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Red Room #2

by Ed Piskor

Grooming victims to be slaughtered on the DARK WEB for the enjoyment of psychopaths requires lots of work to keep them from being identified. The Poker Face organization, one of the most successful black market Red Room companies on the internet, goes to great lengths to fulfill their customers' depraved fantasies while avoiding law enforcement every step of the way. From the creator of Hip Hop Family Tree and Grand Design comes this ALL-NEW monthly comic book series! A cyberpunk, outlaw, splatterpunk deep dive into the subculture of criminals who live-stream and patronize webcam murders for entertainment in the darkest corners of the web with nearly untraceable crypto-currency. As seen on Piskor's YouTube channel sensation, Cartoonist Kayfabe!

Genres: Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels

Comic

Published January 1, 2021

About the author

Ed Piskor had been cartooning professionally in print form since 2005, starting off drawing American Splendor comics written by Harvey Pekar. The duo continued working together on 2 graphic novels, Macedonia, and The Beats. Ed began self publishing Wizzywig after developing a huge interest in the history of Hacking and Phone Phreaking. 3 volumes, making up 3/4 of the full story, have been published to date.

Recently Ed had designed the characters for the new Adult Swim series, Mongo Wrestling Alliance.

Reviews

[Peter Looles · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this issue of the series we follow the people behind the infamous streams of Poker Face and we get to see how they find their victims and make them unrecognizable.
This was a good issue. The way they find their victims and change their looks is very interesting. What they do to make them unrecognizable is that they do plastic surgery on them. While that's a unique idea, what I liked the most about this aspect of the comic is that we got to see a glimpse into the personality of the doctor who's forced to perform the surgery on them. He's a very well written character and Piskor writes him in such a way that the reader can really feel his pain. Him and the victim are the only characters that we get to see a bit more of their personalities and they are both very well written. Also well written are the dialogues and the violence.
Ed Piskor's artwork is beautiful. His unique style fits perfectly with that kind of story and it evolves the reading experience a lot. The way he draws violence is horrific and also beautiful, in a weird way.
Overall, this was a very enjoyable and interesting issue, even though it wasn't as good as the first one.
8/10

[Sylvia Joyce · Rating 4 out of 5]

Deeply unsettling reads. I love how bad I’ve felt after finishing both issues so far. Red Room employs effective horror tactics in its work; the kind that leaves you feeling disturbed for a while, going beyond a simple or quick scare.

It’s good to have a new, ongoing series in indie AND mainstream comics that actually tries to be bold or say something again. This is the first set of issues I’ve purchased in years.

Thanks, Piskor.

[Babs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nasty, uncomfortable reading. Definitely makes you feel.

A different Red Room has a different approach to getting..err....cattle...for the slaughter. Daaaamn!!! So mean!!!!!

[Machteld · Rating 1 out of 5]

Great drawing. But I only see horror and no real story/depth. Not my cup of tea.

[Hazel · Rating 2 out of 5]

nahhhhhhhhhhhh

[Chad Bunch · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow. Brutal.