false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170348292m/47700.jpg 47700 6 From one of the most highly recognised and award winning comic writers on the scene today, Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Death, Violent Cases), and his sometime collaborator, innovative artist Dave McKean (Arkham Asylum, Cages, Violent Cases) comes a haunting and stylish exploration of birth, death and renewal. Both human and flower the heroine, Black Orchid, undertakes a hazardous journey to uncover her true origins, providing a moving ecological parable for our times. This work by Gaiman and Mckean is an early showcase for the talent we know today. 942663 book 1990 Black Orchid total:1277|5:243|4:425|3:476|2:120|1:13| 1277 4596 1785 36 2 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 12:30:30 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 12:46:16 -0700 2007
I liked the concept of the Black Orchid, like Poison Ivy, one of the fa...more...]]> 2 0 false true Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 07:03:10 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 07:16:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 03:40:44 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 04:20:14 -0700 2007
Like Moore's 'Swamp Thing' or Morrison's 'Animal Man', Gai...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 21 19:25:40 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 07 22:12:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 17:47:01 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 11:52:20 -0700 2009 just because it's written by Gaiman. Superhero comics. (like the big DC on the cover shouldn't have been a clue... but it's from 1989, was Dark Horse even around yet? And I guess Sandman -no I haven't read them all yet - was DC.)

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After being viciously murdered, Susan is reborn fully grown as the Black Orchid, a hybrid of plant and human, in order to avenge her own death. Now ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 17:56:40 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 17:57:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Sep 17 11:39:35 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 11:40:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 08:19:01 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 08:19:35 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 15:54:24 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 18:35:16 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Oct 29 10:32:03 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 10:32:03 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 12:34:51 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 18:40:13 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Aug 21 10:50:23 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 11:25:06 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 10:50:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Feb 27 14:38:09 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 14:38:34 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jun 18 17:06:12 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 17:06:25 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 20:12:52 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 09:22:17 -0700 2009 3 1 false false Thu Nov 29 21:43:53 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 13 08:01:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 true false Fri Dec 26 12:19:35 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 00:05:17 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 12:19:35 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Wed Aug 12 11:34:07 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 15 09:51:22 -0800 2009
Like the character, but thought she more interesting with no origin, than the weak one Gaiman gives her.
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