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| Silverfish | 
 enlarge | Author: David Lapham
Creator: Dan Lapham
Publisher: Vertigo
Category: Book
List Price: $17.99
Buy New: $12.23
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 3500886
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 140121049X
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781401210496
ASIN: 140121049X
Publication Date: December 23, 2008 (In 19 Days)
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David Lapham, writer and illustrator of the acclaimed crime comic-book series Stray Bullets, comes to Vertigo with SILVERFISH, an original, black and white hardcover graphic novel of stark crime noir and intense, gritty realism. What starts as a childish bid for her father's affections turns into nail-biting suspense when a young girl called Mia searches her new stepmother's purse, only to find a secret stash of money, a bloody knife and a mysterious address book.
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 Shivers June 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The most annoying part of this graphic novel was the paper it is printed on. After growing accustomed to the roughness of the paper in the softcover editions of Stray Bullets and Murder Me Dead the texture of the paper used in this book estranged me to it, somehow.
But that is a sidenote. What has drawn me to David Laphams stories have been the drawing style and the way characters end up being so incredibly intertwined with each other. This interweaving of stories and narratives isn`t as immediately obvious in Silverfish, due to it being a stand alone work (unless you view these narratives as further elaborations upon themes already visited in his earlier stories). The story is interesting, but for me an element of nerve is removed when the narrative takes place over such a small time frame (24/48 hours).
Perhaps it has to do with my reading style. Let me elaborate. At the same time i bought Silverfish i also bought Bone : One Volume Edition. Silverfish is less than two hundred pages, whilst Bone exceeds one thousand one hundred or so. I spent less than 48 hours on reading Bone from cover to cover without sleeping immediately after purchasing it. Silverfish, on the other hand, has been an on and off affair for the past three months. There is something about the way my previous relation to David Laphams works have been that make me want to halt the narrative at decisive moments. To say it in a manner which might be a bit tasteless, the stories he writes makes me want to be left dangling. And being given the whole story in one book makes this difficult.
But how does it work as narrative? It had me excited at times, it had me scared at times. His descriptions of children left to their own desires for exploration, and the problems/squabbles which might arise during and because of such antics is quite simply marvellous and as truthful/somber as any elaboration of the subject i have ever seen. The fish are just weird, i`d like to gnaw my way into his furry little brain and understand which references he is in possession of in relation to them. I can`t really parse that aspect of the story yet, but the imagery he creates in relation to the experience of a gnawing/nagging element in what one experiences of reality had me nodding my head on many an occation. The family dynamics are also excellent, though some of the characters oscillate between states too quickly for my liking, regardless of how hectic the events in the story is.
This story will grow on me, of that i am sure, and it will grow on everyone who allows themselves the time to enjoy it. I came for the imagery and the storylines, i definitely got what i came for, but it didn`t manage to capture my desire to immediately get to know the ending of the story. (Which might have to do with me overdosing on Bone the previous day.) It was like going for a long and scary walk at night with an old friend. But whilst this friend in Stray Bullets manages to run ahead, hide behind a rock and scare the life out of you he seems to be more interested in staying next to you and tell you scary stories to your face in Silverfish. (Then again, maybe he actually is hiding behind that rock up ahead, no, probably not that one, he`ll be behind the rock immediately after you`ve let down your guard.)
And i really can`t praise his drawing style enough, it is the most hard hitting way of drawing characters i`ve ever come across.
 Great graphic crime novel!!! April 11, 2008
This is one of Lapham's best stories! After "Stray Bullets" I was waiting desperately for new material, this is it! must-buy!!!
I Love Seafood! March 16, 2008
If you're a fan of David Lapham's Stray Bullets, then you'll Silverfish. The one thing that was very apparent to me was the story's pacing. He has more room to build tension and the psychotic buzz of his characters escalate better.
I hope David does more of these twisted tales like only he can.
All of his characters' dialogue are unique and natural. He knows how to write a young girl to an old lady with dark secrets.
This is a crime tale. No superheroes admitted.
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