Misty Presents The Jordi Badia Romero Collection

by Jordi Badia Romero, Enrique Romero

 Deluxe over-sized art-book celebrating the art of a lost master of horror illustration!,
 
Celebrating the incredible art of Jordi Badía Romero from supernatural girls comic Misty, this sumptuous hardcover art book collects stories from the 1980s that showcase this remarkable, and criminally–overlooked, artist who died in 1984. The book also includes work by his brother, Enrique Badía Romero – artist on Modesty Blaise and Axa .,

Genres: Comics, Gothic

128 pages, Hardcover

Published October 17, 2019

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not bad, short horror stories a la Tales from the Crypt and Creepy.
The art was fantastic. Romero has a great talent for hair... yes, hair was the highlight of this book. Hair is never perfect, its always slightly unkempt or windblown. The protagonists are usually frightened or freaked out, so it fits perfectly. Most of the women have straight hair but he tries other styles, including men.
Text was filled with typos and random pages were colored, albeit poorly. I'll assume they did the best they had.

[Alex Sarll]

Assorted short chillers and thrillers from the spooky comic for girls. No writers are credited, and no wonder; even if they could be identified after all these years, there's precious little I'd want my name on here in script terms, with the reveals either rote or ridiculous, characterisation normally paper-thin, and the already ropey dialogue rendered outright comical by slipshod editing ("Sorry sir, we couldn't save your house - and in my opinion, that fore was srarted deliberately!" I suppose we should just be grateful it wasn't 'sharted'). Madhouse stacks its twists so nonsensically as to recall the Ultimate Future Shock; House Of Snails somehow manages to be even more Marenghi than that title promises. But the art! However tossed-off the premise, Romero will build it up with graveyards, castles, strange creatures and sinister figures who look absolutely stunning on the page, the gothic imagination manifest in ink. And at the heart of each tale, a young woman, glamorous yet not unattainable whether she be maiden, monster or occasionally both.

[Mel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection is almost entirely short stories and as such I wasn't expecting to love it as much as I did. One was pure sexploitation but on the whole they were really great. Our heroines were fearless, often monstrous and powerful, and didn't always meet with a happy ending. Definitely the kind of thing young girls (and middle aged non-binary people) enjoy!

[Al Capwned · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can't understand why this book has so many typos but generally it's a pretty cool read.

[Geraldine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably only for those who read Misty back in the 70s/80s. A nice reminder of a comic that was ahead of its time, but why didn't someone proofread it before it was printed?