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Inspired by Dulle Griet (aka Mad Meg), Pieter Bruegel's 16th-century painting of a 'strong, intense woman striding determinedly across a violent landscape,' Dull Margaret is the first graphic novel by Academy Award winning-actor Jim Broadbent (Harry Potter, Game of Thrones) and artist Dix (best known for his comics in the Guardian). The Dulle Griet painting shows a breastplated woman with a sword in one hand in front of the mouth of hell, and Broadbent uses that single, vivid image as a launching point to explore what the rest of Dull Margaret's bleak existence may have been like.

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Greed is unquenchable in this bleak meditation on vengeance and desire by Dix and Academy Award-winning actor Jim Broadbent. ... The ruthless, brutal Margaret proves a satisfying antiheroine for this vicious morality play. Enticing and loathly, this sorry soggy fable abounds with rich mordant humor and powerfully seductive sentiment, all compellingly realized by Dix's muted palette and amorphous, soft-edged designs. An intense incantation filtered through a fever dream. Dull Margaret is a dark, vicious reimagining of 16th century peasant life with a remarkable main character. Dull Margaret is a powerful read that's open enough to take multiple interpretations, with the space to grow over several rereadings. If you enjoy dark, literary graphic novels, Dix and Broadbent have dished up a treat.

Enticing and loathly, this sorry soggy fable abounds with rich mordant humor and powerfully seductive sentiment, all compellingly realized by Dix's muted palette and amorphous, soft-edged designs. Greed is unquenchable in this bleak meditation on vengeance and desire by Dix and Academy Award-winning actor Jim Broadbent. ... The ruthless, brutal Margaret proves a satisfying antiheroine for this vicious morality play. An intense incantation filtered through a fever dream.

Greed is unquenchable in this bleak meditation on vengeance and desire by Dix and Academy Award-winning actor Jim Broadbent. ... The ruthless, brutal Margaret proves a satisfying antiheroine for this vicious morality play. Enticing and loathly, this sorry soggy fable abounds with rich mordant humor and powerfully seductive sentiment, all compellingly realized by Dix's muted palette and amorphous, soft-edged designs. The retelling of fairy stories and folk tales is enjoying a moment of great popularity, but Jim Broadbent may have scooped the pot with the rawness of his vision.

Greed is unquenchable in this bleak meditation on vengeance and desire by Dix and Academy Award-winning actor Jim Broadbent. ... The ruthless, brutal Margaret proves a satisfying antiheroine for this vicious morality play. Enticing and loathly, this sorry soggy fable abounds with rich mordant humor and powerfully seductive sentiment, all compellingly realized by Dix's muted palette and amorphous, soft-edged designs. An intense incantation filtered through a fever dream. Dull Margaret is a powerful read that's open enough to take multiple interpretations, with the space to grow over several rereadings. If you enjoy dark, literary graphic novels, Dix and Broadbent have dished up a treat. Dull Margaret is a dark, vicious reimagining of 16th century peasant life with a remarkable main character.

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Jim Broadbent is one of his generation's most acclaimed actors, on stage or screen. He lives in England. Dix is an illustrator and comic book artist living in Wales. He has created strips for the Guardian, Crisis, and many more publications. He lives in Hay-on-Wye, Wales.

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