Greek Street, Vol. 1: Blood Calls for Blood
GREEK STREET is Peter Milligan's & Davide Gianfelice's re-imagining of the brutal and visceral tragedies that graced the Theater of Dionysus in Ancient Greece. GREEK STREET is an updating of many of the famous Greek dramas (Oedipus Rex, The Orestia, etc) and epic poems (Iliad, Odyssey) into a...
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GREEK STREET is Peter Milligan's & Davide Gianfelice's re-imagining of the brutal and visceral tragedies that graced the Theater of Dionysus in Ancient Greece. GREEK STREET is an updating of many of the famous Greek dramas (Oedipus Rex, The Orestia, etc) and epic poems (Iliad, Odyssey) into a gritty modern day London. The opening arc follows runaway EDDIE who unknowingly sleeps with his own mother and than accidentally kills her. He's seeks shelter on London's Greek Street - a seedy neighborhood filled with strip joints, dive bars, gangsters and all form of vice. From there he meets a young girl SANDY, cursed with visionary powers that no one believes is real. GS is a sexy blend of crime, supernatural and soap opera all using characters and plots that are simultaneously familiar yet brand new.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781401225735 (140122573X)
Publish date: March 16th 2010
Publisher: Vertigo (DC Comics)
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Series: Greek Street (#1)
The story line is all over the place. But the blood, sex and gore is marveled for my eye sight. Guess I will check out vol. 2 maybe it will fill in the blanks.A little bit on some of the gore. Ripped open rib cages, Decapitation, and a man almost cuts off his penis. *made me quiver*
Greek mythology as a soap opera among the down & out and rich & corrupt of contemporary London. I read the entire volume because I wanted to see how the myths would be reinterpreted, but approximately 75% of the women in the book are strippers, there are a lot of bare breasts above improbable waists...