Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9781858090009
ISBN number: 1858090008
Label: Tundra Publishing Ltd.
Manufacturer: Tundra Publishing Ltd.
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 48
Printing Date: January 01, 1992
Publishing house: Tundra Publishing Ltd.
Sale Popularity Level: 1408000
Studio: Tundra Publishing Ltd.
Editor's Notes and Comments:
Product Description:
SKIN - The raw controversial story of a Thalidomide victim.
SKIN - An angry and violent book, a tragedy shot through with bitter humour.
SKIN - is Martin Atchitson's story: some of his mates called him a spatic - most of them called him Martin 'Atchet. He was a SKIN
SKIN - Banned before publication. Rejected by other publishers who thought it 'Too Disturbing'.
SKIN - is the most important comic book you will read this year.
User popularity level:
Rated by buyers 
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...albeit violent and twisted. Still, that's kinda the point. This is an authentic, understandably controversial, political work of art that must be read from cover to cover. The endpages are adept at orienting the reader to the period, characters and scene. Considering the subject matter is Thalidomide and skinheads, this is absolutely required. I thoroughly enjoyed this graphic novel and would recommend it to other adults.
Rated by buyers 
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Back when comics were trendy for all of -what- five minutes, this story was commisioned by Fleetway for either Crisis or Revolver and - having been reviewed and reluctantly OK'd by the legal team - became 'banned' when the printer refused to print the material...
About a year later, Skin finally surfaced and - while the notoriety perhaps helped raise interest - it stands as a great example of a well written, well crafted comic for a mature audiance.
Not as fun as Shade, nor as clever as Enigma, and not the mental kaliedaskope of the (sadly unavailable) Rogan Gosh - Skin still is well worth your time and attention....
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