By Franz Henkel &
Myke Maldonado
Publisher: Heavy Metal
Magazine (November 1, 1997)
Hard Cover, 70 pages
Another gem I
pulled down from the Heavy Metal website at a fraction of what the second-hand
rip-off merchants are trying to peddle it for. $50? Ridiculous. Get it for less
than ten. Not only is that possible, but it’s really all the story is worth.
I’m not saying it’s a bad story, there's simply not much to it. The eroticism
of the content, which would’ve set me ablaze as a youngster, now it all seems a
lot sillier in my old age.
Essentially
this story is 50 Shades of Grey
before the book even existed. In this tale we have Amanda, a pathetic shell of
a person who is being dominated sexually by her lover, Karl, who can’t ejaculate
unless he has his lover trussed up in a BDSM harness. Amanda becomes interested
in tattoos and then genital piercings, joining the late 90s subculture - which
I assume still exists. Karl’s sister shows up, whom Karl had raped in the past,
and seems sexually twisted towards Amanda. Who knows what’s really going on
there. Sex and violence ensues - as if you couldn’t tell.
I
have a bad habit of treating characters in stories like this as one would a
normal tale, rather than pornographic one, so I kept looking for motivation and
all I saw was a pathetic creature, trying to please the biggest jerk in the
world. But then sexuality is the purpose of the volume, so it achieves its end.
It is beautifully drawn and well executed. If you want the equivalent of 50 Shades in graphic novel form, then
grab this volume.
For more readings, try books by Rex Hurst.
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