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Oh My Goth! Version 2.0

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Just when I was convinced that all my fellow goths were sticks-in-the-mud, along comes Voltaire to liven things up. This comic book features an extra-terrestrial named Heironymous Posch (who looks strangely identical to Voltaire), who, throughout human history, has been trying to make friends with Earthlings. Unfortunately, his attempts have been failures, resulting in superstitious beliefs in monsters, and other chaos. Posch spends his free time relaxing in his spacecraft, in Earth's orbit, quite happy with his lazy occupation. Then one day, his bosses decide Earth is going to be destroyed. Their plan being a threat to his laziness, Posch embarks on a mission to save Earth. Along the way, he offends the minions of Hell, resulting in demons as well as aliens chasing him down. Hiding out in the Goth scene, Posch befriends a group of surly teenage Goths, who end up being dragged along on his outrageous escapades. Fun for All!

First thing you should know about me, the lowly reviewer, is i'm a comic geek and a (somewhat former, I just don't have the energy anymore) goth. But even though I've essentailly cast off my gothic ways I still adore this book.
Our dear boy Voltaire isn't afraid of poking fun at many aspects of the overly serious goth lifestyle that really do need a poking.
It's hilarious, obsured and overall just a very good read. It's printed on high quality paper and my copy has held up very well the past three or four that it's been in my proud possesion. Though I do seem to have, tragically, misplaced it during a recent move *i'm weeping inside* It's good enough that I would consider buying it again.
The only thing I could say against it (and it's a slight one at that) is that he tends to ramble a bit in the last issue, though he makes a joke about just making the last issue up as he went along so that very well might be what happend.
A fine read, good laughs all around and very entertaining, even if you're not a goth.

Oh, and I'd recomend checking out Voltaires music aswell, very funny, my personal favs are "No one loves you when you're evil", "My future ex-girlfriend" and "Dead girls".
Happy reading :)

From the moment I saw the mail man pull up my drive way I knew my comic was finally here! And after running full speed to him ( and tripping on a few bushes...that by the way did jump out at me) I grabbed from him the most genious, humourous thing I had ever had the pleasure of beholding. I sat down on a the closet thing I could find ( which might have been a cat ) and read that book until the very last page...and then I read it agian..It took me on a marvolous jouney to Hell and back...literally...going through a handful or maybe a silver semi truck painted black ful of funny events and happenings...If you have any sense of humor what so ever even f your not a goth....you should order it today...it's phantasmagorical!

This book is by far the best Gothic comic i have ever read. I think that even if you do not read this you should check out Voltaire's Music or Stop-motion animation. Visit his web site, www.voltaire.net

If you're a fan of Voltaire's music, you NEED to read his comics! They're difficult to track down one by one, so it's great that they've bound them all into one easy-to-read book for you. It gives you insight into the demented, humourous, and oh-so-gothy mind of Voltaire, while at the same time making you laugh your fishnets off! I have four words for you: Boris the Pocket Goth.

highly recommended for anyone who knows and loves the goth scene - but isn't afraid to laugh at themselves as well!

I picked this book up as soon as it came out a few years back. I have left my Gothness since then but I still enjoy Voltaire's work. It has a sense of humor and isn't afraid to make fun of everything. And I mean everything. It is an enjoyable diversion from reality and it won't make you dumb. Hmm, something uncommon.

I like Voltaire's art style, but I wish he'd gone with a more comic-lettering-type font when updating all the lettering, the old English font is a little jarring compared to the surrounding artwork. I also wish he'd kept the dialog balloons as-is rather than overlay them with amorphous whitespace for the text to live in. Other than that, I love the content itself. The same dark humor that permeates his music is showcased here.

-- Ben

Regardless of whether you are a goth, wish you could be one or just love reading the comics that seem to be found in the hands of goth comic fans, you will enjoy this book. Created by goth musician Voltaire, he gives his own humorous spin on the whole goth satire thing. And he does it quite well.

Focusing around the self absorbed alien Heironymous Posch, the comic quickly starts on it's intended purpose- to showcase the good, bad & ugly side of the goth culture. You see just about every single version of goth & in so doing you actually see the same stereotypes that exist in any subculture!

Now don't start thinking that Voltaire isn't capable of poking fun at himself either- he's just as likely to take a potshot at his real life self as much as he will mock any of the random characters in this book. Some people may not like this series, but then those are the people who just don't understand that any way of life can be made fun of!

I thought I could not go wrong with a comic by Voltaire, as I am a huge fan of his music. But this was a letdown.
the Illustration is very poor and thus the story line is hard to follow. Voltaire's humor within this book seems overdone, furthermore I found the satire to be unoriginal, and off-putting. It's not that I can't take a joke, but these jokes are ineffective.