Girl [Paperback]

Kevin J. Taylor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1999

Girl is an adventurous, fun-loving, lusciously built strip dancer with a fascination for the occult. The demons she manages to conjure up may be good dirty fun but are also rather dangerous...Taylor's best-seller!

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About the Author

One of America's leading authors of erotic comics, Taylor brings real storytelling and a sense of sexual freedom as embodied by his liberated and self-assertive main character, Girl (Jaleira Dane).

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: NBM Publishing (April 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561632317
• ISBN-13: 978-1561632312
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #940,170 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An ok graphic novel, April 4, 2005

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Steve Vander - See all my reviews

This review is from: Girl (Paperback)

Adult black & white graphic novel.

This is a relatively long book about Girl, a stripper, who makes a deal with a devil. The book opens with a scene of Girl buying some merchandise from "Cloven Hoof." Immediately after the visit to that special shop, Girl stops off at the Kat Kat club for some nude dancing. Afterward, Girl is fondled by one of her fellow strippers and her boss. A large amount of sexual activity occurs before Girl is able to eventually make the deal with the devil. In between (the buying of the merchandise and performing the ritual to make a deal), Girl wanders around in very skimpy revealing clothing, has men ejaculate onto her as she is attempting to leave a fast food restaurant, has an orgy in the back of a convertible along a city street, and in an alley, dances some more at the strip club, is fondled some more and finally, the ritual.

The sexy young woman asks for immortality in her current form. In return the devil/demon has some sexual fun with Girl. Girl will get what she wants, as long as she receives his "rapture" or finds a replacement. Girl must find a replacement (or offer herself up) every thirteen years, plus the first one, on the very next day. While playing with herself, the "camera" pulls back to reveal a man with a camera, who had been watching her. End chapter one.

The book includes four chapters. The second chapter sees Girl waking up next to that female stripper who had been fondling her earlier, a man burst into flames when he touched Girl without her consent (those with consent, apparently, do not burst into flames, that or they are demons), an orgy in the back of a car (yep, they were demons), some more dancing at the strip club, an introduction to an adult film producer who will lead her into that world, and the sacrifice of another. Chapter three ("The Pawn") sees some more orgies (for which Girl is paid for her services), some more strip dancing, wandering the streets in revealing clothing, and dreaming about filming an adult film. The fourth chapter is the last and so I'll just mention that some more of the same occur, plus . . .

Overall, the artwork is good, only slightly hindered by being black & white and the plot is, well, strange. The book includes exhibitism, voyeurism, devils/demons, orgies, lesbianism, etc.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Girl still steams up the pages with down and dirty hot action w/ enough story to keep things interesting, July 31, 2006

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A. Sandoc "sussarakhen" (San Pablo, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Girl (Paperback)

It was in 1991 when I first came across Kevin Taylor and his creation Girl in a comic book store. I was old enough to enter the so-called adult section of the store and to say I was very disappointed with what they had was an understatement. Alot of the adult comics either were one-note sex romps or too much talking and not enough action. It took me seceral visits before I was finally able to find the one title older friends have been telling me about. Issue #1 of Girl was there to be picked up and read and later bought. From the first time I read the four-issue miniseries of Girl I was hooked on Kevin Taylor's work in the comic industry and have followed his work ever since.

This trade paperback, or graphic novel, collects the original four-issue miniseries published in the beginning of the 1990's. One thing this collection has over those original issues were some added scenes in the beginning of the story where Girl, or Jaleira which is her real name, meets her friends Jesse and Jill at the park. There's also a brief, but extremely hot and dirty interlude between her a few guys she knows in the neighborhood. This interlude really sets up the rest of the book for the reader. Kevin Taylor's book is definitely not for the prudish and the easily embarrassed. Kevin Taylor's artwork are full of clean lines and curves. And when I say curves I do mean CURVES when it comes to Girl. Taylor also doesn't skimp with the detail when it comes to the legion of men who lusts after our intrepid heroine Girl. Some have called Taylor's style as being over-the-top and anatomically impossible. Well, all I have to say is that its a bloody comic book and I for one won't nitpick someone of Taylor's talent with how he should draw his figures. The style works for the character and the comic.

The story is actually pretty interesting even though most readers will probably just skip forward from one sex scene to the next. These scenes are not bad mind you. They're actually pretty well done and even though some of the scenes have a look of extreme improbability to them they do put forward the extreme sexuality of the moment. The tale is one of Girl searching for a way to keep her smoking hot looks and figure and does so to extremes. She bargains with a demonic being for just such a fountain of youth, but in doing so she must now find someone to stand in her stead when its time to honor her bargain with the demon Malachi. This premise starts of as a simple seduce and sacrifice to something more complex with themes of Good and Evil making a mention. The premise also helps explain the many sexual encounters Girl comes across as she does so purposely in order to satisfy her bargain with Malachi. The rest of the story is pretty simple and even the most simple reader should be able to keep with the twist and turns. But in the end the story and plot really serves the main appeal of Girl and thats the steam, down and dirty sex scenes rife throughout the book. Each one becomes more and more extreme than the next until the final climactic final pages which would give any gothic-erotica film a run for its money.

Kevin Taylor succeeds in creating a character in Girl who is both an extremely sexual and free individual and matched equally with a brain to match. Jaleira (Girl) will become Taylor's muse in his later works and her hot adventures doesn't end with the story in Girl, but will continue on with future graphic novels. Girl may have been published originally in 1990-91, but it still continues to be popular in the comic industry and those who are mature enough to read such books without making a mess.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Dirty Comic Book, November 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Girl (Paperback)

Girl is a graphic novel about a nymphomaniac dancer that makes a bad deal with the devil. She flits from one sexual encounter to the next, ravishing the souls of her partners in the process. Fortunately, her demonic possessor has some powerful enemies ready to help Girl out. All in all, not the most original plot in the world but enough to keep the story going.

The illustration is rough and not particularly sophisticated. However, it crude format matches the content fairly well. The subject matter is extremely explicit and Taylor uses the power of illustration to show scenes that could never happen in real life. Some people will not care for the scenes with the semi bestial demons, others will be interested in it's "over the top" nature.

If you are looking for novel about a sexually uninhibited woman, who is open to anything and always ready for more, you are going to love Girl. If you are looking for sophistication illustration, try Eric von Gotha instead. If you are looking for complex characters and plot, try Laura Rees.