The Forbidden Planet book group has been resurrected, much like this blog. I'm glad the book group is back as it's great to have a chance to discuss comic books with other people.
Beautiful Darkness was an interesting choice. It's a French book, a sort of twisted fairytale. The art looks great but I didn't really enjoy it. The story revolves around some fairytale characters who come to live in and around the dead body of a young girl, lost in the woods. We don't know how she died or if anyone is looking for her. She is the elephant in the room. The fairytale characters gradually turn feral, meeting horrible fates or dispatching each other in senseless and cruel ways. It has a "lord of the flies' feel to it.
This comic book is like a cipher. The reader can project his or her own ideas onto the story with no real confirmation of anything from the creators. I guess it would qualify as art and many of the others in the group really liked it. I felt it was needlessly unpleasant at times even though it looked great. I don't think I'll rush to re-read it.
Interestingly, the writer Fabien Vehimann has also written some Spirou books. They are much more wholesome and enjoyable to my mind. I would like to see other work by these talented creators but Beautiful Darkness just didn't float my boat.
Check it out if you want a really twisted fairy tale but this is not a book for children.
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