Peacock Punks Hardcover – September 17, 2015

Dale Lazarov has been called "the Alan Moore of gay comics" for his thoughtful, deep storytelling in what is wrongfully considered a shallow medium. However (with the greatest respect to Mr. Moore), Lazarov's work is never mean-spirited, shows the best of humanity rather than its worst, and has a happy ending (pun intended). It mystifies me that this is listed under Yaoi (apparently a catch-all term for cartoon gay porn in the West) when I feel this author is the antithesis of the Yaoi aesthetic. His artistic collaborators are more often than not more Bara-style than Yaoi, but it's the relationships that show the real difference. There is no imbalanced power struggle bordering on abuse (or rape). The connections among the male protagonists are portrayed as normal and healthy, not amoral perversion. And Lazarov does all his storytelling without words, working with the art team to choreograph and "script" each scene. You can insert your own dialog, but sometimes it's not necessary. A picture (or facial expression) can tell a thousand words. Plus the artwork isn't an affront to human anatomy. (Google "yaoi hands" sometime.) The art team of Mariotti and Janecki knock it out of the park. High-quality storytelling from all contributors, all in a nice hardcover on thick paper. It's totally worth the price, and it looks nice on my bookshelf wedged between Alan Moore and Osamu Tezuka (arranged by title, not author).

The drawings are great and the story is good, but what was a huge turn off for me was cartoon characters wearing condoms. I totally understand about the importance of safe sex message (oh yeah, that's also the porn industry concern and what people look for when they want to watch porn) and the "politically correctness" so emphasized nowadays. But when it comes to fantasies, and that's what gay erotic cartoon is about for me, we want to relax and enjoy it in a sphere that doesn't have anything to do with reality. C'mon, your characters won't risk themselves bybarebacking, you know.

I reduced my review from 4 stars down to one star. as I am done with his work!

I PREFERRED TUG HARDER,

Great read. Illustration is beautiful.

Good times

very enjoyable

fast Delivery and the Books are Amazingly Beautiful artistically and Masculine .

Amazing illustrations

bien

Mi piace questo genere di disegno, di impaginazione, di copertina... Così come apprezzo il lavoro (e la disponibilità) di Dale Lazarov come impegno. Anche gli altri fumetti sono molto "interessanti". Certo sono per una larga fetta di lettori, non per tutti ma lo si capisce, per cui... Continua così :)

Molto interessante. Ne consiglio l'acquisto. Un fumetto senza fumetti ma estremamente comunicativo. Immagini conturbanti e atmosfera dark lo rendono irresistibile. Aspetto un seguito. Complimenti agli artisti ;)