POWR MASTRS, Vol. 2
By CF (Chris Forgues)
Contains wonderful black and white pen drawings
as well as wonderful color pictures that appear to be done in watercolor.
CONDITION:
Excellent. Like New. I doubt it has been
read. Cover clean and smooth. A few light smudges on the rear cover which I
only noticed when photographing it.
Pages are clean and smooth and binding is tight.
Powr Mastrs Vol. 2 follows hot on the
heels of this elusive artist’s first volume-- in a series of six graphic
novels--which was one of last year’s most anticipated debuts. C.F. comes out of
the mythic Providence, Rhode Island art and noise scene--his musical alias is
Kites. In a recent profile The Comics Reporter observes,
“Contrasting sharply with many of his flashier contemporaries, [C.F.’s] primary
skill lies in overlooked nuances of comics storytelling, in particular pacing.”
His distinctive voice and intricate rendering skills have attracted attention from
the groundbreaking comics anthology, Kramers Ergot--he was included
in the fourth issue, and featured on the cover of the fifth. Here, C.F.’s epic
fantasy--an allegorical tale where power, physical identity and even gender are
always in flux--picks up steam: Buell Kazee sneaks down into the cellar of the
plex knowe crypt and conjures trouble; Tetradyne Cola takes a nap and dreams of
Monica Glass and the lemon sparklers of star studio; members of the Marker clan
compare notes on their magical crimes and the witches of Lace Temblor conspire
over transmutation night.