Reviews of Fearful Hunter:
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"Fearful Hunter is superlative."
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Sean McGrath, Prism Comics
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"[It has] a mythical quality that brings it to a whole higher
level."
—Fearful Hunter #1, Francois
Peneaud, The Gay Comics List
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"...as lush and sexy as ever, with its depiction of a luxuriant
forest and of impressively male gods."
—Fearful Hunter #2, Francois
Peneaud, The Gay Comics List
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" I can’t wait to see what Jon Macy has in store for his characters."
—Fearful Hunter #3, Francois
Peneaud, The Gay Comics List
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"...humanistic ideas in incredible visuals of nature gone weird..."
—Fearful Hunter #4, Francois
Peneaud, The Gay Comics List
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"The book's sexuality really simmers... it left me very satisfied, yet wanting more."
—Fantastic Foreskin
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"...beautiful black-and-white art, but now [Macy] has proven
his talent as an original writer..."
—Steven
Surman, Broken Frontier
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"...arresting erotic encounters and characters."
—Gay League
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"...lush with emotion and desire that grabs the reader on a stunningly visceral level."
—Cyn Duby, One Blog, Many Voices
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—Interview, The Two Page Spread
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—Spotlight, Fanboys of the Universe
Reviews of Teleny and Camille, Lambda Literary Award for Gay Erotica winner:
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—Interview with
Justin Hall, Lambda Literary
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"Teleny and Camille is lovingly elegant."
—Steven
Surman, Broken Frontier
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"...an excellent adaptation and modernization of the material,
with lovely stylized art."
—Andrea
Speed , CX!!!pulp
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"...Macy handles it spectacularly with his moody, evocative artwork."
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Brian Cronin, Comic Book Resources
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"...stands as both a great accomplishment in the graphic
novel genre and a major contribution to gay literature."
—Chance, Fanboys of the Universe
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"...classic work of erotica is now visually re-interpreted
by Macy in all its lush, sexual excess."
—Marc
Felion, Feast of Fun
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"Macy has had a great year, winning a Lambda Literary Award
for Teleny and Camille (published by Northwest Press) in the category
of Gay Erotica."
—Photo, Huffington Post
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"...gay and straight, erotic and shocking... Macy’s drawing style handles it all and manages to be both sexy and fantastical. "
—Cathy Camper, Lambda Literary
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"Teleny and Camille is far and away the most innovative gay novel of the past few
years."
—Mackenzie
Worrall, Outlook Columbus Magazine: Bookmarks
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"The panels explode with vines, petals, and stamens as suggestive
as any Mapplethorpe photo; hard cocks and beautiful men posing and writhing...drawn
into the beautiful, sumptuous world of elegance, art, and cruising."
—T.
R. Moss, Out Personals magazine
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"...hard to put it down, it reads that good."
—P.D.
Houston, Renderwrx Productions
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"...sensual and bold, reminiscent of Aubrey Beardsley...Macy’s
art changes just as easily, from lovely to grotesque but remains, on the whole,
decadent and lush."
—Hayden
Thorne, Speak its Name
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"What Jon Macy has done with his Teleny and Camille graphic
novel is impressive...[he has] given new life to an old, beloved book that has
a lot to offer to modern readers."
—Francois
Peneaud, The Gay Comics List
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"...incredibly engrossing, beautifully-drawn works of brilliance."
—Anthony
Glassman, The Gay People's Chronicle
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"...not simply the visual re-telling of a well-known novel.
It is a celebration of that novel... an artistic and aesthetic triumph."
—John
McRae, The Oscholars
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"...Macy 'pulls-no-punches'..."
—Nathan
Kibler, Volpane in Love
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"His inky linework stays sensuous and sensitive to the turbulent
emotions and settings of his two idealised lovers, shifting between streamlined
simplicity and more ornate flourishes from Expressionism to Art Nouveau."
—Paul Gravett, Comics • Graphic Novels • Manga
