Post by codystarbuck on Sept 20, 2020 19:15:04 GMT -5
Possession #4 was published a while back and the 4 issues have been collected. So, I thought I'd review the 4th issue.
Credits: Micahel Norwitz and Mary Ann Vaupel-script, Enrico Carnivale-pencils and inks, Marcelo de la Silva Casquviti-additional inks, HdE-letters, Andrea Blanco-colors, Mad Moll Green-script editor
Synopsis: Morningstar walks through the city...
She recalls a battle with herself and El Cadejo and some street thugs. In reality, she walks up to Rusty's newsstand, to check in on Zeke, her client, as a social worker. Zeke is homeless and won't return to the shelter at night, since he can't have Jake, his cat with him. Rusty lets him sleep in his van and pays him a couple of sandwiches to tidy up the newsstand. Sheila, aka Morningstar, passes him a few bucks and a coke.
Meanwhile, Javier, aka El Cadejo, follows another lead and talks to Deni Travers, as her husband is out. He is still investigating irregularities surrounding the power company he is working for, in security. She passes on a name, of someone her husband met and he goes to track him down. Both are having a hard time. Sheila gets relationship advice that doesn't sit well with her and Javier gets info on the name he was given and how it ties into blackmail that led his friend Miles into dirty dealings. Javier goes to his boss and gets more truth, while Rusty's lover chases after an animal sound and captures a blurry arm on his phone camera. We check in with more characters and then Morningstar applies the advice she was given, with Cadoje.
Thoughts: There is an intriguing mystery at play here, with lots of twists and turns, blackmail, crooked business deals, stolen industrial materials and secrets, and a pair of heroes who are the embodiments of the Goddess of Love and the God of War. The other great plus here is the characters. These are very real people, with real motivations, even as the fantastic occurs around them, or even just the metaphorical. You can interpret things either way. There is also a mature depiction of sexual relationships, including power exchanges, same sex couples and more. It's not the cheap sex of the Previews Adult Supplement variety, but real sex and sexual relations There is kink, but not purient teasing of the audience with shocking images. It's all in service to the story, which is refresjing.
Carnivale continues to give his characters life, while putting them in a real urban environment. You could find this neighborhood and other parts of the city in any part of the world, which really helps ground the fantastic elements. Carnivale is a good storyteller, which is far rarer than you would imagine; especially post-Image and the 90s, when everyone was told the images were more important than the story.
You can but the trade collection at Amazon; or your Local Comic Shop, or through various digital outlets. Issue 4 is also available separately.
Check it out. If you like noir or the work of such authors as Dashiell Hammett or Raymond Chandler or their descendants, superheroes who do more than punch each other, mythology and/or the supernatural, or something for the adult audience, you will find something to like here. As I say, it is filled with real characters and actual mystery, not the cliched and obvious.
Credits: Micahel Norwitz and Mary Ann Vaupel-script, Enrico Carnivale-pencils and inks, Marcelo de la Silva Casquviti-additional inks, HdE-letters, Andrea Blanco-colors, Mad Moll Green-script editor
Synopsis: Morningstar walks through the city...
She recalls a battle with herself and El Cadejo and some street thugs. In reality, she walks up to Rusty's newsstand, to check in on Zeke, her client, as a social worker. Zeke is homeless and won't return to the shelter at night, since he can't have Jake, his cat with him. Rusty lets him sleep in his van and pays him a couple of sandwiches to tidy up the newsstand. Sheila, aka Morningstar, passes him a few bucks and a coke.
Meanwhile, Javier, aka El Cadejo, follows another lead and talks to Deni Travers, as her husband is out. He is still investigating irregularities surrounding the power company he is working for, in security. She passes on a name, of someone her husband met and he goes to track him down. Both are having a hard time. Sheila gets relationship advice that doesn't sit well with her and Javier gets info on the name he was given and how it ties into blackmail that led his friend Miles into dirty dealings. Javier goes to his boss and gets more truth, while Rusty's lover chases after an animal sound and captures a blurry arm on his phone camera. We check in with more characters and then Morningstar applies the advice she was given, with Cadoje.
Thoughts: There is an intriguing mystery at play here, with lots of twists and turns, blackmail, crooked business deals, stolen industrial materials and secrets, and a pair of heroes who are the embodiments of the Goddess of Love and the God of War. The other great plus here is the characters. These are very real people, with real motivations, even as the fantastic occurs around them, or even just the metaphorical. You can interpret things either way. There is also a mature depiction of sexual relationships, including power exchanges, same sex couples and more. It's not the cheap sex of the Previews Adult Supplement variety, but real sex and sexual relations There is kink, but not purient teasing of the audience with shocking images. It's all in service to the story, which is refresjing.
Carnivale continues to give his characters life, while putting them in a real urban environment. You could find this neighborhood and other parts of the city in any part of the world, which really helps ground the fantastic elements. Carnivale is a good storyteller, which is far rarer than you would imagine; especially post-Image and the 90s, when everyone was told the images were more important than the story.
You can but the trade collection at Amazon; or your Local Comic Shop, or through various digital outlets. Issue 4 is also available separately.
Check it out. If you like noir or the work of such authors as Dashiell Hammett or Raymond Chandler or their descendants, superheroes who do more than punch each other, mythology and/or the supernatural, or something for the adult audience, you will find something to like here. As I say, it is filled with real characters and actual mystery, not the cliched and obvious.