Nymph

by Frank Thorne

After writing his two autobiographical volumes, Drawing Sexy Women and The Crystal Ballroom, where Frank Thorne roamed deliciously from his accustomed milieu, he returns to amorous prose with Nymph, the untold story of a beautiful young the adolescent but not quite innocent Ghita of Alizarr. Nymph is a lusty narrative of true love lost and obsession in an ancient world. The epic tale is told by Fordel of Themm, her dubious consort and theatrical provocateur. We follow a troupe of traveling players as they perform "Ramballock," a rollicking show of live sex and burlesque. "No one will believe Thorne wrote it, but he did, and it's his magnum opus!" opined Ryder Windham, esteemed author, editor, and former Fantagraphics visionary.

150 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2006

About the author

Frank Thorne was an American comic book artist-writer, best known for his fantasy-erotic works.

Reviews

[Doyle · Rating 1 out of 5]

I bought this because I am a fan of Frank Thorne's art and thought this was a comic book. It is not. It is a densely worded story with (beautiful) small single figure illustrations on each page. It is written as a series of journal entries from a character who speaks in Shakespearean-era (maybe?) English. I couldn't get interested enough to finish.

Back story on this book: Frank Thorne was the incredibly popular artist on Marvel's Red Sonja title. He left that title to create his own Red Sonja-esque female warrior character Ghita. This book is the origin story of Ghita, telling how she grew up from a caravan entertainer to queen of outer space, or whatever. I don't know. I've never read much Red Sonja or any Ghita. Maybe if I had I would have been able to read more than 15 pages of this book.