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Love: The Lion Kindle & comiXology
So the nomad searches patiently, waiting for the opportunity to claim his territory and find a new family. But loneliness can breed ferocity...
The third volume in the lavishly illustrated, award-winning series of wildlife graphic novels, each depicting a day in the life of different wild animals, told through the dramatic lens of Disney-esque storytelling, like a nature documentary in illustration.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherMagnetic Press
- Publication dateFebruary 17, 2020
- Reading age13 - 16 years
- Grade level8 - 11
- File size243321 KB
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KIRKUS -- The companion to Love: The Fox and Love: The Tiger (both 2015) takes its setting on the African savanna, where a male lion travels on the fringes of a pride. Sepia-toned panels establish back story: a lioness downs a Thomson's gazelle and is chased away from her prey by a big male, who snarls to drive away a young cub. The story proper opens as that cub, now grown, slinks alone in the rain to come across a pride, spars with one of its males and appears to best it, but then leaves, revolving around but never part of the pride for the rest of the book. Bertolucci's trademark lush paintings arranged in wordless, cinematic panels depict the lion's travels across spectacular savanna scenery populated by zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, and other fauna. Violence is depicted unflinchingly but without sensationalism. A moment of humor occurs when some cubs play a game of "ball" with a rolled-up pangolin. In one striking sequence, an airplane crashes in a fiery wreck; the lions observe but move on. In contrast to its predecessors, this tale, though accurately reflecting lion society, is visually hard to parse. The protagonist lion is distinguishable from the others only by his darker mane, and it may take readers two or three trips through to understand his relationship to the pride. The story's interpretation of the concept of "love" is murkier still. Astonishingly beautiful but narratively obscure. (Graphic adventure. 10 & up)
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BOOKLIST (STARRED) -- A lion's life is not an easy one, and the third volume of the nature-focused Love series follows a solitary young male as he tries to fend for himself in the forests and plains of the Serengeti. Driven by hunger and loneliness, the lion wanders the changing landscape, finding food where he can and defending himself against attackers as he searches for the safety and stability that comes with a pride's large numbers. Framed by memories from his youth, this lion's story follows just one day, yet contains a lifetime of experience. While the wordless narrative is impressive in its emotional range and depth of character, Bertolucci's illustrations are an absolute marvel. Exquisitely rendered in lushly colored panels, they capture an entire ecosystem from the smallest of creatures to the largest link in a complex food chain. The deaths of creatures in the wild can be violent and intense, but they are realistically rendered and so firmly set within the larger framework of natural order one can almost hear David Attenborough narrating the panels for the reader. Beautifully produced in both concept and execution, this brief window into the world of nature is highly recommended for all graphic novel collections.
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- ASIN : B084H3YJL6
- Publisher : Magnetic Press; Illustrated edition (February 17, 2020)
- Publication date : February 17, 2020
- Language : English
- File size : 243321 KB
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- Print length : 75 pages
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FYI: There is violence in this, but no more than nature documentaries.
This wordlessness makes for a title that can be enjoyed internationally. Also, the focus is strictly on the art to convey what is happening. In all three books, there have been points where I've found this confusing, and that is perhaps moreso here since in the previous volumes, the action is on a solitary type of animal and this time there is a pride of lions. The main lion is distinguished by a different mane, but the action shifts away from him more than in previous stories.
We see animals gather at a watering hole with lions looking on hungrily. The crocodiles get first dibs on the water buffalo and zebra, then the lions. It's a cruel world for prey and the books take an unflinching look at this (which is why I'm confused at calling these books Love and have been from the start).
The art is stunning and it's why they should be read. There is a lot of story told with only expression and nuance and that makes the storytelling brilliant.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Magnetic Press, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
The official synopsis is: “The third volume in the lavishly illustrated series of wildlife graphic novels, each following a single central animal through an adventurous day in their natural environment. Each tale depicts genuine natural behavior through the dramatic lens of Disney-esque storytelling, like a nature documentary in illustration.
“Both heartwarming and heartbreaking, this volume focuses on a solitary Lion as it wanders the plains of Africa, handling the daily hunt, and vicious rivalry, without a Pride of its own. The circle of Life takes center stage in a world where predator and prey trade places on a regular basis, and Family is something worth fighting -- and dying -- for. This exciting tale, written by Frederic Brremaud, is told without narration or dialogue, conveyed entirely through the beautiful illustrations of Federico Bertolucci.
“A beautiful, powerful tale of survival in the animal kingdom that explores the all-too-identifiable, universal concepts of Life, Courage, Aging, and ultimately Love.”
This coming-of-age tale shows what happens when male lions are ousted from the pride they are born into. It vividly shows the hunt for food, for a new family to fit into, and shows Nature at Her cruelest.
We follow this lion’s life journey after the older male cub assists in taking down an antelope, only to be chased off the meat by the pride’s alpha male. Then hyenas move in during a rainstorm and wrest the kill from the lions altogether.
We watch a detailed quest for the young lion’s survival – the quest for food, trying to find his place in this cruel world, and trying to become part of a new pride. We also see how the other animals in his native environment interact – a ruthless kill or be killed environment.
The attention to detail in the artwork is absolutely breathtaking! After the body of the tale has been told, there is also the artist’s sketchbook as to how this tale was brought to life.
Not to spoil anything, but the very last frame is heartbreakingly beautiful – it’s one image that you won’t be able to get out of your mind any time soon. Definitely check out this exquisite tale, but be sure you have a box of tissues handy when you do so.
Despite being dialogue and narration free, we get to experience life through this lion’s eyes. The reader has no choice but to fall in love with him. This is one fantastic book that will tug at your heartstrings long after you’ve closed the back cover.
I did want to touch on the plot and ending so SPOILERS.
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This comic has a lot of inspiration directly from observed nature, which means that darker elements of the known world are included. It's hard to ultimately fathom what happened in the book, although a few things are clear:
At a young age, the lion we follow is for some reason forced out of his family group. Usually this only happens when either another male takes over (he then kills all the existing cubs) or when he gets into his sexual development (much more like a juvenile or subadult, not the cub in the comic). It's confusing which one happened here.
It's equally confusing whether this pride is the same pride as the one at the end. How accurate is the comic being to nature, and how much, if at all, is there a 'story' which the authors designed? Is the lioness that dies earlier related in some way to the male we follow? Is the lioness protecting three cubs related to our lion? His mother even? These are things simply left unexplained. However the significance of the lionesses love for their children overwhelms the protagonist, ultimately, not merely the opponent male (who does seem strikingly like the one at the beginning).
Are we supposed to take from the ending that our protagonist becomes too savage, willing to kill the pride's male? That's how the synopsis seems to have it.
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So all in all it's an effective bit of storytelling, but without a clear sense of what's happened, it's a bit more difficult to parse than its prequels. I had to reread it through a few times to figure out which males were which. I would suggest this for mature audiences and for children whose parents can handle and articulate difficult or evasive topics.