DEATH OF BLACK MANE by MICHAEL LARICCIA:
05/31 - It's finally finished! The first part of the Death of Black Mane will be available to purchase on June 8th. Use the Pay Pal button below to purchase as many copies as you like. The book is 56 pages with a price tag of $7.00.
About the book
Mike, a newly hired Corporate Sales representative for a large chain bookstore, realizes that the new position he has acquired is in fact a bad career choice. He struggles with when and how he will leave the situation, especially without another job lined up. During this time, his overwrought fiancé battles a severe stomach illness while trying to complete a doctoral program at a competitive Ivy League school. At work, Mike’s trainer, Will, who was the previous Corporate Sales Representative, finds his only true happiness when playing online fantasy role playing games in the basement of his parents’ house. He lets off steam by assuming the character of Blood Billin, a savage hulking barbarian who we get to see in action.
All three characters find themselves trapped in situations that they desperately want to escape and wrestle with the reality of how much control they truly have in their lives.
Mike’s introspection into his own dilemma takes center stage in the book and is illustrated through an epic dream sequence, portraying a metaphor for his journey in the “real world”. In his dreams, he is a beast hunter who is summoned from a foreign land by a Viking camp to hunt and kill a creature called Black Mane who has been terrorizing and murdering the people of the Viking village. When a leviathan kills all of the Vikings, except their leader, the beast hunter makes the decision to forge ahead with the hunt for Black Mane.
The graphic novel chronicles these characters while critically examining themes of masculinity and identity. These themes are explored through a mosaic graphic language that can be both humorous and somber. Readers will finish The Death of Black Mane and the Feared Self reflecting upon their own lives and challenging themselves to find happiness in their present situation.
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Take a look at the preview for the exhibition of pages from The Death of Black Mane and the Feared Self. On display at the Bernstein Gallery at Princeton University, February 25 - April 4. For more info on the gallery visit the following link:http://www.wws.princeton.edu/bernstein/