Matching pink luggage! Matching pink luggage!!  I just got a cute new set of luggage and it's matching and PINK!!  Eek!

So I'll be at Nekocon along with , her BF Kev, The Incredible Paul and all the gang.  I hope you'll be there too!  We'll be hosting the karaoke contest, judging the cosplay and generally mooching around.

Plus G and I have the idea to do makeovers at this con.  We LOVE makeovers.  Hair, makeup, clothes, you name it.  Makeovers are SO AWESOME.  If any of you gals want us to give you a makeover, you should let us know if you're going to Neko!  Since there may be much busyness at Neko due to con stuff, we might bump the idea to AnimeUSA as well.  But whatever.  Let us know if you're going to either con and wish to have super image makeover, yay!

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I rock out loud, woooot!  Yep.

Also I've been saving up to take coursework in criminal justice as part of preparation to eventually become a police officer.  Comics are fun and all, but I only really want to do them for a few short years, and then get on to bigger and better things.  And I've always wanted to be a police officer, so I'm prepping now with the recommended courses.  

Of course I really love doing comics right now, but while doing them I can prepare for a very different career that will come shortly after.  Comics are great, but they don't really give back to the community or help anyone in a major way.  I think being a police officer will give me the kind of physical and mental challenge that comic freelancing really doesn't. So wish me luck and all!

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Ugh, I keep having massive heart palpitations ever since I woke up this morning, like I'm getting geared up to have a heart attack or something. I might be having an allergic reaction to my medication. But that doesn't matter because I have an AWESOME NEW CONTEST!!

So I keep getting email from people who want to know, for fan art or cosplay purposes, what the color schemes are of the costume in Bizenghast volume 1.  And to them I can only say, I have no frigging clue.  I think in black and white when it comes to the inside art.  The only exception is Dinah's plaid outfit in chapter three, which is based on a sculpey model I made of her (that outfit is black, white and purple).  

So I just ended up saying,"Do it however you want" to the cosplayers most of the time, and then I hit on the idea that we should have a contest to let the readers decide what the color schemes are for these outfits!  And that's just what I'm going to do.  From now until September 30th, y'all are invited to submit on your DA accounts or by email a color version of your fave costumes from Bizenghast.  It can be an original drawing by you or a scan from the book colored in...it just HAS to be in color, no text descriptions.  And at the end of September, I'll go through all the submissions and pick my faves, which will become the official versions of those outfits.  So when I do color art of them in the future, those are the colors I'll use If I get time, I may do up some trading card images of some of the outfits with the new color schemes and post them.

The winners will have their art put on the BZG website and be credited for the color schemes of the outfits.  You can do a color scheme for any character from the book you like, no matter how obscure.  In fact I may post some outfits from book two on here in a few weeks so people can color those as well.

I'd prefer if these entries were loaded onto your DA gallery, but if you have to mail them, please keep the filesize down.  Entries must be received by Sept. 30th.  I'm going out of town tomorrow and will be back Tuesday so if you have questions, please be patient for me to answer them.

So get coloring, snakeys!

M. Alice

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Yoink Yoink!

Book two of BZG is almost complete.  Just need to do the bonus pages et al.  Of course it'll still be some months before it's actually on bookshelves in stores, but the fact that it's almost done makes me very happy.

In other news, peoples what is registered on Amazon.com or can take a minute to do so should give their thoughts in reviews about volume one of Bizenghast if they've read it.  I've gotten a lot of great emails and messages from people saying they loved the book, yet there are barely any reviews!  Come on peeps, where be the love?  Get down with SnakeTown and write a review of YOUR thoughts about the book, good or bad!  Yeah!

I did however enjoy the concerns brought up in the existing reviews because it made me happy to know that people wondered about certain topics (will Dinah EVER have an actual spine and not be such a whiner, etc) and to know that those issues are addressed in future volumes.

Ugh, I am SO tired, I need a million-year vacation.  I work too hard...every hour of every day, seven days a week, I'm in front of my stupid desk. Plus it's raining today.   I'm so bummed inside and out!

-Malice

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Back from Otakon!  I had a super rocking time meeting awesome people, including but not limited to:

1) A chick with a homemade 'Edaniel for President" tshirt
2) Two guys dressed in Mountain Dew box armor
3) Mihara Mitsukaz, my FAVE japanese artist, who apparently already read my book (since Tokyopop was the one who invited her and loaded her up with free books) and said she really loved it, especially Edaniel, whom she thought was very cute.  I signed two prints for her and drew a picture of Edaniel in a copy of Bizenghast for her to keep.  And in return she signed my copy of "Doll."  WHEEEEEE!!!!

I had a super-fun time hanging with and her BF Kev, my two bestest friends in all of SnakeLand, as well as ultimate best friend .  I wore my new Belle Epoque Dinah dress and fancy hat...I'll have nice pics of those up when G-chan gets them to me.  And for the sixth consecutive con I brought my Pink Sugary Dinah dress and didn't wear it.  I think I should just glue that thing into my suitcase permanently for convenience.  Or at least work up the energy to put it on.

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I got involved in yet another caper of the Three O'Clock Thieves, soon to be Four O'Clock Thieves if Paul ever gets his chance to participate in a caper.  We will invent a caper just for him, as soon as we perform some kind of ceremony at the Mirage to replenish our eveil capering powers.
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All in all a successful caper-filled con.  Now I have many things to mail to people, including original pages and an Amazing Round Robin comic to .  See ya!

Malice

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Just want to let everyone know I'm leaving for Otakon tomorrow...I'll have some signed art and such for sale in the Art Show there, along with my super amazing thing which is very astonishing and also very big.  You will know it instantly because it will be the biggest thing in the Model Show.  Just look for the very extremely large black thing on the model tables.  I had to bust kneecaps and all that jazz to get this thing accepted into the con on account of the size, subject matter and the fact that it's interactive. It's prolly breaking like nine hundred rules just by being there but DAMN is it awesome.  So be sure to check it out, it's called 'The Castle on HollowBone Hill.'

I received four payments for original pages...thanks very much to everyone for them!  I will be mailing your items out the minute I get back from Ota.  To those who asked but haven't gotten responses, sorry about that and I'll answer your notes just as soon as I can.

Also, since many people asked, book TWO of Bizenghast is NOT DONE.  It will not be sold anytime soon. Hopefully by the end of December maybe, but they'll prolly push it further into 2006 to take advantage of the best marketing times.  I'll try to talk them into releasing it earlier.  Anyhow I'm still drawing it and everything so just be patient.  It's got some fabulous outfits inside, in a range of easy, medium and expert difficulty for sewing.  I like to accomodate the full spectrum of cosplayers XD   It also hopefully has a much smoother and more interesting plot than the first one, since all the introductions and exposition are out of the way now.

I'll also be doing presentations at Otakon at the Tokyopop booth on Friday at 1 and Saturday at 12:30.  That basically means I get up onstage, they hand me a microphone and I try to make you laugh for an hour while my handler nags me to promote my book instead of doing standup, and I ignore him.  The same routine I did at Comicon.  Also there's a Q and A session, I'm assuming in a panel room and NOT at the booth, on Saturday 2:30-4:00.  Come along and ask me and Christy the most inane questions you can come up with. It'll be awesome.

See you at Otakon!

~Malice

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Got a nice review sent to me from the IGN website, yay!

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Readers wanting to get in on the ground floor of the next great fantasy series don't have to look any further than M. Alice LeGrow's new manga from Tokyopop, Bizenghast.  

The series follows young Dinah Wherever, orphaned by an automobile accident and sent to live with her aunt in an old school outside of Bizenghast, MA.  The school has a dark and mysterious past, owing to a mysterious fire that claimed some of the student's lives and the grounds' past history as an asylum in the late 1800's.  Dinah has become withdrawn, having what her aunt and doctor call "fits" but Dinah knows the truth; ghosts are roaming the grounds and only she can see them.

Dinah has a friend in a local boy, Vincent, who believes everything she says and is the only one who can make the ghosts leave. At least, until the two find a mysterious cemetery and are tricked into becoming agents for the spirits that control the mausoleum, helping the souls trapped there to pass on by solving riddles carved into their tombs.

M. Alice LeGrow's world in Bizenghast is a winning blend of gothic fantasy mixed with just enough of the real world to give readers a point of reference.  The story moves along at a good, if somewhat episodic, pace which makes it very easy to read in small chunks or in one sitting.  If there's any low point to the writing then it would have to be the extended exposition piece in the final chapter, which LeGrow points out as such by having a one of the mausoleum caretakers, the wise-cracking Edaniel, call it just that.  Edaniel shows up after Dinah and Vincent help a number of souls cross to the other side with a promise that more helpers will show up later.  Bizenghast is a world that could very easily become larger than its origins, firing the imaginations of the same audiences that have followed the Buffy and Charmed franchises but offering many more possibilities.

LeGrow's artwork is nothing short of stunning for the most part, her only problem coming when she draws the adults in the piece but that's a small complaint as the rest of the art is just so good.  Vincent and Dinah tend to wear around very fantasy-style clothing that adds to the fantasy feel.  Nobody ever mentions that the two look like refugees from an early Hollywood production of Wuthering Heights and it fits in with the rest of the art so well, you hardly notice it.  Dinah's character design is especially striking, looking as though she could have come straight from Tim Burton's sketchpad and ready for fantasy cosplay fans to imitate at conventions.  Speaking of cosplay, LeGrow and Tokyopop are wanting to let readers know that the creator bio inside the back cover is incorrect and the real bio is available here.  Readers can check out LeGrow's website at www.bizenghast.com
Bizenghast is by far one of the most interesting manga to come along in some time and one of the few for which I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment.  This shouldn't be missed by anyone that's a fan of younger-skewing dark fantasy / horror fiction.  The worst part of the first volume are the words, "to be continued" on page 173 with no mention of when to expect Volume 2!

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IGN also gave Bizenghast its highest rating, "Must Have"!

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Honestly peeps, I gotta tell you: if you've got something to say that you're not totally certain is going to sound nice, it's best just not to say it. Cuz DAMN am I getting tired of the backhanded compliments.  

"I love your amazing comics stuff Marty, even though they're really stupid and make no sense, but I like bizarre and stupid things so I guess I like you!"

"You're f*cked up in the head!  Seriously you need help! But that's ok because you do good artwork."

If you don't like the art or you don't like me, no one's forcing you to post here.  No one's asking you to harass me about my job.  Do I bug you at your work? Do I go and knock the squeegee out of your hand at the Super Car Wash?  Not at all.  

So in conclusion, just be all, "I like it," or "I don't like it." Don't give me this "you're pretty hot for an ugly person" lefthanded compliments stuff. It's not productive.  


Of course to those people who DO give good crit and respect, more power to you.  Loads of power. Power enough to run a small city. You rule.

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Hey all!

I just realized I'm short on cash for an impending bill and I have to go to Otakon on the 19th.  I prolly won't get my next paycheck in time to pay the bill, so is there anyone who would like to buy some signed original pages from book one of Bizenghast?  It would really help out guys, so if you can pay by Paypal and would like a page, please just note me with the page you'd like (along with TWO back up requested pages, in case the one you want isn't available).  You can pretty much have any page in the book, cept for ones that were created in pieces, like the tarot cards or the single illustrations.  Those obviously aren't for sale because they're not whole pages and only really exist as pages in the computer.

Pages are inked and have spot blacks, but no tones.  Right now all I'm asking is 30 bucks a page plus S&H.  Help out your local Marty!

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Great news, everyone: according to recent BookScan numbers, Bizenghast is doing remarkably well, and it's not even officially released to all the stores yet!  Tokyopop is very very happy about these developments.  Our Vp says he thinks we may just have a hit.  Gosh, I hope so!  I've been SO worried this last year that the book wouldn't sell.  But I've been getting feedback from people about how the book is selling out in many cities and there are waiting lists to re-order, so it looks like everything's coming up Marty!  Which is great, because BOY do I need to get some scratch for a new car, my Malibu's just about had it with all the cross-country driving.  I think the good sales are due in part to the marketing TP has thrown into this, including a spot in Teen People and such.  To quote the Broodwich episode of ATHF, "Our PR department is AWESOME."

Anyhow, just wanted to share that with y'all *happy wigglebask dance*

Even better, TP is posting a retraction on their site regarding that bio in the back of my books and in Takuhai, and they've removed it from the books for the next print run.  I'm very grateful to Tokyopop for being so understanding about this and I'm glad they've been so acommodating about it.  Yay for cool companies!


Oh, and that super cool thing I promised you for Otakon?  Just got through emailing some people over there and it's a GO, no problems left to sort out. I'm so psyched!  For those of you who can't make it to Ota, don't worry, I'll make sure someone takes tons of pics and I'll post them up here.  Later!


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Not sure if I introduced y'all to my awesome friend G-chan ! She's super neato! I go down to Philly every so often to visit her and her equally keen BF Kev and our friend and local ninja Paul.  G-chan's a cosplayer like me, hooray!  We does snakey cosplay together.

We'll both be at AnimeUSA this November so y'all should come hang out with us!

-Malice

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**EDIT**

OH I forgot to tell you!  Last night on AIM I met two lovely young twin sisters who did send me a very special thing...audio recordings of themselves reading Amazing Comics out loud in silly voices.  They did Amazing Ambition Comic, Amazing Complimentary Comic and Amazing Crab Comic.  They also sang Meet The Malfoys as well.  This is truly the funniest thing ever and I will be posting them on my website for you to have a snakey listen to, as soon as I can like as to be figuring out how to do that.

If anyone else wants to read Amazing Comics out loud in silly voices and send me an audio file, I'm thinking of starting up a whole section of these on my website.

OH and can the girls who sent me these please send me a note on DA again?  I lost my connection to the net and thus the AIM window closed and I lost your names and interview answers

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For those of you with a copy of Bizenghast in your possession, you know that weird note printed on the inside back cover?  The smarmy, rude statement about how M. Alice doesn't tolerate people who cosplay her characters badly?  Yeah, I DIDN"T WRITE THAT.  An editor who no longer works for Tokyopop put that in without my knowledge or consent because she felt it made me sound hip and stylish or something.  Tokyopop loves to put words in my mouth and they often get printed as fact because no one actually CHECKS with me to see whether I truly said it, or whether someone just made it up.

For example, in the Takuhai July feature of Bizenghast, a lot of those things that are presented as "inside info" are actually not even true.  They were invented as placeholders for the text and nobody bothered to correct them.  I don't tie string on my fingers to remember things, I never had a Halloween costume that incorporated a picture frame, etc.  There were actually a lot MORE made up things in there but luckily I was able to correct them.

So yeah. I would be SO THRILLED if anyone cosplayed BZG characters HOWEVER they please. I DON'T CARE.  I am not a jerk about this!  Please disregard that stupid comment at the end of the book!  Thank you.

Malice

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Fun new review of BZG from mangalife.com! XD

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Bizenghast is a gothic-horror tale reminiscent in part of the high-adventure tales that are integral to British children's literature. Think The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe meets the original Hans Christian Andersen stories by way of Mary Shelley.

The story's protagonist is Dinah, an orphaned girl who now lives with her aunt in a partially renovated home in the eponymous Massachusetts town of Bizenghast. Formerly St. Lyman's School for Boys, Dinah's new home is arcane, coolly ivy-covered, and moss-laden; the perfect setting for a narrative about an angst ridden, unhinged teenager. Dinah's constant companion is Vincent - all that you could want in a boyfriend; brave, selfless, caring, and sensitive. The plot centers about a lost graveyard hidden in the woods surrounding Bizenghast, and the terrors that Dinah and Vincent discover there. The pair are drawn into an other-wordly contract, which compels them to free spirits held captive in the graveyard. They must solve riddles and gently wake the dead. Spooky.

LeGrow carefully sets up the premise for the series. It is very clear that Dinah and Vincent will encounter a new, tragic soul in each chapter of the series, overcome some peril and/or adversity, and see the trapped spirit on their way. While simple, this formula works exceedingly well, and we anticipate the strengthening bond between the pair as the series progresses.

LeGrow's art is very atmospheric and expressive. She pays particular attention to the architecture of Bizenghast and to the costuming of her characters. I'm certain this will be a delight to cosplayers. Initially, Dinah and Vincent's age is somewhat indeterminate; they look very child-like but their reasoning, diction and vocabulary show them to be older than they are illustrated. This confusion is abetted by the fact that Dinah is referred to as an eight year old in the preface text, and nothing in the book indicates that a number of years have passed since the loss of her parents. However, this is a minor quibble, and a closer reading added this reviewer's poor comprehension skills.

Where Bizenghast can be faulted is in its uneven pacing, which may have contributed to confusion over the plot point described above. Like traditional manga, Bizenghast is a real pager turner in terms of art, but the dialogue has to be read carefully. A number of times I had to skip back pages to make sure I'd taken everything in. I would have preferred a move even pace throughout.

I read an uncorrected proof of Bizenghast, so some of the issues I have concerns with may be addressed. I am certain Bizenghast will be loved to bits by its core audience. The minor hiccups in storytelling can be overlooked, the book can be regarded as a very solid start to an entertaining series.

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Snaketown Boogie, yeah yeah yeah!

I am SO VERY CLOSE to putting up the sister site to Bizenghast.com, called Riddle Road.  Just needs a few more touches.  I'm also working on the BizenCast page for cosplayers who have done BZG-inspired costumes...if you have, please let me know so we can set up an interview session and whatnot!  And if I'm still waiting for your answers to your interview Q's, please send them in ASAP so's I can get the section up and running!

Also also broke down and starting plotting to make YET MORE Bizenghast cosplay costumes of my own. I am going to run myself both ragged and broker than a joke doing this stuff. But the outfits are just so NIFTY!  I'll have two new ones at Otakon, wheeee!  And something else, SUPER extra ultra extreme maxi special top secret at Otakon, also from BZG. Hint: not a costume, not a skit, not an artist's table, but something super-duper that I hope everyone will enjoy!

-Malice

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Back from Cali, yep yep.  How's everyone doing?  I had fun, and Tokyopop sold advanced copies of Bizenghast at San Diego COmicon which was making me the smiley for I had not seen them yet.  Also posters and notebooks, hurrah!

As you might have noticed, even though Bizenghast volume 1 is not slated to be sold until August 9th, some stores have already got it and are selling it now. Yay!  Look for it at a Barnes and Noble, Waldenbooks or Borders near youse!

Also is new poll up in journal section, yes 20.  

Also also new section for website is almost being the completed, yay!

I have pritty new dress pictures to take of new Bizenghast costumes I've made.  Hopefully that will happen soon.

And I hope you all are going to Otakon and will say HEY NOW to the Marty while you're there!

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Dude, LOOK AT THIS:

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I'm in L.A. right now and I checked my messages and saw this WICKED AWESOME costume of Dinah's done by a totally badass cosplayer!!  HARDCORE.  I'm sittin' in my editor's house by the pool with some high-profile peeps (so freakin Los Angeles) and they are similarly blown away by the awesomeness of this costume.  If you haven't seen the original pic, it's in the top left corner of my website here: www.bizenghast.com

You must all go worship this chick's awesome costume.  Kimichan RULES!  And for being the first official cosplayer she will receive a free signed copy of Bizenghast in the mail before they even go on sale. Rock out!

In other news, LA is fabulous and tomorrow the company takes me down to San Diego for the con.  I'm meeting up with Peter David at the con to discuss the SC graphic novel deal.  Also entering the cosplay, kinda ticked I couldn't bring my centaur costume but US Airways wouldn't take a box so big and it woulda cost 120 bucks either way to ship. Rats. So hafta use a backup costume.  
Visited Tokyopop's offices yesterday, got some books, some Bizenghast posters, BZG notebooks, all sorts of merchandise things.  They'll be on sale at Comicon and other big conventions this year, hooray!  

Remember that you can write to Edaniel, everyone's favorite weird green thing, at his new advice column, E-Daniel.  That'll be up on my site when the book hits stores, but you can write to him NOW at Edaniel@bizenghast.com.  Do it, he wants you to!

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Dude, LOOK AT THIS:

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I'm in L.A. right now and I checked my messages and saw this WICKED AWESOME costume of Dinah's done by a totally badass cosplayer!!  HARDCORE.  I'm sittin' in my editor's house by the pool with some high-profile peeps (so freakin Los Angeles) and they are similarly blown away by the awesomeness of this costume.  If you haven't seen the original pic, it's in the top left corner of my website here: www.bizenghast.com

You must all go worship this chick's awesome costume.  Kimichan RULES!  And for being the first official cosplayer she will receive a free signed copy of Bizenghast in the mail before they even go on sale. Rock out!

In other news, LA is fabulous and tomorrow the company takes me down to San Diego for the con.  I'm meeting up with Peter David at the con to discuss the SC graphic novel deal.  Also entering the cosplay, kinda ticked I couldn't bring my centaur costume but US Airways wouldn't take a box so big and it woulda cost 120 bucks either way to ship. Rats. So hafta use a backup costume.  
Visited Tokyopop's offices yesterday, got some books, some Bizenghast posters, BZG notebooks, all sorts of merchandise things.  They'll be on sale at Comicon and other big conventions this year, hooray!  

Remember that you can write to Edaniel, everyone's favorite weird green thing, at his new advice column, E-Daniel.  That'll be up on my site when the book hits stores, but you can write to him NOW at Edaniel@bizenghast.com.  Do it, he wants you to!

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Leaving now for a week of sun and surf in California, plus an amazing San Diego ComiCon adventure!  , I'll buy you a neat snakey thing while I'm on my super trip and mail it to your nose!  I know that's where you usually have things addressed.

BTW just saw 'I,Robot' for the first time on tv...it was awesome! I wish I'd seen it in theatres!  Damn me and my laziness.

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You can now go on Tokyopop's site, sign up to be an online member of their Takuhai group (it's free and fast) and vote for your favorite preview from the online Takuhai magazine lineup!  

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Please vote for me if you like Bizenghast best! Yay!


You can also see a live counter on my site that's counting down the days until Bizenghast is released in stores! www.bizenghast.com.

ALSO I put up a new poll for the next Amazing Comic...tell me which one you want to see first!

-Malice

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Hey, I just got a review from Ain't It Cool News for Bizenghast...my very first book review! *wigglebask dance*


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Comic Preview: Bizenghast
By M. Alice LeGrow
Volume 1
Released by TOKYOPOP
Bizenghast is close enough to manga Hawthorne to be very intriguing.
It stands more on goth appeal and goes further into Labyrinth
territory than American folklore but it does flavor the meticulously
haunting design. While there's elements to pick apart with flaws in
illustration, fact and history, it works as an immersive experience in
twists of fairy tale logic and visual imagination.

The trip opens with Dinah, an Alice with flowing black hair in updated
Victorian clothes, who was sent to a Massachusetts relic after a
family tragedy. With her friend/protector/confidant Vincent she
stumbles into a spirit world of riddle locked traps.

Out of a location that's old by European-american standards Bizenghast
establishes a very unreal place. Crumbling, ivy entombed, almost more
villages than building complexes, it starts with a place that despite
cell phones is out of time, and slips into something that's further
out time with cathedrals, Poe-like shattered manors, and mixes of
European mythic and religious imagery.

It has the right warped logic and warning cadence. As a dark fantasy,
it's chilling. If you're trying to fit it over American folklore, it's
problematic. Elements of local lore aren't absent, but they are in the
shadow of larger sights. Many of the pieces and influences ring more
continental than colonial or specifically puritan. The author takes
the story in her own direction, and the results are peppered with
enough turn-back-to pages of 'break the mold' frightening oddity, but the
setup seems an odd feint. Given that the series is staged someplace
very specific, and someplace with a comparatively long history of folk
lore and horrors, the choice of where to ground the series seems a bit
counter productive.

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