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Poison Elves: Volume 2, Traumatic Dogs

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In the brilliant sequel to Requiem for an Elf (if you don't own that, than close this window right now and buy it now) Lusiphur continues his travels and streak of horribly bad luck.

In Requiem for an Elf, he had his eye torn out, fought a demon, fought a couple women hating lunatics, went though major withdrawals when he had to stop taking the poison he was addicted to, and stole a very huge diamond.

Traumatic Dogs picks right up with issues 7-12. A quick summary

Issue 7: Lusiphur decides to try his hand at stealing from high society. As he poses as a rich foreign landowner, he meets a very wealthy woman who falls in love with him. But things get complicated when he decides to see what kind of treasure waits in her private parlor...

Issue 8: A dream demon offers Lusiphur a mental vacation by letting the young elf dream his greatest dreams. What Lusiphur doesn't know is this will make him insane so the demon can feed off his soul. What the demon doesn't know is that Lusiphur is just plain mean when he's cornered...

Issue 9: A doppelhanger comes to feed off Lusiphur's soul (he must not have seen what happened to the dream demon). When the demon assumes the form of Lusiphur's best friend there is hell to pay.

Issue 10: A departure from regular continuity, Lusiphur sits in a bar waiting for a storm to clear and tells the patrons the sad tale of two twins, doomed to unhappiness.

Issue 11: Yet another dream, or should I say nightmare. Lusiphur's grip on his sanity is slipping.

Issue 12: Lusiphur pays a visit to his ex-wife who is a powerful witch. There he acquires a lamp that will take him on his adventures in the next graphic novel The Desert of the Third Sin.

Are you still reading? Buy the book already! You'll thank me later.

This is a collection of Drew Hayes' "I, Lusiphur" series #7-12. Like the previous trade paper back it may seem a little crude to the eye, but it is a wonderful telling of the main character's past. Many comic collectors would rather have all the individual and original copies of the series, but if you haven't the time or the money to do such, this book is a great tool. While the comic is quite violent and dark, there are some hilarious moments that just jump off the page and make you go back and read them again.