"MeZolith" is a strip written by Ben Haggarty and drawn by Adam Brockbank that ran in The DFC from issues 15 to 25 and 32 to 36. It was later collected in a hardback volume. A second volume, consisting of entirely new material, published in Spring 2014.
The main tool of a storyteller is neither their words, nor their gestures, nor their voice – but their imagination. All the other tools serve to translate imagination into something transmissible. Ben Haggarty is a graphic novelist and script-writer.
He works with some tremendous illustrators and artists to produce striking graphic novels and comic strips. Ben’s debut graphic novel series, Mezolith, is an extraordinary exploration of the archaeology of the imagination.
What's to Love: Mezolith is an award-winning British graphic novel because it's a captivating, coming-of-age story with lush, gorgeous art!
Writer Ben Haggarty is a renowned performance storyteller, having been appointed Honorary Professor of Storytelling at the Arts University of Berlin, and illustrator Adam Brockbank is a storyboard and concept artist who has worked on the Captain America, Spider-Man, and Harry Potter films. The pair has collaborated to produce one of the best-looking books.
What It Is: 10,000 years ago, the Kansa tribe live on the eastern shores of Stone Age Britain, where danger is never far away. Each season brings new adventures, each hunt has its risks, and each grim encounter with the neighboring tribe is fraught with threat.
Poika, a boy on the verge of manhood, must trust the wisdom of his elders and endure life's rites of passage as he finds his place in the tribe.
MeZolith is a graphic novel for older children and adults, written by a leading oral storyteller, with extraordinarily immersive illustrations by one of Britain's top film concept artists.
It imagines a year in the life of Poika - a Mesolithic boy on the cusp of adulthood. Set in what is now North East Yorkshire, 10,000 years ago before Britain became an island, stories of a small tribe's daily struggle for survival are interwoven with some of humankind's most ancient myths, fairytales and legends.
Grounded in detailed archaeological research, this is a book of action and adventure, horror and romance, magic and beauty. MeZolith was one of The Times's Graphic Novels of the Year in 2010.
This cycle of stone-age stories of magic, horror, enchantment,and families, is written in words and pictures by Ben, with beautiful illustrations by Adam Brockbank (concept artist for X-men, Troy & the Harry Potter film series).
Set 10,000 years ago, before Britain was an island, it plays with the stories our ancestors might have shared. It was one of The Times Newspaper’s ‘Graphic Novel of the Year 2010’. Mezolith (volumes 1 & 2) have been published in the UK, USA and across Europe.
Along the way the characters tell each other stories of strange supernatural beings such as the Swan Bride. The stories are all based on oral folk narratives found in the present day, which Haggarty conjects could have had a continuity of presence since the hunter gather cultures of the Mesolithic - and even before.
“ΑΚΟΥΣΤΕ, ΕΙΝΑΙ ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ ΠΩΣ ΟΛΟΙ ΕΙΜΑΣΤΕ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΕΡΑΣ ΜΕ ΤΑ ΚΟΚΚΙΝΑ ΧΕΡΙΑ, ΜΑ ΕΣΕΙΣ ΕΙΣΤΕ ΚΑΝΣΑ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΚΥΒΕΥΕΤΑΙ Η ΤΙΜΗ ΤΗΣ ΦΥΛΗΣ ΣΑΣ! ΑΣ ΜΗΝ ΒΡΕΘΕΙ ΠΟΤΕ ΚΑΝΕΙΣ ΝΑ ΠΕΙ ΟΤΙ ΣΑΣ ΕΛΕΙΨΕ ΤΟ ΘΑΡΡΟΣ!”
10.000 χρόνια πριν, στα ανατολικά παράλια μιας Βρετανίας της Λίθινης εποχής, όπου ο κίνδυνος δεν είναι ποτέ απών, ζει η φυλή των Κάνσα.
Ο Πόικα, ένα νεαρό μέλος της φυλής, οδεύει βήμα-βήμα προς την ενηλικίωση—μπλεγμένος σε ένα κουβάρι από τελετουργικά κυνήγια, μαζώξεις και φυλετικά συμπόσια που καθορίζονται από τις φάσεις των δεκατριών φεγγαριών.
Όμως δεν είναι μόνος. Μάτια γεμάτα απληστία, ορέξεις και επιθυμίες τον παρακολουθούν μέσα από τις σκιές.
Τα όρια μεταξύ πραγματικού και φανταστικού θολώνουν ολοένα και περισσότερο καθώς η κοσμολογία των Κάνσα ξετυλίγεται μέσα από όνειρα, εφιάλτες και την αρχαϊκή ομορφιά του βιβλίου "Mezolith".
Writer: Ben Haggarty
Illustrator: Adam Brockbank
Συγγραφέας: Ben Haggarty
Εικονογράφηση: Adam Brockbank
Εκδότης: Jemma Press
Χρονολογία έκδοσης: Βιβλίο 1: Δεκέμβριος 2016
Χρονολογία έκδοσης: Βιβλίο 2: Δεκέμβριος 2017
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