Advance Review: The Pervert OGN
In all walks of life, there are challenges whichever sex or gender you either are or see yourself as. Everyone has their problems to deal with and their ignorance’s to suffer. Still, everyone deserves to be happy for who they are. Period!
The Pervert follows the story of a trans girl, living off sex work in Seattle. With such an introduction you can bet there is a lot of sex on show. That, though, isn’t the point of the story. The book goes through the problems that the lead character endures to get her meds, keep a roof over her head and of course food in her belly. The sex scenes are carefully orchestrated to show what they are, a working girl plying the oldest trade in the world. As she moves through her life, we get to see how much she impacts others and how she is her self impacted by those that are ignorant about her, those that pay her and ultimately, those that love her.
Written by Michele Perez, this book is no walk in the park, or ball pool. Perez has given us a heroine who is stubborn yet not indestructible. Perez carefully leads us into her characters life, shocking us in places as if it’s a challenge to hang with her. In some cases, and for some people it may well be. For others, myself included, the story has more to do with surviving long enough to get want you want. I am also a realist; I know that for a lot of trans girls, the sex industry, officially or unofficially, can be seen as a necessary evil. Hopefully, as society matures, this will become a thing of past, but I wouldn’t bet on it. The lead character seems content with her life, or is she?
The art is supplied by Remy Boydell, who has gone for a clever dog and cat image metaphor that visually sums up the difference of the sexes. I do hope that the art style’s origin is cleverer that “girls have pussies, let’s make them cats”. Whatever the reason, it works unconsciously, as to be fair, I only noticed it upon reflection, which explains why I was a little confused by at first. In my eyes the lead character is presented as a girl, so to me, she is a girl! This probably shows more about my own attitude to sex and gender; love the person you are with! Boydell’s art, along with the painted colors, give Seattle a dingier look than I had seen on Grey’s Anatomy. Some of this of course is a reflection of the life that we see unfurling throughout the book.
The book tackles some mature stuff, and deserves to be enjoyed by a readership that can go with the ebb and flow of the lead characters journey, some of which is funny, sad, touching and, at times, a little heart-breaking.
Writing – 5 Stars
Art & Colors – 5 Stars
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Written by; Michelle Perez
Art and Colors by; Remy Boydell
Published by; Image Comics
Author Profile
- I am a long time comic book fan, being first introduced to Batman in the mid to late 70's. This led to a appreciation of classic artists like Neal Adams and Jim Aparo. Moving through the decades that followed, I have a working knowledge of a huge raft of characters with a fondness for old school characters like JSA and The Shadow
Currently reading a slew of Bat Books, enjoying a mini Marvel revival, and the host of The Definative Crusade and Outside the Panels whilst also appearing on No-Prize Podcast on the Undercover Capes Podcast Network
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