Product Description: An original graphic novel from Warren Ellis and his Apparat line of books! A highly trained but under equipped army invades another country due to that country's perceived threat to home security. The army conducts shock-and-awe raids designed to terrify the populace. This army is soon driven to ground, and vastly outnumbered. The English army has to stand and fight, in Crecy, France. On 26 August 1346, modern warfare changed forever. This is the story of England's greatest battle. Featuring the stunningly detailed art of Raulo Caceres.
Nasty, brutish and short Another great experiment from Apparat - Ellis retells the Battle of Crecy. One of England's finest hours, and therefore ripe for the gritty, ultra-earthly Ellis treatment.
Ellis also specializes in science-based fiction - exploring a new idea or concept to a dramatic fictional conclusion (see: Iron Man - Extremis, his work on the Ultimate Fantastic Four, Ocean, etc...). In this case, he applies that skill towards the revolution in medieval technology and tactics. This isn't science fiction about light speed travel - it is science fiction about the longbow.
There are no characters as such, but Crecy is still infused with a certain emotional depth - part national pride, part pure gutsiness.
A good, fast, cheap read - Ellis and Apparat have paired together to produce some great work, and this is one of their best.
Interesting History Lesson? Well, there really isn't too much to say about Ellis' Crecy, other than it's along the lines of his other offerings in terms of it's ability to grab hold of you. However it also has an interesting way of telling the story, I especially liked the Narrator's way of explaining the reasoning behind things. Some nice little history lessons in there.
So I may just be a bit of a fanboy, but I have to say that this is a cheap read, well worth picking up and adding to your collection.
Nice Cartoon If you arew looking for vile language and the story of Agincourt instead of Crecy, this is the rag for you. Not only is the filth quoted by the characters a really questionable historical fact, the social attitude and the basic facts of the battle are a mile-off-probable, too. This has as much similarity to fact as "300".
History given a good old-fashioned goose Entertaining and informative, but all-too brief, Warren Ellis' "Crecy" is a salty retelling of a 14th Century battle which helped pave the way towards the modern doctrine of total warfare. Narrated directly to the reader by a ribald, cheerfully bigoted English archer, "Crecy" tells the tale of when an English raid into Northern France was met with a powerful French counterattack, and yet the English won the day, through a combination of luck, ruthlessness and French overconfidence. It's a fascinating (and fun) history lesson, but the ending is a bit abrupt. It'd be nice to see more of this from Ellis - perhaps a historically-oriented anthology book, along the lines of Jack Jaxon and Spain Rodriguez? As is, this volume will instantaneously pull you in, but may leave you a bit flat at the end. (ReadThatAgain book reviews)
"I can hit you from here with these..." Crecy just goes to show you that Warren Ellis is a true master of the comic book/graphic novel medium. Told from a soldier's perspective during the Battle of Crecy, Ellis manages to inject so much information in terms of historical weapon uses and battle techniques that you'll be turning the pages just to see what else you can learn alone. There is an engaging parallel to this generations-ago battle and the current war in Iraq (read Crecy's book description alone to get that), and Ellis' own dark humor is apparent as well. What's even more worth noting about Crecy is the ultra detailed, black and white artwork of Raulo Caceres, whose minor little details in faces and backgrounds are stunning to say the least. If there's any downsides to Crecy, it's that it is very short, and you'll be finished it in no time. Despite that though, there is something about Crecy that leaves a lasting impression, and for Warren Ellis fans, you already know that Crecy is worth picking up.
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