FAUST: Love Of The Damned

by David Quinn, Tim Vigil (illustrator)

Genres: Comics

500 pages, Paperback

Published May 28, 2024

About the author

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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.

[Dwayne Hicks · 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 😂