Offering “horrifying tales and visions of madness, death, love and God,” J. Morvay’s BIBLE BLACK is a horror anthology semi-disguised as a graphic novel. I can recommend it for fans of both, with one dire warning: Clearly, it’s not for the easily offended. Really, really not.
This is evident from the start, with a take-it-or-leave-it quasi-poem about the creator of the universe that will determine whether readers will stop there or continue on. Those who take the latter path will meet “Crazy Crackers,” a World War II soldier who falls in love with a German prostitute and becomes convinced she can love him, too. Grim consequences await, of course.
“Godless” concerns a young couple who find themselves pregnant unexpectedly at a time when abortion was illegal, in the mid-1960s. Since they’re both scared and no longer attached, they pursue a solution of the back-alley variety, only to find the fruit of their loins isn’t your ordinary fetus.
In the same time period, “Stickey Dollars” is about a group of horny boys who visit an old woman who believes — there’s just no way to sugarcoat this — that rubbing semen over her skin is the secret to the fountain of youth. Yeah, it’s sick, and so is “Hollow Cause,” the story of a Nazi whose job it is to club concentration-camp arrivals.
This is horror to the extreme, illustrated by a variety of talented artists, but the most disturbing pictures are the ones that Morvay’s words will percolate in your mind. For more Morvay — and comparatively more suitable for mainstream audiences — try his LOBSTER GIRL comic book. —Rod Lott
Buy it at Amazon or Lobster Girl Comics.
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The secret to youth is NOT fiction. Apparently.
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