Blacklung
Book description
In this graphic novel cartooned by a promising up-and-comer, a schoolteacher and a gangster team up when pirates shanghai them.
Chris Wright’s Blacklung is unquestionably one of the most impressive graphic novel debuts in recent years, a sweeping, magisterially conceived, visually startling tale of violence, amorality, fortitude, and redemption, one…Why read it?
1 author picked Blacklung as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
As captivating as it is disturbing, this nautical tale of a schoolteacher who’s accidentally shanghaied (this seems to be a theme with nautical comics!) and winds up having to figure out how to survive amidst a crew of sadists—the worst among them the captain, who’s devoted his life to committing the most depraved acts possible, a scheme designed to ensure he’ll meet his dead wife in Hell.
From Ben's list on graphic novels set on the high seas.
Want books like Blacklung?
Our community of 10,000+ authors has personally recommended 88 books like Blacklung.
5 book lists we think you will like!
Interested in Pirates, good and evil, and teachers?
10,000+ authors have recommended their favorite books and what they love about them. Browse their picks for the best books about Pirates, good and evil, and teachers.