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big_al_reads's review against another edition
4.0
I chuckled all the way down into a pit of despair while reading this. What a striking balance between sharp wit, jarringly depressing scenes, and striking art.
cmpfaff's review against another edition
2.0
It's been a while since I added it to my list and got it from the library. I don't remember why I picked it out, but it just wasn't my cup of tea.
chelseamartinez's review against another edition
2.0
These are horror comics and just not really my thing. That being said, I liked these collaborations between Josh Simmons and others best:
The Great Shitter
A Day at the Beach - the nightmare is that a drunk bro who was one of your students finds you on the beach with your child while you are on vacation and harrasses the two of you
Country Road - manslaughter
Don't Look Up - I didn't know what Djinn were
The Great Shitter
A Day at the Beach - the nightmare is that a drunk bro who was one of your students finds you on the beach with your child while you are on vacation and harrasses the two of you
Country Road - manslaughter
Don't Look Up - I didn't know what Djinn were
ohmanbleh's review against another edition
4.0
I alternately laughed and got creeped out. Just my cup of tea.
_l_eman_'s review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
I got this book from my library. It was certainly very interesting. With the first couple of stories, I thought that I was going to really enjoy this book because it was so weird, but it kind of became hard to get through. There were some stories that I thought were pretty entertaining, and I would like to have seen more of them, but even though it only took me like to hours to finish the book, it felt like I was trudging through it. I kinda had to push myself through the book, so that I could finish it
chelseaolive29's review against another edition
5.0
So very very very dark, comical, tragic, twisted, odd, gross, disturbing, and WONDERFUL! I don't know what else I can say about these fantastic tales that I didn't just read in this excellent review:
http://www.tcj.com/reviews/flayed-corpse-and-other-stories/
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What I can say that this a Josh Simmons that I will actual feel happy to reread sometime soon (as opposed to needing to be in strange or dark mood)!
http://www.tcj.com/reviews/flayed-corpse-and-other-stories/
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What I can say that this a Josh Simmons that I will actual feel happy to reread sometime soon (as opposed to needing to be in strange or dark mood)!
jonh's review
4.0
I dig it! Some of the stories skeeve me out, but I don't particularly mind that skin-crawly feeling.
As I've mentioned in another review of Josh Simmons's work, I like his unique blend of lush, detailed illustrations and pitch-black storytelling, and the stories in Flayed Corpse perfectly encapsulate this combination.
And there's an amazing balance between gratuity and restraint. Some stories are built on the grossest, most scatological premises, but such extremity doesn't distract from the snapshot being displayed. Likewise, stories that could develop into really brutal, gruesome scenes end before any sort of violent conflict takes place, leaving the results up to the reader's imagination.
This is an extreme collection, full of nervous, awkward laughter and uneasy feeling in one's stomach. But if you're into extremity, I'd definitely recommend it.
As I've mentioned in another review of Josh Simmons's work, I like his unique blend of lush, detailed illustrations and pitch-black storytelling, and the stories in Flayed Corpse perfectly encapsulate this combination.
And there's an amazing balance between gratuity and restraint. Some stories are built on the grossest, most scatological premises, but such extremity doesn't distract from the snapshot being displayed. Likewise, stories that could develop into really brutal, gruesome scenes end before any sort of violent conflict takes place, leaving the results up to the reader's imagination.
This is an extreme collection, full of nervous, awkward laughter and uneasy feeling in one's stomach. But if you're into extremity, I'd definitely recommend it.
willdrown's review
3.0
If Josh Simmons wasn't so afraid of accidentally giving a fuck and trying to do some decent plot or at least just trying to make it one collection without doing some grotesque idiotic story about feces, he might have just been a must-read author for me. But, alas, some of this feels like Prison Pit but without any of the demented originality and way too tryhard. There are some nice designs and a few of the stories (mainly ones that aren't written by him) end up pretty alright. But it's like bobbing for apples in a barrel of poisoned water.
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