A strange graphic novel that follows a girl who can see ghosts and how she solves mysteries for them. The graphics weren't too great, but the plot was interesting.

Agnes is a girl who can see ghosts, as could her deceased grandfather. She lives at a Curiosity Shop in the strange city of Legerdemain with a strange dude called Lorik and ekes out a living working as a detective, both for haunted or cursed individuals or for the ghosts themselves. The book consists of several short (some VERY short) stories by different artists. It is explained that these were developed from oral accounts to "researchers" so that eliminated the annoyance I often feel reading t...

This was a fun read. I like Agnes and her adventures are quick and exciting, if sometimes a little over-weird. My only complaint would be the way the book was set up as an anthology put together by the nebulous "Data Analysis Keep," which felt unnecessary in itself, and also the DAK's apparent need to provide some backstory outside of the actual comics, which was also unnecessary. All the written text (the DAK's "field guide" and Agnes's journal excerpts), which took up the last third-or-so of t...

Story: 3 starsArt: 3 starsThis is part graphic novel and part illustrated diary. Each chapter is a separate story in the life of Agnes Quill, an orphaned female teen-ager who has inherited her grandfather's curiosity shop and supernatural detective agency, as well as his ability to see and communicate with ghosts. Some of the art is rather intricate but the quality of the printed back-and-white book is poor, making it a challenge to discern what is going on, especially in the two longer stories

I ordered this from OhioLink after seeing it on a recommended list (now I can't recall where!). I'd probably recommend it to teen girls with a dark sense of humor who like Emily the Strange and Rachel Cohn (not for the supernatural aspect, but the spunky girl aspect).Agnes Quill is a 16-year-old orphan who lives in the strange city of Legerdemain ("sleight of hand") in a curiosity shop that she inherited from her grandfather. As she tries to figure out who she is and where she fits in the world,...

I'm not sure if this feels very 2006 because I was about 17 then and it feels about right to me personally, or if I'm thinking of other media from that time like Teen Titans or whatever, but it made me a little sad toward the end because it's a really cool concept and a pretty massive collaborative work that never went anywhere else like it was so clearly and hopefully intended to, as stated directly in the book itself. The sads come from the firm and ineffable knowledge that it did not and all

Recommended to me by The Groovy Age of Horror, collecting the webcomic of the same name, this sounded like about the best thing ever: a girl detective who can see ghosts solving mysteries in a Dickensian metropolis called Legerdemain.There are a lot of nice things going on, and the art is mostly good (if sometimes a little hard to follow), but for whatever reason things never gel into something more than the sum of its potential. At least, not in this volume. But I'll be keeping my eye out in ca...

In this book, stories and illustrations were done by different artists. I had trouble figuring out what was going sometimes in the stories illustrated by Jason Ho and Jeff Zornow. Perhaps some color instead of black and white would have helped there. The stories mostly were so-so. I did like the character of Agnes, however, and the whole premise of a detective who works for ghosts. I'm a word-oriented rather than a picture-oriented person, and I would have gotten more enjoyment out of these stor...

This spooky and interesting graphic novel about a young detective who can see and speak with ghosts was a fun read. I particularly appreciate the traditional style of comic illustrating (this superhero comics) intermixed with a more cartoony style from story to story. It was a bit startling to switch reading gears after the last illustrated comic story to the prose of the last two chapters. Perhaps if they were interspersed between chapters, it wouldn't have been so jarring.

I found the concept to be really intriguing, but wasn’t engaged by the actual comic. I wanted there to be more development of the narratives. This may be more an issue because I’m not all that familiar with the genre, however. After reading more comics I may be able to give this a more fair review.

Cute and quick read. Wish there was a full length book for this character, there seems like so much potential for Agnes that a graphic novel might be too small for her.Reminiscent of the Graveyard book by Neil Gaiman.

Rating: Closer to a 3.5 The concept is really interesting, especially with all of the different art styles. I also really like the main character, Agnes. However, some of the stories felt disconnected from one another, both in tone and plot. While I like the more simplistic art styles aesthetically, the more complex graphic novel-esque ones told the story better with more complex dialogue and plots. Therefore, I prefer the more graphic novel styled stories in the book. Characters like Niel shoul...

I found this work at my local public library and it's pretty neat to see several artists tell stories using the same characters. I wish they discussed the creation and publication process though. I'm very curious as to how they all decided what were the characters' key traits and regular outfits. Did Agnes Quill start as a webcomic? Or did they decide they wanted to try a volume of short stories using the same characters? Unless I research more, that question will remain a mystery.

I liked this collection a lot, and am disappointed to find out there is no more. It feels like such a great beginning but I want to know more. Many unanswered questions and adventures are out there! At least we have this bit, and I am introduced to a new author who perhaps has some other works of interest.

The comics anthology was good, but the mishmash of journal entries at the end was weak-felt like a crutch to include all that explanatory text. Stories 1&3 are hard to read because of how much blacks there is—some images just didn’t print well.

Lovely, weird, creepy. Agnes is a fun character - girl detective amongst the world of ghosts but still living. Great premise. I was glad the art is by different people.

This was good. I liked the stories but not the different art styles. I like the Agnes character though.

This graphic novel is a series of four unrelated stories, each of which is illustrated by a different artist. The stories center on a teenaged girl who can see ghosts. Set in the city of Legerdemain, Agnes has developed a detective business by helping these ghosts sort out their unfinished business, so that they can then move on to the afterlife. The first story is a combination of two entitled “The Mummified Heirloom” and “The Divided Man” in which Agnes tries to help the spirit of an old woman...

Agnes Quill is a teenager who has a gift. She can see and talk to ghosts. She uses this gift in an old Curiosity Shop, where the dead can call on her to help them accomplish things they can not do on their own. This is an interesting illustrated collection of four stories about her adventures in aiding the dead. There are also some of her journal entries in the back as well as guest art portraying Agnes Quill. Agnes is a unique and strong heroine in the story of her life. She is one who has a gi...

Agnes Quill is a teen detective who can see dead people. After losing her parents to influenza, and subsequently meeting her grandfather’s restless spirit, she learns of her talents and runs away to Legerdemain – a city chock full of ghosts that need her services. She sets up her offices in the small shop (attached to the small castle) where her grandfather once worked and lived. This is a collection of some of her adventures, told through artwork, and journal entries, and information gleaned by...