The south of France: playground of the rich, and a paradise for artists. But where there is money, there is also crime. Alexandre Marni, aka Aliocha, is in the midst of it all as a tattoo artist for VIPs and leaders of the Russian mafia. And he has his own claim to high society: the descendant of a Russian royal family that sought refuge in the Riviera during the revolution of 1917, he wants to take back what was stolen from them. To this end, he will don a new identity to infiltrate the world of organized crime and set things right, whatever the cost.
T1 DOW
The south of France: playground of the rich, and a paradise for artists. But where there is money, there is also crime. Alexandre Marni, aka Aliocha, is in the midst of it all as a tattoo artist for VIPs and leaders of the Russian mafia. And he has his own claim to high society: the descendant of a Russian royal family that sought refuge in the Riviera during the revolution of 1917, he wants to take back what was stolen from them. To this end, he will don a new identity to infiltrate the world of organized crime and set things right, whatever the cost.
"DOW, vol 1 is written by Thilde Barboni, with artwork by Gabor. The story is about a renowned tatoo artist who's secretly a kind of super hero at night. He also has a score to settle with a family who helped send his grandfather to one of Stalin's camps. I wasn't really impressed with this book. It shows a bit of promise at times, but there's just too many different story elements to deal with. The revenge plot seems fine, but then... En lire plus