![]() ![]() Priscilla Petraites' stylish art completely sells the pulp crime demimonde of Faust's scripts. She is both the hardboiled hero and the femme fatale. Hit Me is a classic "race to save the damsel" story, but here the damsel-in-distress is the handsome boyfriend, and the hero's special skill is to take hits instead of doling out violence. She knows enough to bend and subvert those rules to create a fresh take on familiar plots. ![]() Her characters are marginalized, misunderstood, and underestimated: sex workers, forgotten housewives, and people on the fringes of mainstream society. She combines a rare authenticity that drives from real experiences and emotional experiences of her socially marginalized characters with a deep knowledge of the rules and tropes of the Crime genre. "Hit Me #1" interior art: AWA StudiosĬhrista Faust is one of the best and most underrated crime novelists working today. ![]() It's Faust's talent that makes Lulu a character we empathize with, even like, even if many of us don't share her impulses. No other crime novel in comics or novels has featured a heroine this complex or perverse for years. Their relationship and chemistry are what drives her decision to risk everything, use every relationship and leverage she has to save him, and the thrill of whatever pain she might endure that doesn't kill her. Her relationship with Danny simmers with sexual tension that she's happy to let burn partly out of masochism, partly out of avoidance of possible mess if they ever cross that boundary. Lulu works with boundaries and is constantly alert for anyone who threatens to cross them. Faust writes her to counter stereotypes and preconceptions people have about the BDSM community with what feels like inside knowledge of the rules and mores of the scene. A professional sub who loves her job and is addicted to the endorphin rushes of physical pain that mask any emotional ones that threaten to bubble to her surface. Lulu is the most original character to hit crime fiction in years. ![]()
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