The Collected Rasputin Catamite

by Vas Littlecrow Wojtanowicz, Loki Kaspari, thom Wolfox sR Rhose

In the first compilation of the webcomic, Rasputin Catamite’s uniquely disturbing story and cast take down-to-earth realism and pit it against absolute insanity and blood-soaked violence. Set in the backdrop of a collapsing Soviet Union, this story takes an ridiculous, yet, unflinching look at the racism, sexism, child abuse and institutionalized homophobia, in a supposedly egalitarian society where race, sex and child abuse are not supposed to exist. Rasputin Catamite is a meticulously researched look at Russian counterculture and cultural collapse disguised as puerile humor. Boredom plagues life in Irkutsk, Siberia, during winter. Yet, outcast punks always find ways to make things interesting. Socially-awkward teenager, Dima Satan and his horrible boyfriend, Ugly Alex, play at concert in an abandoned warehouse for a New Year's Party. Instead of all-night party fun, Dima and Ugly encounter the perils of marauding Neo-Nazi skinheads, a self-mutilating busybody cousin, unexpected lust, and Dima's rather unfortunate vampirism problem. Later in the story, the trio reluctantly team up with Ugly Alex’s creepy cousin, Sasha, to search for their friend Lechy, in the aftermath of the party.

96 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 27, 2015