The Heroic Mosh of Mary’s Son
By Malcy Duff

Malcy Duff’s an excellent creator-one of Britain’s leading comics artists-and this book show’s him at the top of his game.  He won’t appeal to everyone-he’s one of our more avant-garde creators.  Anyone who can spend 16, nine-panel pages hypnotising us with a character moshing to his stereo deserves applauding.  It’s made all the sweeter by his people, who look barely human at all. Rather they’re two dripping clocks shy of a Dali painting.

The story involves Mary, a woman who screams herself into a coma whilst at a concert.  The crowd at the gig are as human looking as can be-well drawn people-which makes the representations of the two main characters all the more confusing. But it’s confusing in a sexy way.   While in the coma she becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, becoming a media sensation.  Fast forward 16 years and the mother and now teenage son are living a reclusive life, away from the media’s glare, save for some persistent photographers camped on the edge of the woods, where our protagonist calls home.

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