It is simply beautiful, and I have to admit it’s €16 well spent in my local bookstore. It was published by DC Comics as a three-issue limited series from. It features a hauntingly beautiful artwork from Dave McKean (and I mean seriously beautiful, I’ve never seen anything quite like it before) and a strange blend of film noir, superhero origins story, and ahead-of-its-time ecological cautionary tale. Black Orchid is an American comic book written by Neil Gaiman with art by Dave McKean. I’m not going to spoil it for you, because “Black Orchid” it’s a beautiful ride that you should definitely take now.

With this, the writers address the reader and question the very meaning of the invincible and eternal figure of the superhero(ine). It starts with a superheroine, Black Orchid, killed in the most gruesome manner. “Black Orchid” is a DC Comic, in that it takes place between the cities of Metropolis and Gotham, and features “cameos” from landmark characters of the DC universe ( Batman, Lex Luthor, Poison Ivy, Swamp Thing…) but it’s also one of the most bizarre superhero tale I’ve read. You just have to read 'American Gods’, one of the most ambitious fantasy novels I’ve read, to realize this man’s talent for words and modern myths.

They’re beautiful, poetic, haunting, scary, funny, and seem to take place in world halfway between dreams and reality. And quite simply put, I just love his stories. Now, as this demigoddessattempts to reconcile human memory and botanical origins, she must untangle the webs of deception and secrets that led to her death. His work, from ‘American Gods’ to ’ Coraline’ and ’ Neverwhere’ has been hugely influential in my humble approach to write stories, especially in the fantasy genre. After being viciously murdered, Susan Linden is reborn fully grown as the Black Orchid, a hybrid of plant and human, destined to avenge her own death. Now, Neil Gaiman has established himself as one of my all-time favorite writers. Just finished reading “Black Orchid” by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean.

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