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Clive Barker's Hellraiser (1989) #10
Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Book 10
In this corner, in blackened leather, the rank
legions of hell's cenobites--the Devil's Brigade.
In that corner, weighing in at over three billion,
the chaotic masses collectively known as humanity.
Round One: a Priest whose hope is to become
a beacon of enlightenment for the One Tru Faith
is opposed by a cenobite who means to turn his
crusade into a modern day Inquisition
Round Two: a clincally minded aids researcher
desperately in need of motivation in her work
finds commitment, courtesy of Hell's favorite son.
Round Three: a boxer in search of the ultimate
physical challenge dare's hell's greatest
pugilists to experiments in the sweet science
with stakes greater than he ever intended
There's the bell. Let's get ready to rumble.
Contents:
Devil's Brigade, Part Six: One True Faith buy Nicholas Vince, Joe Barruso
The Sweet Science by Erik Saltzgaber, Mike Zeck, Phil Zimelman
Devil's Brigade, Part Seven: Commitment by D.G. Chichester, Dwayne McDuffie, Mike McMahon
legions of hell's cenobites--the Devil's Brigade.
In that corner, weighing in at over three billion,
the chaotic masses collectively known as humanity.
Round One: a Priest whose hope is to become
a beacon of enlightenment for the One Tru Faith
is opposed by a cenobite who means to turn his
crusade into a modern day Inquisition
Round Two: a clincally minded aids researcher
desperately in need of motivation in her work
finds commitment, courtesy of Hell's favorite son.
Round Three: a boxer in search of the ultimate
physical challenge dare's hell's greatest
pugilists to experiments in the sweet science
with stakes greater than he ever intended
There's the bell. Let's get ready to rumble.
Contents:
Devil's Brigade, Part Six: One True Faith buy Nicholas Vince, Joe Barruso
The Sweet Science by Erik Saltzgaber, Mike Zeck, Phil Zimelman
Devil's Brigade, Part Seven: Commitment by D.G. Chichester, Dwayne McDuffie, Mike McMahon
64 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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About the author
Clive Barker
706 books15.2k followersClive Barker was born in Liverpool, England, the son of Joan Rubie (née Revill), a painter and school welfare officer, and Leonard Barker, a personnel director for an industrial relations firm. Educated at Dovedale Primary School and Quarry Bank High School, he studied English and Philosophy at Liverpool University and his picture now hangs in the entrance hallway to the Philosophy Department. It was in Liverpool in 1975 that he met his first partner, John Gregson, with whom he lived until 1986. Barker's second long-term relationship, with photographer David Armstrong, ended in 2009.
In 2003, Clive Barker received The Davidson/Valentini Award at the 15th GLAAD Media Awards. This award is presented "to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individual who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for any of those communities". While Barker is critical of organized religion, he has stated that he is a believer in both God and the afterlife, and that the Bible influences his work.
Fans have noticed of late that Barker's voice has become gravelly and coarse. He says in a December 2008 online interview that this is due to polyps in his throat which were so severe that a doctor told him he was taking in ten percent of the air he was supposed to have been getting. He has had two surgeries to remove them and believes his resultant voice is an improvement over how it was prior to the surgeries. He said he did not have cancer and has given up cigars. On August 27, 2010, Barker underwent surgery yet again to remove new polyp growths from his throat. In early February 2012 Barker fell into a coma after a dentist visit led to blood poisoning. Barker remained in a coma for eleven days but eventually came out of it. Fans were notified on his Twitter page about some of the experience and that Barker was recovering after the ordeal, but left with many strange visions.
Barker is one of the leading authors of contemporary horror/fantasy, writing in the horror genre early in his career, mostly in the form of short stories (collected in Books of Blood 1 – 6), and the Faustian novel The Damnation Game (1985). Later he moved towards modern-day fantasy and urban fantasy with horror elements in Weaveworld (1987), The Great and Secret Show (1989), the world-spanning Imajica (1991) and Sacrament (1996), bringing in the deeper, richer concepts of reality, the nature of the mind and dreams, and the power of words and memories.
Barker has a keen interest in movie production, although his films have received mixed receptions. He wrote the screenplays for Underworld (aka Transmutations – 1985) and Rawhead Rex (1986), both directed by George Pavlou. Displeased by how his material was handled, he moved to directing with Hellraiser (1987), based on his novella The Hellbound Heart. His early movies, the shorts The Forbidden and Salome, are experimental art movies with surrealist elements, which have been re-released together to moderate critical acclaim. After his film Nightbreed (Cabal), which was widely considered to be a flop, Barker returned to write and direct Lord of Illusions. Barker was an executive producer of the film Gods and Monsters, which received major critical acclaim.
Barker is a prolific visual artist working in a variety of media, often illustrating his own books. His paintings have been seen first on the covers of his official fan club magazine, Dread, published by Fantaco in the early Nineties, as well on the covers of the collections of his plays, Incarnations (1995) and Forms of Heaven (1996), as well as on the second printing of the original UK publications of his Books of Blood series.
A longtime comics fan, Barker achieved his dream of publishing his own superhero books when Marvel Comics launched the Razorline imprint in 1993. Based on detailed premises, titles and lead characters he created specifically for this, the four interrelated titles — set outside the Marvel universe — were Ectokid,
In 2003, Clive Barker received The Davidson/Valentini Award at the 15th GLAAD Media Awards. This award is presented "to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individual who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for any of those communities". While Barker is critical of organized religion, he has stated that he is a believer in both God and the afterlife, and that the Bible influences his work.
Fans have noticed of late that Barker's voice has become gravelly and coarse. He says in a December 2008 online interview that this is due to polyps in his throat which were so severe that a doctor told him he was taking in ten percent of the air he was supposed to have been getting. He has had two surgeries to remove them and believes his resultant voice is an improvement over how it was prior to the surgeries. He said he did not have cancer and has given up cigars. On August 27, 2010, Barker underwent surgery yet again to remove new polyp growths from his throat. In early February 2012 Barker fell into a coma after a dentist visit led to blood poisoning. Barker remained in a coma for eleven days but eventually came out of it. Fans were notified on his Twitter page about some of the experience and that Barker was recovering after the ordeal, but left with many strange visions.
Barker is one of the leading authors of contemporary horror/fantasy, writing in the horror genre early in his career, mostly in the form of short stories (collected in Books of Blood 1 – 6), and the Faustian novel The Damnation Game (1985). Later he moved towards modern-day fantasy and urban fantasy with horror elements in Weaveworld (1987), The Great and Secret Show (1989), the world-spanning Imajica (1991) and Sacrament (1996), bringing in the deeper, richer concepts of reality, the nature of the mind and dreams, and the power of words and memories.
Barker has a keen interest in movie production, although his films have received mixed receptions. He wrote the screenplays for Underworld (aka Transmutations – 1985) and Rawhead Rex (1986), both directed by George Pavlou. Displeased by how his material was handled, he moved to directing with Hellraiser (1987), based on his novella The Hellbound Heart. His early movies, the shorts The Forbidden and Salome, are experimental art movies with surrealist elements, which have been re-released together to moderate critical acclaim. After his film Nightbreed (Cabal), which was widely considered to be a flop, Barker returned to write and direct Lord of Illusions. Barker was an executive producer of the film Gods and Monsters, which received major critical acclaim.
Barker is a prolific visual artist working in a variety of media, often illustrating his own books. His paintings have been seen first on the covers of his official fan club magazine, Dread, published by Fantaco in the early Nineties, as well on the covers of the collections of his plays, Incarnations (1995) and Forms of Heaven (1996), as well as on the second printing of the original UK publications of his Books of Blood series.
A longtime comics fan, Barker achieved his dream of publishing his own superhero books when Marvel Comics launched the Razorline imprint in 1993. Based on detailed premises, titles and lead characters he created specifically for this, the four interrelated titles — set outside the Marvel universe — were Ectokid,
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September 8, 2018
The first story - One True Faith is rather interesting and may even have been great if it wasn't for Joe Barruso's hideous art - which makes it somewhat confusing to follow. Still I love the idea of a real priest serving Leviathan rather than God.
The sweet science isn't much of a hellraiser story - it's about a boxer seeking the ultimate challenge - however Mike Zeck and Phil Zimelman's art is really punchy and the highlight of this volume - plus I love the idea of a lament configuration boxing ring.
The last story Commitment continues the Devil's brigade arc - following AIDS research scientist Dr. Casey Gioeli. Now I loathe artist Mike McMahon's art at the best of times - his lurid colour blocky cubist style does absolutely nothing for me - It's certainly arresting but honestly - ugh. Not sure how I feel about pinhead having sex either - and certainly not as the sub!!! This just feels wrong on so many levels.
While I feel that the content of the stories in this volume are a vast improvement on volumes 8 and 9 - the artwork still isn't impressing me - there are a couple of nice interior illustrations, and I do like the nice foil cover, but overall still disappointed.
The sweet science isn't much of a hellraiser story - it's about a boxer seeking the ultimate challenge - however Mike Zeck and Phil Zimelman's art is really punchy and the highlight of this volume - plus I love the idea of a lament configuration boxing ring.
The last story Commitment continues the Devil's brigade arc - following AIDS research scientist Dr. Casey Gioeli. Now I loathe artist Mike McMahon's art at the best of times - his lurid colour blocky cubist style does absolutely nothing for me - It's certainly arresting but honestly - ugh. Not sure how I feel about pinhead having sex either - and certainly not as the sub!!! This just feels wrong on so many levels.
While I feel that the content of the stories in this volume are a vast improvement on volumes 8 and 9 - the artwork still isn't impressing me - there are a couple of nice interior illustrations, and I do like the nice foil cover, but overall still disappointed.
August 28, 2019
amazing collection
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