Boring, Justin & Hildebrandt, Greg. War on flesh.BORING, Justin & HILDEBRANDT, Greg. War on flesh. Art by Tim Smith 3. Tokyopop. 192p. illus. c2005. 1598160702. $9.99. SA Horror fans will love this first volume of a horror manga from Tokyopop. Witch doctor Ew Chott chott also shott n. 1. The depression surrounding a salt marsh or lake, especially in North Africa. 2. The bed of a dried salt marsh. Channy declares war on the living, but he and his wife are slain before he can unleash his undead un·dead adj. No longer living but supernaturally animated, as a zombie. hordes upon the world. Unfortunately, his bloodline blood·line n. The direct line of descent; a pedigree. lives on. Hundreds of years later, 13-year-old Jean Tois is murdered by a gang, causing his father to renounce God, lose an eye and kill a priest (in that order). Enter Mondo mon·do Slang adj. Enormous; huge: a mondo list of pizza toppings. adv. Extremely; very: a mondo big mistake. Caine, a witch doctor who looks like a Sumo wrestler with a mohawk. Mondo Caine promises to resurrect Jean Tois ... for a price. Tois's father, who has already lost an eye, chops off his left testicle testicle /tes·ti·cle/ (tes´ti-k'l) testis. tes·ti·cle n. A testis, especially one contained within the scrotum. testicle testis. to save his son. Jean Tois's heart is cut out, and a Ew Chott hornet builds a black hive heart in his chest cavity. Thus, Jean Tois, Ew Chott Channy's direct descendant, is reborn. War on Flesh is not for the weak of stomach. The storyline is riveting, and the artwork, while not realistic, is full of brutal energy, much like the violence in horror movies. War on Flesh contains vulgarity and intense gore, and is recommended for libraries that have large horror collections. For older readers only. George Galuschak, YA Libn., Montvale PL, Montvale, NJ |
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