Aria Volume 2: The Soul Market

Aria #2

by Brian Holguin, Jay Anacleto (Illustrator), David Yardin (Illustrator)

The world of Kildare, expatriate princess of Faerie and star of Aria, gets turned upside down when Goodfellow, the deadly, mischievous sprite immortalized in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, comes to New York. Convinced that Goodfellow's intentions are considerably less than pure, Kildare sifts through his trail of riddles and lies, trying to figure out just what is he up to. Her search leads to an underground soul market, where the immortal spirits of humans are bought, sold and traded - and to the memory of Kildare's long forgotten love.

Collects Aria vol 2 The Soul Market 1-6

book is larger folio-sized TPB

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Comic Book, Fae

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

American writer who writes comics, novels and animation. Some of his works include "Aria", "Savior," "Spawn" "The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths," "Godslayer" and "Kiss: Psycho Circus".

Reviews

[Tina Olah · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyable story, overall nice art though it was often inconsistent (switching artists mid-issue for example). This trade paperback edition unfortunately does not include all of the nice cover art by Jay Anacleto :(

[Miss December · Rating 5 out of 5]

More of a 4.5- there's nothing wrong with it, I just miss original Aria interior artist Jay Anacleto in this second volume. They only included 2 of his covers as well- no cover galley :(

[El Templo]

Vuelven a estar disponibles en librerías y tiendas especializadas los tres tomos publicados en España de las aventuras de Aria. Devir reunió en tres cómics La magia de Aria, Aria: El mercado de las almas y Aria: Reino del Encantamiento, los 14 primeros tomos de la colección y podemos volver a disfrutar de ellos.
Lady Kildare, princesa de las hadas residente en Nueva York, es la protagonista de los tres arcos argumentales que se nos presentan. Kildare lleva una cómoda vida como propietaria de una tienda de antigüedades y artilugios místicos en la Gran Manzana durante el día y como alma de todas las fiestas por las noches. A través de las páginas de los cómics acompañaremos a Kildare y a sus amigos, Chato, Ginny, Ondina o Rolando entre otros por los diferentes planos de la realidad en sus mágicas aventuras. Desde alzamientos de señores oscuros, a mercados negros en los que se trafica con almas y fantasmas, pasando por hermosos reinos de fantasía que resultan ser un auténtico infierno. => Sigue leyendo la reseña en http://www.eltemplodelasmilpuertas.com

[Michael Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an above-average graphic novel concerning the ancient death gods from a variety of cultures (they just aren’t what they used to be), a group of Celtic heroes and demi-deities (who basically hang out and go shopping), and Robin Goodfellow (he hates to be called “Puck”), who’s a real piece of work in any era. Kildare is the center of things in her New York townhouse, throwing dinner parties and trying not to think about her once-lover, Thomas, the mortal knight to whom she behaved so badly. Then a huge black knight comes looking for Puck and the story gets complicated. Of the characters, I especially like the artist whose portraits are so real, they even capture the subject’s soul. Holguin’s story is terrific, but the art, while generally quite good, is sometimes less than adequate in depicting facial expressions, especially those under stress.

[Zanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

16.95

[Corinne · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars