I have been a die-hard fan of illustrator Joseph Michael Linsner’s comic book series Dawn for a little over decade. When I first came across his work, I was absolutely blown away by his rich, luscious illustration style. In a fast-moving comic industry which was quickly embracing digital drawing and colorization techniques, Linsner remained a traditionalist, hand-rendering beautiful pages in old-school marker, chalk, pencil and paint that made his work stand out on shelves lined with the same carbon-copy, streamlined superheroes in spandex and chrome. Dawn was also an extremely well developed storyline combining old-world magic and myth with a post-apocalyptic earth-like world that was intensely sensual and intriguing. In 2007 Linsner ended this series, much to his fans’ grief and disappointment and began work on a new series called Dark Ivory, a vampire story based around a teenage goth girl and one very twisted vampire character. When I first heard about this new work, I was thrilled, thinking I would be able to feast on the best of both worlds: Linsner’s illustrations and a vampire tale!… CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW ON FATALLY YOURS REVIEWS!

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