Insane Comics 2017
By Steven Pennella
Well I will say this, while I have been enjoying this story so far nothing could have prepared me for this issue. So far this feels like one of those in-depth reports on a “What Ever Happened To…” kind of show and i’ve been okay with that. It’s been a fascinating look at fame and what one woman would do to obtain it. This issue however takes things a step further and yet harkens back to how the whole series opens.
We’ve seen how Faith uses her sexuality to get what she wants. It’s been both beneficial and detrimental to her life and career. It’s also gotten her to the point we see in this issue. It’s been quite the interesting story too the life her sexual escapades that have brought us to this very point in time. With children, she-males and jealous wives all making her life more difficult for her to succeed in, from her own unique point of view. So how could Steven take this even further than the twisted tale he’s already woven so wonderfully?
Minor spoiler Faith is Marilyn Monroe in this reality? Vying for John F. Kennedy’s affections and it was her plans to usurp Jackie’s place in his life altogether that lead her to ultimate demise well that’s one idea. The reality is a tad different but nonetheless as stupendously twisted and enjoyable.
Speaking of twisted and enjoyable, every time I sit down and look at the interiors Steven does here it blows my mind. The interchangeable way he can mix mediums and blend them so you have that much harder a time figuring out what’s what is breathtaking. From the composition of the page layouts to the attention to detail to the lifelike look and feel of moments we witness it completely envelopes the senses and brings you to this place where reality and fantasy are indistinguishable.
That we opened the series with a look at Faith as she makes her comeback in one of the most unusual ways possible, possession, meant that at some point this series would take a supernatural turn for the worse. Well who’s worse remains to be determined really. Still who made a deal with the devil as the saying goes so that we see in the pages the events that unfold in such a way as to completely wreck the reader’s idea of reality?
This is such a gripping and compelling story. From the whole concept of fame, greed and the desire to be what you’re not woven into this supernatural fright fest where the supernatural may not be the scariest things we see is beyond compare. I mean let’s face it what the human mind can dream up and what a person is willing to do, or endure, is sometimes much more horrific than any work of fiction created thus far.
This series is like taking a drug that gives you hallucinations or all too vivid dreams (Sustiva) which can only be taken before sleep and if that sleep were in a deprivation tank and you allowed the madness to consume you like Alice did is the kind of sensory overload that you gleefully enjoy from this book.