Flesh and Bone

by Julia Gfrörer

Flesh and Bone is a mystical journey through folk legend and demonology. Gfrörer's draftsmanship and stream of consciousness are like a mystical force of their own. This book is complex, engrossing and thoroughly visceral.

Genres: Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels, Comic Book

40 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Julia Gfrörer is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and author. Her work is often transgressive, invoking occult themes within an ambience of subtly observed historicist concerns.

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a pretty good read. It's as deep or as simple as the reader can want. Personally, I'm somewhere in the middle, enjoying the art, the mood it elicits, and the questions the story and characters posit, without losing myself into the deep end of the existential wormhole.

[Brian O'Connell · Rating 5 out of 5]

An intelligent, sharply-crafted and drawn, memorable story. Gfrörer’s restrained drawings take us from one melancholy occult set piece to the next, with plenty of food for thought on love, death, and religion. It’s a career highlight for a cartoonist who’s already established herself as one of her generation’s leading artists.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recently subscribed to Gfrörer on Patreon, and discovered that this out of print work was available to read in it’s entirety on her feed, alongside an unpublished sequel. Both were so so excellent!!!! This is a grim and beautiful graphic novel, and the brief scene where the witch chats with a demon(?) while she works was genuinely delightful.

[Robert]

"Spare me. Love is an addictive delusion. It's a trick done with mirrors. A distraction designed, I suspect, to prevent mankind from peeking behind God's mask, consigning them to eternal recursive slavery."

[Bronwyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dark. Witchy. Beautiful line drawings. Understated and funny.

[Claire · Rating 3 out of 5]

ooky spooooooky. chilling and nasty. graphic sex horror.