Clive Barker's Age of Desire (Hardcover)

~ Clive Barker (Author), P. Craig Russell (Author), Tim Bradstreet (Author)

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First time in print! Clive Barker's dark vision follows the last days of a genetically altered and homicidally ecstatic sexual compulsive.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Desperado Publishing (May 27, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0980147921
• ISBN-13: 978-0980147926
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #396,076 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars The AGE OF DESIRE Arrives At Last......., May 16, 2009

By	Daniel V. Reilly (Upstate New York, United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Clive Barker's AGE OF DESIRE has been a long time coming. Originally meant to be published by Eclipse Comics in the early 1990's, the adaptation by comic book legend P. Craig Russell was fully scripted and partially illustrated when it was deemed unfit by Eclipse's Editorial staff, who promptly rejiggered the script and handed it over to Artist Timothy Bradstreet for illustration. Bradstreet labored away at the adaptation, never suspecting that not only was he not collaborating on the book with Russell, as he was led to believe by Eclipse, but that Eclipse was moments away from bankruptcy. Eclipse went under, Russell and Bradstreet remained unpaid, the adaptation went unpublished, and the artwork was lost forever. Or so it seemed......

Recently, Bradstreet was contacted by a former employee of Eclipse Comics, who had found a few boxes of old stuff from Eclipse that happened to contain most of his original art from AGE OF DESIRE. Bradstreet contacted Russell, the two polished up the book, and here we are, over 18 years later.......

And the verdict?

Pretty damned good. The story is taken from Clive Barker's BOOKS OF BLOOD, and concerns itself with an experimental Aphrodisiac gone horrifically wrong.....Russell's script is pitch-perfect, and Bradstreet's art is remarkably polished for someone who was just starting his career off. Aside from a few maddening typos, Desperado has created a beautiful little hardcover package, and my hat is off to them for unearthing this long-buried gem. In addition to the main story, the book is rounded out by short (Three pages apiece) essays from Russell and Bradstreet that detail the project's long and winding road to print, and a few pages of Russel's original pencil pages.