Elephantmen: Damaged Goods

Elephantmen #3.1

by Richard Starkings, Marian Churchland (Artist)

Featuring a new cover and short story written and illustrated by Image Comics' rising star Martin Churchland, this full-color trade collects the sold-out issues of Elephantmen focusing on the mademoiselles of Mystery City -- Miki, Sahara and Vanity Case. Collects Elephantmen #18-20, complete with an extensive sketchbook of Churchland's art.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2009

About the author

Richard Starkings is a British comics professional, known for writing the hit sci-fi series ELEPHANTMEN and specializing in lettering, thanks to his award-winning Comicraft lettering studio.

Reviews

[Lightwhisper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adult stories, great art, difficult content on some stories.

[furious · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like most Elephantmen books, the plot remains a solid 3, kind of paint-by-numbers, but these books have always been about the artist for me. Ladronn, Moritat, and here, Marian Churchland. And her art is well worth the price of admission. The softness of her line & her colorful, watery palette work well in contrast with the grim, rainy noir look that Elephantmen usually favors. You don't need to be a follower of the ongoing story to appreciate this, I think there's plenty of context given. Word of warning, Sahara's story is particularly heavy & deals with her brutal childhood trauma in no uncertain terms.

[Timothy Pitkin · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was okay but there isn't any new material except for a few new pages but other than that this trade is just a compilation of stories focusing on all of the major female characters. So if you are already collecting the volumes of Elephantmen then just skip this as you probably already have the stories.

[Mza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eye chocolate and not much more.