Hungry Ghosts is cooked up by the best selling author and veteran chef, Anthony Bourdain ( Kitchen Confidential , Emmy-Award winning TV star of Parts Unknown ) and acclaimed novelist Joel Rose ( Kill, Kill, Faster, Faster ) back again from their New York Times #1 best seller, Get Jiro !. Featuring all-new original recipes prepared by Bourdain, plus a gu Hungry Ghosts is cooked up by the best selling author and veteran chef, Anthony Bourdain ( Kitchen...
| Title | : | Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts |
| Author | : | Anthony Bourdain |
| Rating | : | |
| Genres | : | Sequential Art |
| ISBN | : | 150670669X |
| Edition Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 pages pages |
Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts Reviews
Terrifying Tales Served Too Soon with a side of Mashed Pota-toes and Grave-y What could have been a fun Vault of Horror style romp is hampered by artwork a bit too serious for the, ha ha, undertaking. And shitty continuity that would shame the archivists and editors and cosplayers of ...
This was a weird one. The art is excellent, truly. Top notch. And the little "ghost" stories are creepy as hell (some of them). Some of the art is truly disturbing. Creepy. There's a cool section at the back that tells a bit more about all of the various spirits that are in the stor...
Most people who knew Anthony Bourdain?s long run as celebrity chef would not be surprised to know he was in love with Japanese food and culture. What is surprising to me is that he had an interest in pre-Comics Code EC horror comix, and was a fan in particular of Japanese yokai (or m...
A graphic book of short stories, all involving food and Japanese ghostly spirits. The stories are not that frightening and the art is not that inspired. There are recipes as well. One story, "Deep", very relevant in this era of #MeToo, exposes the cruelty in the apprenticeship syste...
Delightfully creepy selection of stories drawn directly from Japanese traditional tales, with appropriately brilliant and lurid illustrations. Not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. The stories are accompanied by several luscious and elaborate Bourdain recipes which tie in rath...
Hungry Ghosts: Tales of Fear and Food from Around the World was Anthony Bourdain's last work before his death in June 2018. Bourdain, an admirer of Japanese folklore as well as graphic novels/comics, worked with several artists to compile Hungry Ghosts.They were released as single i...
General warning: this graphic novel is not for the faint of heart. It's, well, graphic. Basically, don't read it where children might accidentally read over your shoulder, that was my mistake when I tried to read it at lunch! These comics are basically a retelling and/or a re-envis...
I'm starting this review by saying that I have changed my mind about Anthony Bourdain (sort of) in the wake of his untimely death. I used to hate the guy. His obnoxiousness to the animal world...ok, most people eat meat, I get that. But most people don't revel in eating endangered ...
This is a collection of food-based horror stories, reminiscent of old issues of Creepy or Eerie. The art is bloody and gory, but sadly . . . sigh . . . none of the tales are very suspenseful, or scary. No goosebumps. Just horseflesh. Lots and lots of horseflesh. ...
This was very disappointing.... ...
Anthony Bourdain loved creepy stories, and he was very fond of Japanese culture, and ?Hungry Ghosts? is his take on an old Edo-period Japanese parlor game. In the original context, guests would gather at night to tell each other folk tales and ghost stories; in the adjoining room t...
Wow!Alot of work and research went into this book.I loved it for its creativity,entertainment, are and historical integrity.A rare jem to hold in your hands.Even better to read and devour.The ribbon as a bookmark is classy and an awesome plus. ...
A fitting tribute to Tony B. ...
Delightfully Disgusting. Didn't expect this from Mr. Bourdain. A couple of years ago I wouldn't have been able to get through this book. It has some really gross stuff in it. REALLY gross. But thanks to Game of Thrones making the eating of raw horse hearts the stuff of TV, I can handle...
I love Japan, its culture, and most of all its ghost stories. This book has amazing graphics and grotesquely horrifying stories of Japan's ghosts, though they are not fully formed, they feel more like vignettes. I liked "The Pirates" and "The Snow Woman" most. However, after all the...
It's a crying shame that Bourdain?s death means that we won't get to see this side of him come out to play again. I?ve been a fan of the man and his work for many years, but I had no idea he was such an aficionado of Japanese ghost stories. Hungry Ghosts is inspired in equal par...
What a fine collection of scary stories that made for interesting reading. The fact that the late Anthony Bourdain had the foresight to put these stories together in one place made them accessable to all to read. The graphics are terrific and each story has an underlying theme, that of...
I read this in single issues, published January through April 2018. I highly recommend the collected edition once it is published (October schedule). I'm already missing the observational skills and honesty of Anthony Bourdain. He wasn't perfect but he was genuine. Those properties ...
The late Anthony Bourdain and collaborator Joel Rose adapt some food-related horror stories from Japan and a few other places around the world. Mostly they go for a heavy-handed Tales from the Crypt vibe, complete with gross-out endings. The stories have all the subtlety of a Michael F...
Oh mannnnn I really wanted to love this. It could have been perfect. I don't know if it was a short production schedule or what but the transitions between issues just did not make sense. First it's these rich guys doing this ritual and I'm thinking damnnn this is going to backfire on ...- I was intrigued by a comic that integrated Japanese folk horror with cooking. Plus, I wanted to read something that may inspire me to try cooking different dishes. Gory images mixed with storytelling--graphic imagery and a taste of some of the Japanese folk tale (one I have to confes...
An inventive set of tales that features all the tastiness of modern comics art (Francavilla and Pope and Santaluoco, oh my) but lacks a bit of substance. The stories, as is tradition in anthologies, vary in quality, which means some issues are half-full of great stuff and half-full of,...
Horror book? Check! Has Yokai? Check! Graphic novel? Check! It had a so many things going for it for me and it just missed it's mark. Maybe because the short stories were not long enough to get me fully invested. I can not put my finger on it exactly. My favorite story out of all of ...- As a homage to Anthony Bourdain, there can be no finer one than this. It incorporates his love of food, graphic novels and Japanese culture, all in one. The artwork is excellent, the creativity is superb and the spirit of the Edo era storytelling game among the Samurai is engrossing. T...
I enjoy Anthony Bourdain's writing and mourn the loss of his voice. Unlike his other writings i don't hear his voice in my head when I read it, but I love that he worked in comics. His sensibilities still come through. I look forward to picking up the other issues ...
I always admire a successful person who crosses over into another field. Anthony Bourdain does a fantastic job of talking his first passion (cooking) and weaving horrific tales around what we consume. I truly believe that if he were still with us he would have gotten better and better ...
When was the last time you read a book cover to cover including the author bios, appendix, and whatever else have you? This was one of those books. Not only did I read it that thoroughly, I thumbed through it a second time to get a better look at the pictures! This was such a cool lo...
Anthony Bourdain was always one of my favorites of the ?celebrity chef? crowd. Bourdain was that rare character who could produce something beyond the scope of a mere cooking show. The man wrote books, both nonfiction and fiction. His forays into television produced ?Parts Unknow...
Japanese Ghosts, Food, Great Artists (Pope, Ponticelli, Manco, Francavilla) and Karen Berger. Already the anthology book of the year? ?- While reading this I learned about the dead of Anthony Bourdain, co-creator of this book. A lot of us Europeans might not now him but this Ameri...
Man this graphic novel was wild and more than gruesome but it was a fun time. I enjoyed the art and the different stories. I gasped a bit, said ewww a lot and chuckled more than once. I learned a thing or two about different types of ghosts and best believe I?ll be trying the recipes...
