lara Wraith, believing it was John Marcone. Meanwhile one of Marcone’s lackeys is found dead, supposedly at the hands of the cops. All of this leads to a fast-brewing civil war that will tear the city apart it Harry can’t find the culprit and put a stop to it. I enjoyed the story for the way that it brings together a number of characters from the Dresden universe who must manage to put aside their differences to take on a common enemy. This is no small order for our wizard PI, Harry Dresden, who is the only one who can talk sense into the leaders of the various factions, and ultimately he’s also the one to defeat their enemy, although not in his typical flashy fashion full of things that go boom. Some of the characters are ones who’ve been a part of the series for a while, and others are new to this graphic novel format. Harry’s brother, Thomas; his good friend and CPD cop, Karrin Murphy; and his apprentice, Molly, act as his closest allies and have all been seen before in illustration. Murphy’s partner, Rawlins, and ME Butters I’m pretty sure are new to this format, making it interesting to see the artist’s concepts of them. In the frenemy camp, Marcone was seen in the previous graphic novel, Down Town, but I don’t believe that Lara Wraith has been in one of these books before and neither has Harry’s fairy godmother, Lea. Then there’s our evil villain who I can’t really say much about because giving away his identity is a huge spoiler. It made for a very well-rounded cast. I also enjoyed the couple of scenes that are written from Murphy’s POV, another first in the series. It was nice to get a little bit of insight into her past.
Most of the illustrations are done by Carlos Gomez who has worked on previous Dresden Files graphic novels, although according to the credits, Sean Izaakse worked on Issue 4. Their styles match closely enough that I didn’t find the transition jarring in any way. For the most part, I liked the artwork, although I have a few minor quibbles. I’m still not a fan of the way that Thomas is portrayed. As illustrated, he’s just not that attractive to me, considering that he’s always been described as impossibly beautiful. I also thought that Murphy and Molly looked a little to much alike in their facial features. The only way I was able to tell them apart is by Molly’s colorful hair and piercings. The last thing is that I feel like the female characters are a bit over-sexualized. However, I realize that this sadly is often par for the course in comics. Otherwise, this was a well-written and nicely illustrated book, that I very much enjoyed.
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Awards
Dragon Award (Winner — Graphic Novel — 2017)
Language
Original publication date
2016
Physical description
27 cm
ISBN
9781524100988
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