Description
Bringing to bear the astonishing range of illustrative and storytelling skills that have served Dave McKean so well on his collaborations with Neil Gaiman and such solo projects as the epic graphic novel Cages, re-released by Dark Horse Comics, he forges into new territory with this unique work of erotica.
In the whisper-thin plot of this wordless, erotic graphic novel, a woman returns to a house that is empty because her partner's stuck at work. She undresses, flips on an old film projector, and steps into a dreamscape to engage in sexual encounters with a flock of disembodied hands, a 14-breasted nymph, a well-endowed demon, and more. Cages (1998) creator McKean, a frequent Nell Gaiman collaborator, tears through different artistic styles in explicit imagery that's too striking for simple titillation, and while the dark edge in his work is palpable, it never turns disturbing (those with different sensibilities, however, may dispute both those assessments).
Celluloid is a rare instance (especially among Anglo-Saxons) of a top-flight cartoonist working within erotic even pornographic, to embrace the word parameters, with the intent of creating a genuine work of art. As the artist says: There are so many comics about violence. I'm not entertained or amused by violence, and I d rather not have it in my life. Sex, on the other hand, is something the vast majority of us enjoy, yet it rarely seems to be the subject of comics. Pornography is usually bland, repetitive and ugly, and, at most, does the job. I always wanted to make a book that is pornographic, but is also, I hope, beautiful, and mysterious, and engages the mind.
Product Details
Page Count: 232
Dimensions: 7.0 (w) x 9.0 (h) x 0.0 (d)