FAUST: Love Of The Damned

by David Quinn, Tim Vigil (illustrator)

"There was Watchmen. There was Dark Knight Returns. And there was Faust." (-Bleeding Cool) The legendary 'outlaw comic' that shocked a generation is finally collected in a complete paperback edition for the first time ever, following its hardcover release that sold out in its first day of release!

Dare to go beyond good and evil, immersing yourself in this 500-page adult horror odyssey, stunning color cover galleries and revealing behind the scenes content.

Love of the A man seduced by power plunges into an underground urban hell dominated by madness and the mystical. Haunted by tortured love, he rages through primal hallucinations in a blood-drenched nightmare of Attraction and Repulsion, Sex and Death, Revenge and Reclamation.

The Comic Shop Hardcover Edition of this Omnibus SOLD OUT IN ONE DAY with stores and fans inundating Black Mask with pleas for a new edition!

Rebel Studios, in partnership with Black Mask Studios, collects the original 'outlaw comic' in one outrageous tome – now available for the first time in a trade paperback edition, a “grail” acquisition for every comics / dark fantasy library!

ADULTS ONLY / 18+

Currently in development a SONY PICTURES TELEVISION as an adult-animated series! []

Genres: Comics

500 pages, Paperback

Published May 28, 2024

About the author

Librarian note:
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name

David Quinn is a comic book writer. His main graphic novel Faust (with co-creator Tim Vigil) was adapted by Brian Yuzna as the 2001 movie Faust: Love of the Damned. The follow-up Faust: Book of M, was nominated for the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative.

Among other work, he has written runs on Marvel's Doctor Strange and Chaos! Comics' Purgatori and Lady Death.
(source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Bob Fish · Rating 5 out of 5]

NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED.
Everything you crave from an "outlaw comic"… just don’t say I didn’t warn you :

https://youtu.be/4gdUkDEBc2A

[Tobin Elliott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well. So that's done.

God's honest truth, I'm still not sure what I read. The actual reading part was...not enjoyable. Not in the least. Honestly, for much of it, whenever Quinn had two people in a conversation, it was like each was carrying on their own monologue, mostly unrelated to what the other was also monologuing about.

The art was frequently gorgeous, however. Like Mike Golden around his Micronauts period crossed with Bernie Wrightson, with a hint of Paul Gulacy. Vigil is a great artist and he brought a gorgeous visual look to all the violence and explicit sex Quinn (often needlessly) demanded.

I've seen this compared to Moore's WATCHMEN and Miller's DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. And yes, while it plays in the same deconstructed superhero sandbox as those two, and while it does push the boundaries of what we've seen in mainstream comics from the angle of extreme violence and bloodshed, as well as sex, it truly can't hold a candle to either of the other two from a storytelling standpoint.

Four stars for the art, virtually no stars for the story.

[Bill Mitchel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I remember picking this book up in the 90s and being equal parts disturbed and impressed. Long before Preacher, Crossed, or fill in your favorite boundary pushing series there was Faust. Not an easy read not only due to the high volume of violence and pornography, but Quinn's writing can be a bit long winded. The entire story realistically could have been several issues less overall and streamlined. That said, where Faust shines is Vigil's art. Like Bernie Wrightson and Frank Frazetta mashed into a gore and nude churning machine, Vigil really is a hidden gem in the industry. Even when the images are exceedingly violent or disturbing you can't help but study them and be in awe, much as with someone like HR Giger. if nothing else Vigil's art is worth the price of admission and the nightmares 😂

[Egghead · Rating 3 out of 5]

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of cosmic nihilism while
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