The Complete Geisha

by Andi Watson

Geisha is the futuristic tale of Jomi Sohoda, an android with a knack for painting. Adopted early in her development by the Kami family, Jomi has been assimilated into regular human life—except society sees her as an outcast, something less than human. This makes it rather difficult for her to sell her paintings, so to make money, she joins the family bodyguard business, launching herself into a world of action and intrigue, complete with supermodels, jealous ex-husbands, maniacal moguls, robotic armor, and the twisted double-cross of art fakery.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction

152 pages, Paperback

First published August 4, 2003

About the author

Andrew "Andi" Watson (born 1969) is a British cartoonist and illustrator best known for the graphic novels Breakfast After Noon, Slow News Day and his series Love Fights, published by Oni Press and Slave Labor Graphics.

Watson has also worked for more mainstream American comic publishers with some work at DC Comics, a twelve-issue limited series at Marvel Comics, with the majority at Dark Horse Comics, moving recently to Image Comics.

Reviews

[Anto Tilio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me encantó la historia de Jomi y lo que representa.
Pensar que la tildan de robot y la menosprecian y es un personaje tan rico y sentimental.
La adoré y me encantó empezar a Watson con esta historia.

[Carlos Rioja · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the graphic style. The story is entertaining, but I'm not crazy about it.

[Loz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great comic. Really liked the oblique challenge to definition of humanity. Sibling interactions really resonated. The drama was whimsically bombastic with real feels.

[o · Rating 3 out of 5]

Continuing my streak of simply-okay graphic novels. It wasn’t bad, not at all, and some of this novel’s characters were quirky and likable, but I continue to not be blown away.

[Jiro Dreams of Suchy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Enjoyed some of the character design- wasn’t interested in story

[Cloud · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5⭐

[Susan Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one off graphic novel tells the story of a robot artist trying to discover if you really need a soul to create art. It could be described as many things, YA, science fiction or a story about art and this gives the book a really wide appeal.

This is a short little book of stories focusing on the same set of characters, the plots are good and the questions it raises. Also the characters are well portrayed and equally well drawn.

Basically its an enjoyable quick read which isn't going to change the world, but it has nice characters, plot and illustration.

[HeavyReader · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book in one day. It is about a million times better than the Love Fights series by the same creator.

In this one, an almost human android is a painter who works in her family's security business on the side. It is far-fetched, but entertaining. It's sort of like eating cake for breakfast--yummy in the moment, but not substantial enough to get you through to the morning break.

[Alejandra RL · Rating 1 out of 5]

En cuanto al arte, no tengo ninguna queja: Es simple pero buena. La trama también es llamativa, pero por algún motivo esta historia me ha dejado indiferente, no me ha gustado.

Pero si creo que Geisha puede ser para personas que buscan novelas gráficas con tramas sencillas, llenas de situaciones chuscas y un posible futuro cercano.

[Ron Sadowski · Rating 2 out of 5]

9-9-2010

[Jim · Rating 5 out of 5]

wonderful andi watson (of course). takes place in the future,in the background of one panel a character is wearing a san jose sharks jacket. did they win a stanley cup by then?

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

An aggressively uncompelling story. Snooze.

[Ang · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun graphic novel. Sci-fi, action, drama. PG-14.