{"product_id":"black-kiss-omnibus-hurt","title":"BLACK KISS Omnibus Hurt","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the first time with every stop along the way, \u003cstrong\u003eHoward Chaykin’s\u003c\/strong\u003e groundbreaking adults-only series, the \u003cem\u003eBlack Kiss Omnibus\u003c\/em\u003e collects the legendary 1988 run, its 2012 sequel \u003cem\u003eBlack Kiss 2\u003c\/em\u003e, plus the \u003cem\u003eBlack Kiss Xxxmas Special\u003c\/em\u003e and, created just for this volume, the all-new 28-page \u003cem\u003eBlack Kiss Halloween\u003c\/em\u003e, which will mark Chaykin’s final excursion into this hardboiled erotic noir. Throw in a look back at the project’s long history of sensationalism and censorship, plus a large assortment of extras from across nearly four decades, and this 400-page volume is the definitive collection. The series' explicit sex scenes and the inclusion of transsexual femme fatale Dagmar Laine saw \u003cem\u003eBlack Kiss\u003c\/em\u003e labelled among the most controversial comic series of the late 1980s.\n\nWriter-artist Howard Chaykin had already carved out a reputation as an acclaimed but controversial creator with the independent, mature readers series \u003cem\u003eAmerican Flagg\u003c\/em\u003e! and his violent reboots of \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBlackhawk\u003c\/em\u003e for DC Comics before he began pitching \u003cem\u003eBlack Kiss\u003c\/em\u003e. His decision to write the book was influenced by DC's ill-fated attempt to introduce an internal ratings system for its comics.\n\nChaykin wrote a four-page outline for the story some years before, under the working title Smoke Dreams, expanding it to full script in 1987 after leaving DC. He labelled the series \"erotic horror\" and noted that this put several publishers off producing it, so he finally went with Bill Marks' Canadian company Vortex Comics when they didn't balk at the contents.\n\nChaykin told \u003cem\u003eAmazing Heroes\u003c\/em\u003e \"Black Kiss is about blackmail and pornography and making fun of people and public humiliation and people caught up in situations they can't do anything about... and the importance of wearing the right outfit for the right social occasion... The book was done at a time when there was serious talk about trying to create a ratings system for comics, and the idea was that I would do a book that would be appalling and offensive...and funny.\"\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: Bumped corners.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Image Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59644023079198,"sku":"BLAKIHR","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/blakih-black-kiss-omni-book_96cb5c90-e4a5-488c-b75e-9d834cbd6c44.jpg?v=1784524916","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/black-kiss-omnibus-hurt","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}