Dark Ivory

Dark Ivory #1-4

by Joseph Michael Linsner, Eva Hopkins

Ivory is a frustrated goth girl who escapes from her everyday world by sneaking out to dance at night. Her best friend Samson is always there to help her keep her feet on the ground. As Ivory's club world fills with attractive, vampiric strangers, she thinks it would be so cool to be like them -- until it happens! Be careful what you wish for...

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Horror, Fantasy, Young Adult

128 pages, Paperback

First published November 2, 2010

About the author

Joseph Michael Linsner is most well-known for DAWN, his personal Pin-Up Goddess. After her debut appearance on the cover of CRY FOR DAWN #1 in 1989, Dawn struck a chord with thousands of fans on an international level. She is currently published in six languages and has come to life in the form of statues, action figures, t-shirts, lithographs, lunch boxes and trading cards..An award winning Illustrator, Linsner has painted covers for all of the major comics characters, including Wolverine, Justice League, Conan, and Vampirella. One of his proudest moments was getting to illustrate a short story written by Stan Lee for 'Actor Comics Presents'. Next up for Linsner is 'The White Phoenix & Other Stories' a collection of Dawn short tales, before he starts work on the fourth Dawn graphic novel due in 2013. To contact JML for booking and appearances and conventions or shows please note the authorized email address and ONLY official JML AUTHORIZED 2011-2012 BIOGRAPHY has been updated from the old sites. Current info is on his Blogger, facebook and twitter accounts.

Reviews

[Mel (Epic Reading) · Rating 4 out of 5]

A small four-shot series of comics with art and writing by the famous Joseph Michael Lisner. He is one of my fave creators and artists out there. With a gothic flare and quirky style Dark Ivory is perfect for any goth or ‘used to be goth but then had to adult’ girl (or boy).
I loved the Blood Angel and her stoic all-white look. I want a series about just her!
The only unfortunate thing here is that this does read as dated. While only released 10 years ago, the references to MySpace and other outdated tech stand out like a sore thumb. Still a worthy read however.
Now to find more of the comics Dark Ivory appears in and help my Lisner collection grow.

[Online Eccentric Librarian · Rating 2 out of 5]

More reviews (and no fluff) on the blog http://surrealtalvi.wordpress.com/

This was a fairly easy read and kept me interested enough to finish it. But at the same time, I found it oddly disaffecting even though it is something that on all accounts I should have really liked.

The narrative is third person but the art is all first person. I think that dissonance distracted me from the story enough that I kept having to 'get into' it again. Also, the narrative was oddly flat and emotionless - and written to the point of being almost simplistic. That also didn't create an interesting juxtaposition; instead, it was like I was reading a story set to a very different set of artwork.

I haven't read the Dawn series, admittedly. So I took this story/book on its own merit. To me, it felt like there is something really good here but it lacked a very good and sympathetic yet objective editor. I do give it four stars because it avoids the TCSP (Top Cow Soft Porn) cliche of super thin girls with underwear straps hanging above their jeans and buff square jawed guys. The physiques are filled out - even the male love interest has a bit of a gut.

[Sarah🥀⛓️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ran across this series discounted recently, & thought I’d give this one a whirl!

WARNING; Below has Spoilers!

I thought the 3rd installment was actually the strongest- you see our main character Ivory become one with the night. But her ‘dream’ of becoming such a thing has consequences. I thought the concept they were leading with - of a banned drug giving vampiric abilities was kind of cool actually! So when they revealed of course that she was a part of a Royalty Bloodline- to be honest it ruined it for me.

I absolutely adored the art style, & the knowledge of the gothic subculture. Growing up I was heavily part of the goth scene, and I still feel connected to it in many ways. I don’t often dress the part anymore, but literature & music still hold a place in my heart. It was just refreshing to see that in this series.

There wasn’t much that stood out to me aside from that, but it was a cool short read!

[Axl Rōjūrō Black · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es un trabajo muy bueno que me da la impresión muy pocos conocen, en lo personal le di la oportunidad y no me defraudó, me encantaron algunos personajes como Samson y mi favorita "Maria Antonietta" (es endemoniadamente hermosa :3), me hubiera gustado ver a Ivory más tiempo como Vampiresa y también aundar un poco más en su pasado y origen, pero eso no le quita sus cuatros estrellas.

[Are · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Lucia Arenas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh.