The Poe Clan, Vol. 1

512 pages

English language

Published Oct. 28, 2019 by Fantagraphics.

ISBN:
978-1-68396-208-3
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5 stars (1 review)

The Poe Clan: a race of undead that feeds on the energy of the living, whiling away the centuries in a village of roses where time and geography have no meaning. Circumstances lead to a brother and sister, Edgar and Marybelle, being initiated into the clan too young, and therefore doomed to live out eternity forever on the brink of adulthood, until a wooden stake or a silver bullet should cut them down. In this groundbreaking manga, through three immortal adolescents and the mortals whose lives they touch, Moto Hagio explores what it means to live and to die, to have loved and to have lost.

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5 stars

I don’t think I’ve ever read anything that was as atmospheric as this. Hagio is a master of the medium. The fog. The flowers. The dark—all pop out of the page, propelled by an incredible story. Like Bram Stoker’s masterpiece, this manga is also epistolary, and the interwoven stories and narrators and timelines feel incredibly fresh and modern. Rachel Thorn’s translation slaps.

I usually read manga as an ebook on a big tablet but I’m very grateful I picked up the physical book. It is decadently luxurious.