Kilan, the Baronin's facehorse and darling simple-minded riding monster, may be the only witness of The End Of The War, the event that shook a world, and that no one dares speak of, and not just because it hurts to remember it. Discover the shocking secret of what Kilan did, what he saw -- and of his own complex and disturbing nature.
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Donna is one of the most gifted writers and artists in comix today. Read STINZ. It's good. -- Roberta Gregory, Winging It, Naughty Bits, Artistic Licentiousness.
I've drawn a few centaurs in my life, but Donna has created a whole universe of snappy, witty, complicated (not to mention crabby) characters with a fascinating history. -- Cathy Hill, Mad Raccoons
If you have any horse sense at all, you're reading STINZ. Donna Barr's extraordinary gifts as a storyteller have you accepting the improbable premise (a centaur in the German cavalry during WW1!) with the greatest of ease. Sharply written and drawn with an energetic flourish, STINZ is a classic. -- Batton Lash, Wolff & Byrd.
What if magic was real, and scientists had figured out how to harness it instead of the atom in the 1930s? Naturally, during The War that means they'd try to make a magical weapon. Or unnaturally. Whichever. And both sides were neck and neck in this race to harness magic. Thanks to simultaneous strikes and a young meteorologist's little white lie, the End of the War happened, and the war magicks didn't dissipate but remained to continue working on people...especially those foolish enough to speak of it. -- Dave's Other Rant.
I've drawn a few centaurs in my life, but Donna has created a whole universe of snappy, witty, complicated (not to mention crabby) characters with a fascinating history. -- Cathy Hill, Mad Raccoons
If you have any horse sense at all, you're reading STINZ. Donna Barr's extraordinary gifts as a storyteller have you accepting the improbable premise (a centaur in the German cavalry during WW1!) with the greatest of ease. Sharply written and drawn with an energetic flourish, STINZ is a classic. -- Batton Lash, Wolff & Byrd.
What if magic was real, and scientists had figured out how to harness it instead of the atom in the 1930s? Naturally, during The War that means they'd try to make a magical weapon. Or unnaturally. Whichever. And both sides were neck and neck in this race to harness magic. Thanks to simultaneous strikes and a young meteorologist's little white lie, the End of the War happened, and the war magicks didn't dissipate but remained to continue working on people...especially those foolish enough to speak of it. -- Dave's Other Rant.
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For over a decade, Donna Barr's very individual style of art and writing has cultivated an unusually loyal and intelligent worldwide audience. They await every new chapter eagerly, and are never disappointed.
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Donna Barr is the author of the classic comics series, "The Desert Peach," following the life of the Desert Fox's fictional gay brother. She is also the author of "Stinz," about a civilized, rural centaur stallion, and "Bosom Enemies," which has been called a fable about slavery.
She is the author of such prose novels as "Permanent Party," her fictionalized memoir of life as a WAC in the early 1970's; "Bread and Swans," continuing stories of the life of The Desert Peach"; and "An Insupportable Light," the original novel that led to the "Stinz" series. It's about how wars get started when no one wants them and both sides think they're right.
All her series continue in "Afterdead," the afterlife of the Desert Peach, where all her characters meet and interact in new and amusing roles. Afterdead collections 1 and 2 are both available at Amazon.com, as are her prose novels. Robotcomics is processing all her books for use on Kindle.
Her home site is www.donnabarr.com, which leads to her webcomics and bookstores.
"Donna Barr shows herself to be one of the heralds of the forthcoming age -- doing her comicbook in such a way as to satisfy her own insight, awareness and inspiration." -- Dave Sim, Cerebus.
"That's the haken crux, (that) each character in Pfirsich Rommel's battalion is just a soldier in the field; he might be a dog-face, fed, reb, tommy, poilu -- he happens to be a kraut. These guys are not political, nor even particularly patriotic -- they're regular bewildered zchlubs, trying to survive in a situation nobody would choose.
"What we have seen so far is enough to assure us that good taste and decorum will at least be attempted, that Donna Barr will continued to show us events, through an arrangement of mirrors so elaborate that we can never know for sure at whom we are looking, never be sure at whom we are pointing when we say 'Ecce homo!'" -- Daniel Pinkwater, "Young Adult Novel"
She is the author of such prose novels as "Permanent Party," her fictionalized memoir of life as a WAC in the early 1970's; "Bread and Swans," continuing stories of the life of The Desert Peach"; and "An Insupportable Light," the original novel that led to the "Stinz" series. It's about how wars get started when no one wants them and both sides think they're right.
All her series continue in "Afterdead," the afterlife of the Desert Peach, where all her characters meet and interact in new and amusing roles. Afterdead collections 1 and 2 are both available at Amazon.com, as are her prose novels. Robotcomics is processing all her books for use on Kindle.
Her home site is www.donnabarr.com, which leads to her webcomics and bookstores.
"Donna Barr shows herself to be one of the heralds of the forthcoming age -- doing her comicbook in such a way as to satisfy her own insight, awareness and inspiration." -- Dave Sim, Cerebus.
"That's the haken crux, (that) each character in Pfirsich Rommel's battalion is just a soldier in the field; he might be a dog-face, fed, reb, tommy, poilu -- he happens to be a kraut. These guys are not political, nor even particularly patriotic -- they're regular bewildered zchlubs, trying to survive in a situation nobody would choose.
"What we have seen so far is enough to assure us that good taste and decorum will at least be attempted, that Donna Barr will continued to show us events, through an arrangement of mirrors so elaborate that we can never know for sure at whom we are looking, never be sure at whom we are pointing when we say 'Ecce homo!'" -- Daniel Pinkwater, "Young Adult Novel"
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An interesting twist to Stinz' war stories...what DID happen,
By fjorab (Tennessee, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stinz Vol. 3 #7: A Dog's Life (Paperback)
This volume tells how the odd "transmorphing" phenomenon happened during the centaur Stinz' years at war. Donna has cutting humor, biting reality, and fantastic imagination and storytelling, all in one comic book. This comic is more understandable if you have been following along in her other Stinz comics about the war, but it is OK as a standalone. Her artistry really is vivid, and you can find hints of foreshadowing in her storyline, though it's not that apparent until AFTER you've read through and stopped to look back through and find the hidden goodies. The only parts that bother me about this comic is some crudeness (which I'm sure is appropriate as Stinz is a centaur stallion going through a war) and its vagueness in what happened. But that too makes it seem as if the characters themselves really did NOT have a clue what happened or how.
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