Howard Chaykin's groundbreaking series opened the floodgate for x-rated comics by respected cartoonists. A saga of thugs, bombings, shootings and sluts for hire with a terrible secret.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Howard Chaykin at his perverse best!!,
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This review is from: Black Kiss (Paperback)
Howard Chaykin is one of the great writers/illustrators of our time that makes no bones about emphasizing graphic sex and ultra-violence. The story, about a ex-con jazz musician framed for the murder of his ex-wife and daughter who gets involved with these two... I can't. It's too much. It's so wonderfully over-the-top that you can't resist it. This comic has a little something offensive for everyone: gender-bending, incest, gang-rape, necrophilia, pedophilia, and that old classic: Satanic worship. It basically has every form of "deviant" sex that you could imagine, but Chaykin plays it so twisted and matter-of-fact, that you can tell that this is NOT to be taken seriously.
It is also REALLY NOT for kids. But grown-ups who enjoy a little bit of the dark side will be wholly sucked into this series of bloody and sexual misadventures.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
a twisted tale that changed my outlook on graphic novels,
This review is from: Black Kiss (Paperback)
I have a hardbound edition of this. This novel is pretty raw compared to his later works (especially American Century). I will concede that it is a little rough around the edges but you have to appreciate the beauty of a noir story line that go in a direction that you least expect. You simply have no idea where the story is taking until the very end--which is horribly wicked and pretty funny.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun read. get ready to laugh,
By BlueBird123 "BlueBird123" (San Diego, Ca) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Black Kiss (Paperback)
Written in 1988 it still holds up well and it influenced a lot of stuff that followed. It's a well written piece of filth that had me smiling and laughing out loud all the way through. I've never met Howard Chaykin, but if there is a book that deserved the title "Kiss my ass you stupid retards!" this one is it. Some people say that "The Watchmen" changed the comics medium. I think this is the book that changed and influenced the medium.
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