Pariah, Issue #3
Title: Pariah Issue #3
Author: Aron Warner and Philip Gellat
Illustrations by: Brett Weldele
Genre: Fantasy (graphic novel)
Format: paperback
Publisher: Sea Lion Books
ISBN: 9357372563
Robert Maudsley can take one look at you and know your innermost desires.
Robert Maudsley knows exactly how to manipulate you into to doing what he wants.
Robert Maudsley is hungry.
Hungry for power, control and….food.
Beware of a man who has the mind of a genius and the hunger of a kid.
Because Maudsley is a kid.
He's fifteen….
Going on 30.
The next installment of the hotter than hot graphic novel series Pariah is Issue #3. In this issue we get a real feel for what Aron Warner is doing. He's setting up what is sure to be an amazing story. We get a different story line in each issue, plots that all run parallel together but work as standalone issues.
Issue #3 focuses on Robert Maudsley, a fifteen year old kid, who is anything but. He's a Vitro. He is skilled at manipulating people into doing exactly what he wants when he wants it. His motivation is curiosity, and I might suspect an extreme case of boredom…after all when you're a genius all the world is your playground.
Another tip about Maudsley…beware when he says he's hungry….
I found this Issue really interesting and it made me think (scary, I know) about things on a different level that the other issues. This character made me in some ways understand why the humans are afraid of Vitros. Because the possibility is there for them to be bad, for them to use their great intelligence for exactly what Maudsley is using it for. I mean, as a human (yes, that's me!) it is a scary thought. How do you fight someone like that? You can't outsmart them? Often times you don't even see their manipulation coming…
What to do? What to do?
The previous Issues of Pariah (#1 and #2) focused on characters that I see as good. Good guys in a bad situation, being hunted by the prejudiced humans…but Maudsley…doesn't he deserve to be hunted? Or would consider him a victim? A victim of his birth, a victim of the same thing he is guilty of: manipulation. After all, would he even be the way he was if his genes had not been manipulated??
Hmmmm. It bears thought. Don't you think?
This Franklin character is quite the puzzle as well. I cannot wait to see how he bands these misfit Vitros together and what his intentions ultimately are. Will they be good or bad? I haven't yet made up my mind…but his involvement with Maudsley leads me to think that his plans are not going to be that of an angel.
As always, I will give props to the illustrator, Brett Weldele. You rock, dude!
I like the plot of these graphic novels. It's a greater story being played out in installments – a few ingredients to a recipe (hey maybe I am hungry too…)
Read them and see what you think, what do you think the Vitros will do? Do you think the humans should be afraid?
No, excuse me while I go make a sandwich.
So there you have it. My Opinion.
This review is written by Cambria Hebert
