Product Description

Britannia is ten years dead. Phonomancer David Kohl hadn't spared his old patron a thought for almost as long... at which point his mind starts to unravel. Can he discover what's happened to the Mod-Goddess of Britpop while there's still something of himself left? Dark modern-fantasy in a world where music is magic, where a song can save your life or end it.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #120817 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 152 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781582406947
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

One of the best graphic novels I've read in a long time
One of the best graphic novels I've read in a long time. The premise of "Phonogram" is the idea that music really can change one's life in tangible, meaningful ways. It's a fantasy story about evil "phonomancers" (sort of dj-wizards) attempting to resurrect Britannia, the goddess of British guitar pop. The fantasy elements are fun, but the heart of the story is the idea that pop music is of the moment and that nostalgia's a dead end. The artwork is clean and fairly realistic. I liked the fact that the resolution comes about through reason and not violence. And the final page is particularly poignant.

Unless you Love Britpop and Vertigo books, might want to pass.
I really wanted to like this, the book I imagined it would be caught my enthusiasm. Art is mostly very nice, though spare, and it does start with some good ideas, lost me almost entirely in the third chapter with a prolonged "dream" sequence, finally just alienating if you don't care about the bands(might have been more fun for me if it had been all made up bands, like in the graphic novel Tricked, or the sf book Rack and Rule.)Seemed like it wanted really bad to be a Vertigo book. If the creator return to the concept, my initial delight in the idea of the Phonomancer allows me to believe that this still has a lot of potential, and perhaps later chapters could satisfy me more.

Bitter stare over Britpop revival
Phonogram is Great. More than that. It is 4REAL!

It is a great metaphor of the about the Brit music scene, its highs and lows, and have a bitter stare over the current music scene and a supposed revival of 90's Britpop. It is a bit about growing up and leaving the weight behind, like it was that easy...

Obviously, if the reader knows the bands (what is much easier in these download days) some references are better understandable, but if you lived the Britpop heyday... man, you will get all layers of the metaphor!!

The Mr. McKelvie's art is fantastic and have great depictions of key people of the Britpop and the text is very passionate, showing that Mr. Gillen must have lived the scene.

It gets 4 stars only for the fact the covers of the mini-series are reproduced in black and white, what is lame (when you see them, you will understand)!!!