The Invisibles, Vol. 2: Apocalipstick by Grant MorrisonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is the second volume in The Invisibles graphic novel series.
Jack Frost abandons The Invisibles in the windmill, which was good for him because they have been tracked there and will almost certainly be killed. Actually, so will Jack, because he has taken off in King Mob's car, which is booby-trapped. How will they get out it? Read on...
In other stories, there's the father who betrays his evil master to save his own daughter. And then the daughter betrays him. There's a recurring theme of powerful men committing horrible atrocities. Sometimes they win, sometimes they lose. In one Hoodoo/Voodoo story, they lose horribly and grotesquely.
Fanny's (one of The Invisibles) origin story is meant to make us feel horrified. A boy who was raised as a girl because only girls can be sorcerers, and then sent to Mexico at age 12 to essentially have it cut off and hope that a god will accept her as one. And the parade of men who have taken advantage of her ever since.
This is heavy stuff. It's terribly violent. It's a fascinating, riveting read, but you must be a certain type (like me) who can stomach this sort of thing.
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