Young Witches Vol. 4: The Eternal Dream

Young Witches #4

by Francisco Solano López, Pol

Under hypnosis by Freud, the girls return to the institue which is now a pandemonium of depravity ruled over by Ishtar.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Erotica

72 pages, Paperback

First published October 8, 2003

About the author

Nació en Buenos Aires en 1928 y dibuja profesionalmente desde 1953, cuando ingresó a la editorial Columba. Poco más tarde pasó a la editorial Abril, donde labra una reputación como dibujante de aventuras y conoce al guionista Héctor Oesterheld, con quien realiza Uma-Uma y Bull Rocket. En 1957, Oesterheld se decide a fundar su propia editorial y convoca a Solano López a publicar en sus revistas Hora Cero y Frontera. Allí, la dupla da vida a Rolo el Marciano Adoptivo, Amapola Negra, Joe Zonda, Rul de la Luna y al más glorioso personaje de la historieta argentina: El Eternauta. Pero al término de esta saga, Solano comienza a colaborar con la editorial inglesa Fleetway y su volúmen de producción le impide seguir publicando en las revistas nacionales, e incluso se radica en Europa entre 1 963 y 1968. A su regreso, vuelve a publicar en Columba y en 1976, acepta la propuesta de Ediciones Record para reunirse con Oesterheld y crear una segunda parte de El Eternauta. Ese mismo año inicia junto a Ricardo Barreiro la saga de Slot Barr, pero el clima político -enrarecido por la sangrienta lucha entre la guerrilla de izquierda y la dictadura militar- fuerza a Solano a emigrar a España.
Allí termina Slot Barr y crea junto a su hijo Gabriel la saga de Ana y las Historias Tristes.
Posteriormente, junto a Carlos Sampayo, da vida a Evaristo, un gran policial ambientado en la Buenos Aires de los '50.
En 1984, Solano se traslada a Río de Janeiro, desde donde inicia una larga serie de colaboraciones con editoriales de los EEUU (Dark Horse, Fantagraphics, etc.) y continúa su producción junto a Barreiro. De este período datan Ministerio, El Instituto y El Televisor, entre otras.
De regreso a Buenos Aires desde 1995, Solano López continúa trabajando para los EEUU, incursiona en el género erótico con enorme éxito en toda Europa y retorna, a partir de 1997, la saga del inolvidable Eternauta. Actualmente publica una plancha semanal de su más reciente creación, Los Internautas, en el Suplemento Informática del diario Clarín (que finalizó recientemente).
El 12 de agosto de 2001, muere a los 83 años a causa de un ACV.

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well this volume wraps up the series. A very different kinda comic read. Recommended for adults

[StrictlySequential · Rating 3 out of 5]

First Eros Comix Edition = August 2003

BARREIRO IS NOT THE WRITER- tighten up enterer!
->Why didn't they just read the cover and see that it's written by "Pol"?

You can even tell it's a different guy by reading it. If you've read the others, that is. The plot reaches too far- I found it absurd but at least it's passable.

The art of F. Solano Lopez is splendid as usual.

[Steve Vander · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adult full-color graphic novel.

This graphic novel was originally published as three separate comic magazines. The first chapter takes place in London.

The first chapter opens with Lilian and Agatha sharing a bath together and Mr. Holmes and Dr. Freud in the next room. While Mr. Holmes and Dr. Freud wait in the next room, the girls activity heat up. When the girls emerge, they note that they have been having the same nightmares, so they head off to visit a friend of Dr. Freud that knows something about hypnosis and repressed memories. We meet this friend (Dr. Fester) of Dr. Freud's abusing one of his patients while she is under hypnosis.

While the girls and Dr. Freud are distracted, Holmes wanders off to investigate the case of a missing woman. And oddly enough, after exiting a morgue, Holmes runs across the woman in the process of being abducted.

Back at Dr. Festers, the girls enter a state of hypnosis and recall their nightmares, which involves something called "The Institute." Apparently this Institute has something to do with Ishtar and a lot of naked women. Oh, and Ishtar is a woman with a penis. While Ishtar and the women start to attack Lilian and Agatha, the good doctors try to bring the girls out of hypnosis. Agatha awakens, but they can't revive Lilian. While this state of affairs is occurring, Mr. Holmes enters the room leading the woman that he had been seeking. Holmes wants only Freud to work on the girl because of Dr. Festers history (which is now shown in fuzzy pink light - apparently one of Fester's patients became very attached to Fester and then died).

Agatha and Holmes return home, leaving Lilian behind. Lilian "wakes" up to find herself in a strange room. Apparently the world Lilian inhabits is really like that Matrix movie. Lilian wakes up with a lot of things connecting to her in some watery stuff. She disconnects herself and gets out of the pod. A robot comes by and end of the first chapter.

Chapter Two: Lilian is still stuck "awake" in this Matrix like world, which appears to be controlled by Ishtar. Meanwhile, while Watson is laid up in bed ill, his niece Rhona comes by to provide him some care. In his ill state, Watson imagines Holmes and his niece fondling each other right in front of him. Dorian Grey joins the fun as an owner of an entertainment facility that uses slaves to provide entertainment for his guests. Grey's men turn up at Watson's and attack Agatha and Rhona, strip them, and end up beaten by the girls. Meanwhile Lilian's story in the "real world" continues. Apparently, the computer feeds off sexual energy. And now Agatha and Rhona are captured, and some strange magic overcomes them and they "sleep" with each other. And the chapter ends.

Chapter three: While ill, Watson "accidentally" attacks and rapes his nurse. The police arrive and arrest the nurse, as one of Dr. Moriarty's spies. The girls at Grey's place continue their strange horniness and Lilian tries to escape from the computer. More bondage and sex fill out the rest of the chapter.

Overall, the drawing is good, but at times the earlier black & white nature of the drawing leaks through, and destroys some of the artwork (though it is less of a problem than in the previous book). This book is weaker than the two first volumes and about on a same level of quality with the third volume. The book contains bondage, whipping, a woman with a penis, and more. There is a fifth volume in the series, but it currently is still in magazine form (and is not that good; Agatha and Lilian are old now and the story involves their grandkids).