Today’s post is on The
Beauty, vol 1 by Jeremy Haun, Jason A. Hurley, John Rauch (Colorist),
Fonografiks (Letterer). It is 164 pages long and is published by Image Comics.
The cover has a woman with a burned out face standing in front some flowering
vines. The intended reader is someone who likes dark, futurist comics. There is foul language, sex and sexuality, and
violence in this comic. The story is told from third person close of one of the
main characters. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- Modern society is obsessed
with outward beauty. What if there was a way to guarantee you could become more
and more beautiful every day? What if it was a sexually transmitted disease?
In the world of The Beauty, physical perfection is only one sexual encounter away. The vast majority of the population has taken advantage of it, but Detectives Vaughn and Foster will soon discover it comes at a terrible cost. Now, they'll have to find their way past corrupt politicians, vengeful federal agents, and a terrifying mercenary out to collect the price on their heads.
In the world of The Beauty, physical perfection is only one sexual encounter away. The vast majority of the population has taken advantage of it, but Detectives Vaughn and Foster will soon discover it comes at a terrible cost. Now, they'll have to find their way past corrupt politicians, vengeful federal agents, and a terrifying mercenary out to collect the price on their heads.
Review- This is a magnetizing read about a new future world
with a very unusual plague. The comic starts with some descriptions of the
current state of the world with about half of the total population having The
Beauty and the other half looking down on them for having it. Then people start
dying. The deaths are not too graphic but you get the idea. The art is very
good with people who have the Beauty looking like they glow and people without
it look washed out, not ugly or anything so easy as that, just not as
impressive as the infected. The plot moves very quickly but I never felt lost
to what was going on. The ending was and was not a cliff-hanger with the cure
being released but will it work on a massive scale is to be seen. If you are
looking for a new adult comic to get into, then I recommend The Beauty.
I give this comic a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for
my review and I borrowed this comic from my local library.
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