Miss don't touch me

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English language

Published Jan. 3, 2008 by NBM/Comics Lit.

ISBN:
978-1-56163-544-3
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OCLC Number:
288986097

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4 stars (1 review)

"Paris in the thirties. The 'Butcher of the Dances' is on the prowl for young loose women. Blanche works as a maid along with the only family she knows, her sister, fun-loving Agatha. Suddenly, Blanche loses her to what she saw was murder but others only write off as suicide. She decides to take matters into her own hands. In her pursuit, she ends up hired into a luxury house of call-girls. She even becomes quite good at certain lascivious practices while still remaining a virgin! But she also doesn't lose sight of her goal: find the Butcher"--Publisher's web site.

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4 stars

Reading this comic by the Frenchman Hubert, I was not surprised at all that it reminded me of Little Vampire because apparently the husband-wife team of Kerascoet (who illustrated this volume) also did work in the Little Vampire series, as well as another spooky favorite of mine, Beautiful Darkness.

Very much a noir sort of story, I would like to hold this up as a good example of a noir story that is not misogynistic, and written by a man no less. While the story does certainly still centre around sexualized violence against women, perhaps still a requirement for Noir fiction everywhere, the inclusion of so many other women goes a long way to balancing things out. On top of that, the way in which the main character remains so innocent, even as she is empowered, felt unique to me. But, perhaps, I just need to look further beyond the …

Subjects

  • History
  • Murder
  • Investigation
  • Serial murders
  • Brothels
  • Comic books, strips
  • Women household employees

Places

  • France