{"id":2017,"date":"2008-04-07T06:51:36","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T06:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2008-04-06T11:52:34","modified_gmt":"2008-04-06T11:52:34","slug":"time2-the-satisfaction-of-black-mariah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2008\/04\/07\/time2-the-satisfaction-of-black-mariah\/","title":{"rendered":"Time2<\/sup>: The Satisfaction of Black Mariah"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Time2:<\/p>\n

By Howard Chaykin<\/strong>, with Ken Bruzenak, John Moore, Richard Ory & Steve Oliffe (First Comics)
\nISBN: 0-915419-23-8<\/p>\n

The final foray into the fantastic night world of Howard Chaykin’s pan-fascinational universe (OK, I made that term up, but what would you call a place to tell stories in, constructed from an author’s interests, hobbies, artistic influences and bug-bears?) is an even more frenetic riot of Fashion, Jazz, robots, magic, heroism, cynicism and debauchery, delivered with astounding panache in a riot of literally Graphic Bravura.<\/p>\n

Time2<\/sup> is an impossibly engaging concept with a cast of archetypal Chaykin characters, which is welcome enough, but the deceptively easy marriage of style, design and especially Ken Bruzenak’s typography, into classically de-structured stories of a decidedly Noir-ish nature, with layer upon layer of visual information bombarding the viewer is a delight that I cannot imagine any other medium capable of. This is unique and perfect Comic Art.<\/p>\n

The Square is a nebulous mystical, nightside place with magic and super-science equally prevalent, populated with narrative icons like gangsters, monsters, robots, zombies, feisty girl-reporters and smooth heroes, plus all the other vital extras and bit-players who populate the most memorable fiction. It is the ultimate arena for adult story-telling, and this particular one concerns the effects of a demon-possessed prostitute, a nymphomaniac police-car that’s assaulting citizens, and a deadly secret kept by corporate powerhouse Rossum’s Universal Robots that threatens to destabilise everything.<\/p>\n

Even Bog-Monster Cop Bon Ton MacHoot is laid low leaving reluctant good-guy and oh-so-cool wise-ass Maxim Glory to sort out the mystery of the Oversoul and the Big Conk\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Hopefully that pr\u00c3\u00a9cis has left you baffled and hungry because this is another of those too-rare pieces that you should actually read and not read about. Chaykin has stated that he’s not the same person as the one who produced this and its predecessor Time2<\/sup>: The Epiphany<\/a> (ISBN: 0-915419-07-6) so the chance of the fabled third volume ever appearing are agonisingly slim, but at least we have these and the prequel (American Flagg! Special<\/strong>) to admire and revel in. Have I mentioned that the entire output would fit perfectly into one average-sized modern trade paperback? Surely some publisher out there can see the commercial sense in that proposition?<\/p>\n

Time2<\/sup>: The Satisfaction of Black Mariah<\/strong>; hunt it down and adore it!<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a9 1987 First Comics, Inc. and Howard Chaykin Inc. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Howard Chaykin, with Ken Bruzenak, John Moore, Richard Ory & Steve Oliffe (First Comics) ISBN: 0-915419-23-8 The final foray into the fantastic night world of Howard Chaykin’s pan-fascinational universe (OK, I made that term up, but what would you call a place to tell stories in, constructed from an author’s interests, hobbies, artistic influences … <\/p>\n

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