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Bowery Boys Kindle & comiXology

by Cory Levine (Author), Ian Bertram (Illustrator), Brent McKee (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
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When his father is framed for murder, immigrant son Nikolaus McGovern rallies together a motley crew of street youths in a rip-roaring coming-of-age adventure based on the period history of antebellum New York City! Set against the backdrop of rampant political corruption, vicious street gangs, nascent labor reform and ardent xenophobia--can Niko and his friends triumph in a life-and-death battle against their oppressors, or will they succumb to the engines of socio-economic progress?
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    Bowery Boys Our Fathers
  2. Print length
    208 pages
  3. Language
    English
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  5. Publisher
    Dark Horse Books
  6. Publication date
    August 18, 2015
  7. Reading age
    14 years and up
  8. File size
    566100 KB
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About Cory Levine
Writer, editor and graphic designer Cory Levine is a former editorial staffer for Marvel Comics where he edited hundreds of collected editions of comic books, encyclopedic handbooks, special edition magazines and foreign-licensed comics including the company's well-received line of Soleil graphic album adaptations. In 2010 he founded First Edition Publishing, Inc. -- a publishing solutions firm offering editorial packaging, graphic design and pre-press production services. His writing is featured in the VIZ Media graphic novels Monsuno Combat Chaos Vol. 2: Revenge/Sacrifice and Ben10 Omniverse Vol. 1: Ghost Ship. He lives and works in New Hampshire.
 
About Ian Bertram
A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, artist Ian Bertram was chosen as the Best New Talent of 2011 by Comicbookjesus.com, and selected to the Society of Illustrators 2012 Student Scholarship Competition. His work has appeared in the anthology magazine INK, the Detective Comics #27 anniversary special, and Batman Eternal from DC Comics. He has been a featured artist at the Greenpoint Gallery and the 30 Rooms art gathering. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
 
About Brent David McKee
Brent David McKee has worked for various skateboard companies, licensed Nintendo products, Marvel/Upperdeck's Marvel Masterpiece cards and comic book work The Glass Tarantula for Sequentialink.com. His work appeared in Image Comics’ Noble Causes with Geoff Johns and the Eisner-nominated anthology Outlaw Territory Vol. 3.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B010GHIDQ4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Horse Books (August 18, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 18, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 566100 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Not enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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hardcorenerd
5.0 out of 5 stars A great effort deserving a look
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2015
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Bowery Boys is a serious tale with clever dialogue and multi-dimensional characters. The story could have been told in many formats but it works wonderfully as a graphic novel, especially when Levine allows his artists to forward the tale, and they do so with precision. The plot might take place in reality, but Levine never completely forgets his comic book influences. You won't find superheroes, mutants, or powers, but you will discover larger than life characters and action scenes that pay homage to the best comics you've read.

The first pages hooked me, and although I would have liked a few more panels increasing the drama during the climax, I finished the read satisfied and wanting more, and isn't a good wanting of more exactly what you look for? Levine, Bertram and McKee all need to be watched.

Also, in my humble opinion, the cover is worth the price itself. Absolutely striking cover art.
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Cory J Levine
5.0 out of 5 stars A note from the author.
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2015
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I wrote this book. I'm very proud of it and would like you to read it. You can find a good portion of the story at boweryboyscomic.com where you can give it a try for free. I hope you enjoy it.
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Whitt Patrick Pond
5.0 out of 5 stars An extraordinary and engaging tale in graphic novel form
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2015
Written by Cory Levine and illustrated by Ian Bertram and Brent McKee, Bowery Boys is a complex and engaging tale about the hard side of life in 1850's New York. It's also what a graphic novel can and should truly be, a seamless fusion of story-telling and illustration that draws the reader in and transports them to another time and place.

It's the summer of 1853 in New York City, in The Bowery, on the edges of the notorious "Five Points" slum neighborhood in Manhattan. Crime and corruption of all kinds are rampant, labor unrest is at the boiling point, and the conflict between the newly formed labor unions and the rich and powerful determined to crush them is becoming ever more violent and bloody. In the middle of this powder keg, four kids are thrown together by events that end up forging a unique set of bonds between them:

- Nikolaus "Niko" McGovern, the son of a labor leader, Bill McGovern
- Paully Basso, a street kid, a homeless tomboy frequently mistaken for a boy
- Isaac Feinstein - a Jewish student at the local shul
- Mary Ann Murphy, a pretty but tough-minded young girl who lives (and possibly works) at a local brothel

The themes in Bowery Boys are reminiscent of Scorsese's film Gangs of New York, which is not surprising as both draw on the same time and place in history, but Bowery Boys is actually the more accurate in terms of time. The illustration art by Bertram and McKee is stylish and wonderfully rendered, giving both the setting and the characters a compelling larger-than-life feel. Stylistically, I am reminded of Régis Loisel's Peter Pan, another graphic novel which I felt was wonderfully done.

Bowery Boys does a good job of conveying just how different life in New York was 160 years ago. For one thing, police forces were a comparatively new development in major cities of the time. The NYPD itself was created in 1845 to replace the old night watch system that had proven woefully inadequate to the needs of a burgeoning city. So in 1853, when the story is set, the whole idea of police was only about eight years old. Fire-fighting was even less developed and the function was largely left to self-organized 'volunteer' fire departments which in reality were little more than street gangs with some fire-fighting equipment and were as likely to loot a place as they were to save it, which they only did if you paid them.

Highly, highly recommended.
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BachusD
5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing find!
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2016
Picked this up at Boston Comic Con when I had the good fortune to come across it, and meet the author, at the Boston Comics Roundtable booth. Mind blowing the quality of this work that I just happened to stumble on. This book is truly terrific. Why I love it: 1) It takes a down in the streets view of a fascinating time and place, mid-19th century New York. This New York feels modern in so many ways, yet is so foreign and barbaric. I loved the movie Gangs of New York and it is easy to compare to this, but honestly, this is a LESS cartoony, more nuanced look at this subject matter than you get from the movie. 2) The writing is cracking, the characters varied and compelling. It takes a sweeping view from street urchins to uptown power brokers, from union leaders to tycoons. 3) The art is insanely good. Just look at a page and try putting it down. 4) The print quality of the volume itself is terrific. 5) This was a webcomic that made it to print and in a beautiful way. This is how the world of publishing should work. Buy it and make the world a better place!
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Aubrey Sitterson
5.0 out of 5 stars I started reading Bowery Boys when it was originally serialized ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2015
I started reading Bowery Boys when it was originally serialized on the internet, and so thrilled to finally have it all collected in one place. Fans of Gangs of New York will immediately feel right at home with Bowery Boys, as it is set it that era of the Big Apple, but that's where similarities to the movie end. Levine's writing is extremely well-researched, but never feels stiff or wooden as a result – instead of using history as a weight around his characters' necks, he uses it to give them added depth and propel the story forward. Aiding him in this are the tremendous artists Ian Bertram & Brent McKee, who deftly bring the world of Bowery Boys to life.
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DanicusRex
5.0 out of 5 stars the "Wild East"
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2016
Where to begin? The art in this book is GORGEOUS. There's an amazing sense of weight and movement in each panel.
The writing is also top-notch! The story never seemed to turn in the way I was expecting, but by the end, everything had played out in a way that felt like it was truly the only way the story could have gone. It felt very realistic when all was said and done.
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Shlomo R.
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it!
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2015
Absolutely gorgeous (and I do mean GORGEOUS) art. I originally read the book in its Web comic form, and bought this lovely collection as soon as it came out for the story's conclusion. Lovely historicsl fiction for you all to enjoy. Can't recommend this book enough - it's one of my favorite reads of 2015. And once again, the art is stupid good.
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Mary Cool
5.0 out of 5 stars Gritty, scruffy, gorgeous
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2015
The art is stunning and captures the feel of the Five Points neighborhood and its gangs--blood, grime, and mayhem fly off the pages. Also a great cast of characters--my personal favorites being the androgynous Tammany shill, Markus Welsh; an ancient, gnarled Rabbi; and finally, the son of a union leader, Niko, who struggles under the corruption that has blighted the world around him.
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Simon B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2016
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Cory Levine is a true star and this novel is a master stroke, dark, interesting and different.
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