The demonic mogul Neron’s plans come to fruition as New York City becomes a one-stop shop for any and all kinds of magic, open to the public and completely unregulated. But John Constantine is trapped in the one place he hoped he’d never go: the magical realm of Faerie, home to tricksters so skilled that even the Hellblazer can’t bluff his way home in time to save humanity from itself.
Ming Doyle was born in 1984 to an Irish-American sailor and a Chinese-Canadian librarian. Since earning her BFA from Cornell University in 2007, she has depicted the sequential exploits of zombie superheroes, demonic cheerleaders, vengeful cowboys, and dapper mutants. TANTALIZE marks her first full-length graphic novel as well as her first encounter with a were-opossum. She lives in Boston.
Contantine has escaped from hell, but now he has to cross the land of Faerie before he makes it back to earth.
I really expected more and better from this book. The interlude in Faerie is just that. John spends hardly any time there before he cons his way out. The setup for Faerie was interesting and the characters had potential, but we didn't really see that this issue. I'm sure it will all come back to haunt John before this series ends, but it was pretty disappointing now.
The rest of the issue is a Drama Queen's version of rescuing and breaking up with his latest fling. There were some good moments in here, but it was all very cliche. Sure, I get that most break-ups are cliche-ridden, but this is fiction - let's strive to be more creative.
I wasn't a fan of the artwork before, but its even worse this issue. Travel Foreman's pencils make the characters appear deformed and amorphous. Sure, this may be an attempt at doing something clever like appearance is altered by the presence of magic, or demons or whatever, but it's just rather ugly and distracting.
I really think this book is losing me. Gonna be hard to read it to the end.