Review – The Vesha Valentine Story
The Vesha Valentine Story by Des Taylor is an interesting original graphic novel. It isn’t a traditional book in that there’s word bubbles and panels. Instead this beautiful “pin-up storybook” has more in common with children’s illustrated books with it’s style, though not it’s content.
Cabaret or burlesque, movie or musical, Vesha Valentine came from the tough back-streets of Paris to become the greatest performer in the world.
Success though comes at a price as she is caught up in the lifestyle of hype and temptation of 1950’s Hollywood.
Follow the wonderous career of imaginary star Vesha Valentine, in a story/comicbook packed with amazing visuals which harken back to the golden age of the silver screen.
The story feels right at home with movies such as Dreamgirls and Burlesque, following the career of musical divas with larger than life performances that go along with their larger than life personalities. The story is very entertaining and the style it’s told is entertaining and different, a nice change from what I was expecting, a normal comic book. The visuals are beautiful, sexy and at the same time tasteful with homages to pin up art and golden age Hollywood art.
The series is different, and fans of musicals and Hollywood will love it’s predictable but still entertaining story. The art just enhances and drives the story and the two together create a graphic novel that’s a definite buy.
