What do you think?
Rate this book
Poison Elves #2
Traumatic Dogs
Continuing Lusiphurs adventures from Volume 1, this collection pits our misanthropic hero against a wealthy socialite, a macabre master of dreams, and a wicked doppelganger. Lusiphur also meets Parintachin, the spooky clown that lives in his head, and hooks back up with his ex-wife, the sorceress Hyena.
80 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1998
2 people are currently reading
32 people want to read
About the author
Drew Hayes
117 books32 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Please see: Drew Hayes
Drew Hayes (Lawrence Andrew Hayes, 20 July 1969 – 21 March 2007) was a writer and graphic artist who is best known as the creator of the long-running independent comic book series Poison Elves .
Hayes began self-publishing I, Lusiphur under the Mulehide Graphics imprint in 1991. He changed the series title to Poison Elves with #8, and continued through #20. During this period, he was a prominent example of creators distributing their black and white comics to the direct market. In 1995 he signed a "lifetime contract" assigning the rights to the series to Sirius Entertainment, where he produced another 79 issues and a color special, the last of which was published in September 2004. His work has been collected in ten Poison Elves paperbacks. He engaged in an ongoing mock "feud" with fellow comics creator Brian Bendis in the letters pages of their books.
Hayes suffered from health problems which hampered his ability to create comics. He was overweight, had suffered cardiac damage from sleep apnea, and had been hospitalized more than once. After undergoing treatment in the hospital and losing weight, he planned to resume creating new issues of Poison Elves, but died at the age of 37, of a heart attack while suffering from pneumonia.
From Wikipedia
Please see: Drew Hayes
Drew Hayes (Lawrence Andrew Hayes, 20 July 1969 – 21 March 2007) was a writer and graphic artist who is best known as the creator of the long-running independent comic book series Poison Elves .
Hayes began self-publishing I, Lusiphur under the Mulehide Graphics imprint in 1991. He changed the series title to Poison Elves with #8, and continued through #20. During this period, he was a prominent example of creators distributing their black and white comics to the direct market. In 1995 he signed a "lifetime contract" assigning the rights to the series to Sirius Entertainment, where he produced another 79 issues and a color special, the last of which was published in September 2004. His work has been collected in ten Poison Elves paperbacks. He engaged in an ongoing mock "feud" with fellow comics creator Brian Bendis in the letters pages of their books.
Hayes suffered from health problems which hampered his ability to create comics. He was overweight, had suffered cardiac damage from sleep apnea, and had been hospitalized more than once. After undergoing treatment in the hospital and losing weight, he planned to resume creating new issues of Poison Elves, but died at the age of 37, of a heart attack while suffering from pneumonia.
From Wikipedia
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
April 11, 2015
I picked this up from my local comic shop, I had no prior knowledge of the series or the author; I was just attracted to the artwork. I really liked it, even though it is violent, twisted and rude (sometimes offensive). The artwork is pretty quirky too. Hayes was clearly the type of author who loved to torture his characters and I respect that.
BTW Luciphur is very easy on the eyes.
BTW Luciphur is very easy on the eyes.
June 1, 2021
Lost me a bit on the fatphobia, and the addition of his neurosis being an evil looking clown is... odd.
Otherwise, enjoyed the doppelganger story-line and having Luse cart that thing around from story to story until taking it to his ex was amusing.
Otherwise, enjoyed the doppelganger story-line and having Luse cart that thing around from story to story until taking it to his ex was amusing.
May 12, 2015
Certainly improving. Volume 2 featured new stories which were interesting. I especially loved the fat shaming issue 7. The artwork got better and story got more consistent. Hopefully it gets better next volume.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews