![]() ![]() It's even a function of their *ahem* penal system. Simply put, Stokoe put a lot of thought into a world of sadistic idiots who take the reverence of phallic symbols to an absurd new level. And given the pitch without much context, I might've been one of them.īut I'm about to give it a 5 star review. In fact, I imagine a majority of readers would be aggressively averse to this kind of thing. You might be thinking this book isn't for you. There's even a pictorial guide to prepping scavenged genitals for fiscal transactions in the back of the book. It's a story about a stoic safe-cracker trying to get by in a violent, cutthroat world where castration is currency. Sure it looks like the kind of book Peyo might've produced had he grown up on the wrong side of the tracks, but this is much more than a handful of Smurfs ground up in rolling papers. ![]() It's also one of the most unusual and inventive crime comics of the year. ![]() James Stokoe's Orc Stain isn't just a subversive, psychedelic fantasy. ![]()
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