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Taboo #5.5
By Stephen R. Bissette Taboo Especial (1st First Edition) [Paperback]
Taboo is a comics anthology edited by Steve Bissette, designed to feature edgier and more adult comics than those published through mainstream publishers. The series began as a horror anthology, but soon branched out into other genres as well.This issue features work from Eddie Campbell, Scott McCloud, Mark Bode, Mark Martin, and the second instalment of Jeff Nicholson's Through the Habitrails.
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First published January 1, 1991
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June 4, 2023
Not my favorite entry in the Taboo library, but still solid overall. There are some nice contributions by legendary cartoonists like Eddie Gampbell, Mark Bode, and Scott McCloud, along with a continuation of Jeff Nicholson's Through the Habitrails.
My favorite story in this collection would be Rick McCollum's "Fin De Salome", a brief adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play. McCollum's cartooning is sharp and conveys the gruesome aspects of the story well. I also quite liked Glenn L. Barr's "Cliff's Wild Life", a wordless story about one man going from one funny mishap to the next. I. Allen Gladfelter does a beatiful little vampire story called "Brother" that I also quite liked.
The rest of the stories were just okay, and somewhat forgettable to me even if they all looked quite good. There are less of the transgressive stories that were found in earlier volumes of Taboo, which perhaps lent towards my decreased interest in the stories found here.
My favorite story in this collection would be Rick McCollum's "Fin De Salome", a brief adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play. McCollum's cartooning is sharp and conveys the gruesome aspects of the story well. I also quite liked Glenn L. Barr's "Cliff's Wild Life", a wordless story about one man going from one funny mishap to the next. I. Allen Gladfelter does a beatiful little vampire story called "Brother" that I also quite liked.
The rest of the stories were just okay, and somewhat forgettable to me even if they all looked quite good. There are less of the transgressive stories that were found in earlier volumes of Taboo, which perhaps lent towards my decreased interest in the stories found here.
September 27, 2019
Mine came with a very well designed order-form bookmark!
This one might be my favorite- only one story made no sense and only one was way too gross.
This one might be my favorite- only one story made no sense and only one was way too gross.
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