num_pages: 56
description: A treasure map leads to an island with a terrible secret in Jasons new graphic novel. Five years ago little Gwennys father found inside a bottle a map with instructions on how to reach the mysterious Isle of 100000 Graves and its legendary treasures  and then he vanished. Now Gwenny having stumbled across another bottle-shipped map enlists the dubious help of a shipful of pirates sets out to find the island and her long-lost dad.Little does she realize that the Isle comes by its ominous name honestly as the location of a secret school for executioners and torturers where apple-cheeked youngsters are taught the finer points of extracting information from prisoners and then putting an end to their lives in a wide variety of gruesome ways. And theyve reached the point in their studies where theory should ideally give way to practice so an influx of uninvited visitors comes as a blessing to the faculty.And yes this story is a comedy. Albeit a dark one.For the first time in his career Jason has enlisted a writer: Fabien Vehlmann. (Vehlmann has written a number of graphic novels for the French and American markets including an installment of the legendary Spirou series and the three-volume Green Manor continuity of which two volumes have been released in English.) Vehlmann has managed to interiorize Jasons deadpan style and wit perfectly creating a uniquely smooth and successful collaboration. 56 pages of full-color comics
language: English
title: Isle of 100,000 Graves
publisher: Fantagraphics