HellWish
- Category: Fiction » Graphic novels & comics » Horror
- Published: June 30, 2016
- Words: 780
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781310556333
Stephen A. Schrum, PhD, is a theatre director, performance poet, playwright, novelist, graphic novelist, virtual worlds theatre director, and Steampunk maker. Notable past RL (real life) productions include: Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (set in 1995) and Macbeth (performed in a cyberpunk style); Moliere’s The Miser (done in period costume) and The Misanthrope (set in the era of Disco); Sarah Kane’s 4:48 Psychosis (utilizing both the Japanese dance-drama form Butoh and hallucinatory soundscapes that Schrum created). With the research area of “The Perception of Presence in Virtual Performance,” he has directed virtual productions of The Bacchae and Prometheus Bound in Second Life (SL). He began teaching with technology in 1993, and since then has been writing and presenting on the topic, including editing the book, Theatre in Cyberspace: Issues of Teaching, Acting and Directing (2000). More recently he has turned his attention to Transhumanism, with a side-detour into Steampunk. Stephen is also interested digital filmmaking; check out his work on his youtube channel.
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Reviews of HellWish by Stephen Schrum
Very enjoyable, and totally worth the money (it's free)!
Seemed puerile at first--until I realized, to my delight, that the beginning is a setup for a really clever dramatic situation.
The author explains, in his notes, that he used still shots from Second Life as a basis for most of the images. Although I'm sure it would have been better with professionally-illustrated panels, the result is more than adequate to convey the action, and I would rather have the ability to read it now instead of waiting forever for some yet-to-be-drawn illustrations.
The protagonist reminds me of Enoch Root in Neal Stephenson's books. He's intelligent, resourceful, and can kick some ass.
Stop reading this and download it already! It's free, and it's not long. In the time you've spent reading this review you could have already been far enough into it to enjoy it.