Boots of the Oppressor

    (Northstar, 1993)
™ and © 1993 Arpad Publishing Inc.

Make no mistake, this is a violent and controversial piece, a pre-Civil War horror story that tackles head-on the gruesome and deplorable effects of slavery and racial hatred in American history. The first chapter, illustrated in a style akin to horror maestro Berni Wrightson, is a horrific sequence depicting the brutalization of a black woman by a pack of white outlaws, and it pulls no punches. But that’s only the beginning, as the repercussions of that animalistic act resonate throughout the community, and soon a powerful force for revenge is out to claim the lives of the men involved. With graphic violence, raw sexual content and racially charged subject matter, this tale of terror is not your run-of-the-mill campfire ghost story, but it is an example of a creator pushing the boundaries of the medium to recall a shameful time in our nation’s history. Not for the squeamish.
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