Underground phenom Clark (³True Blood²) matches with the superlative X-Files cover artist Kim in a spark-producing creative encounter that will twist your mind! The scene: New York¹s Goth fringe on the Lower East Side and East Village. John Savory, tattoo artist, witnesses a growing group of vampiric feeders taking advantage of the scene. The underbelly of New York has become a breeding ground for the most frightfully abject. Gorgeous nightmarish art!
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X-Files comics cover-artist Kim makes her fiction debut with this full-length graphic novel, a dark and beautiful depiction of submission and violence, in collaboration with underground s&m and sex writer Clark (True Blood). In the kickoff to a three-volume series, they bind three contemporary supernatural stories set in the Goth rock scene on Manhattan's appropriately ominous Lower East Side. The stories present a world of vampiric feeders, fetishistic sex, bondage and domination--a world where night dwellers disguise themselves as ordinary citizens to better engage the sympathies of their human prey. When young artist Rena Mojica meets John Savory, a tattoo artist, a friendship develops based on their mutual talent for spotting these urban demons. Kim's artwork is an unusual and complex combination of painting and collage photography, layered with images of profane and sacred symbols. She constructs a surreal, visual world that is often violent but is tempered by a rich visual imagination that transforms a typical horror/fantasy narrative into a vivid work of art. Clark's writing, however, can be confusing and is only sporadically lyrical, relying mostly on stereotypes and shock value. It never quite matches the power of Kim's artwork. (Sept.)
Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Described as "a Gothic vampire story," this dark tale is crammed with vampires who prey on the innocent. Somehow, the book's main character, Rena Mojica, a na?ve and likeable artist, eludes their grasp. Meanwhile, John Savony, a tattoo artist who's able to recognize vampires, chuckles as he watches from the story's sidelines. While the storyline may not be especially new, the book's artwork is compelling and, in some places, arresting. The book's illustrator, X-Files cover artist Kim, has mastered the skill of walking the fine line between the seductive and the horrific. Clearly an adult purchase, The Fallen is a vampire tale that reproduces the rich color of dreams. A beautiful, intriguing book; for larger public libraries.AStephen Weiner, Maynard P.L., MA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Disturbing, Haunting, but strangely Beautiful,
By Joseph Germano (Bellevue, Washington) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Pale Door (Fallen (NBM)) (Paperback)
While not beautiful in its message, this comic has gorgeous artwork hauntingly realized by Miran Kim. At times, the art is almost impossible to distinguish from photographs, albeit distorted, double-exposed ones. The story, however, is troubling. There is a lack of coherence in the interweaving narratives, and a person leaves with as many unanswered questions as they had when opening this book. This book is definitely not for the squeamish, as the sexual content focuses entirely on bizarre bondage kink and also a rape. Needless to say, while I enjoyed the lush artistry and daring narrative of this comic, the content itself, as well as the lack of any resolution, left me slightly disturbed
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