While this is an interesting depiction of a man struggling to find his joy later in life, I'm not sure it was written in a way that appeals to those younger than mid 30's to early 40's in age. While it is interesting to see Seymour's perspective, I think I've heard the mid-life-crisis of a man after his first child is born too many times.

Thank you to Pantheon for providing me with a copy of this book.

I was honestly surprised I didn't like this. I'm a big fan of horror, and this book was rife with references to pre-70's horror, from Universal monsters to wacky grindhouse studio schedules. I think my main issue was my dislike of all the characters. Seymour and his wife were incredibly unlikeable. Their baby's one personality trait was screaming incessantly. I also thought the book would focus more on the movie Blood of the Virgin since it was the title of the book and Seymour's passion project. Instead, we only get references to what it might be about throughout shooting. The rest of the book focuses on Seymour and his wife's disaster of a life.

I read on the internet that this was part of a serial published over 14 years. I think this is why the narrative came off as disjointed to me. It's hard to be merciful, however, when most other serials I've read are much better at conveying a cohesive story over a long period of time. Additionally, the art just wasn't that good.

Overall, I don't think I can recommend this. Unless you're already a fan of Sammy Harkham's work, I would take a pass on this.

A bit rough and ready. An attempt at a gritty look at grind house filmmaking that succeeds more in a sense of frustration than anything else. That’s showbiz, baby.

This was an almost automatic DNF. I did read the description telling me it was about a man writing about his life trying to become a film Director. The illustrations have a 70s feel to them which is when I believe this takes place, but right off the bat in the margins of the page you have porn illustrations. Then you have the characters in the bathroom having this conversation and just it was an immediate turn off for me. I have no desire to turn any more pages to read anything more of this book than the first page. Somebody will like it, just not me.

I had a hard time with viewing this graphic novel on my device.

I was excited to dig into this because of the description and the art style, but I found it so frustrating trying to zoom and move around the screen that I just had to stop.

Looking forward to potentially checking out a physical copy at some point.

Very excited to read this book, but like the previous reviewer, I was unable to read the copy on any devices. I look forward to reading the print version. Giving three stars.

The formatting of this didn't work with any of my devices, and the quality was very low. Attempting to zoom in to read made it impossible to read. Giving it three stars because I'm still very looking forward to checking this out in the future and will write another review if I do.

Great pick we’d love to have in our Arts Annex! So weird and trippy and fun! Love the way every piece intertwines and creates so many juicy layers!

Beautiful art style and really engaging narrative. I’m looking forward to picking this up in print! Thank you for the oppurtunity to read Blood of the Virgin.