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A review by grimalkintoes
Party & Prey by Steve Orlando, Steve Foxe, Mike Marts, Alex Sanchez
dark
medium-paced
5.0
Party & Prey is a beautiful work of bloody social commentary. Featuring an older gay serial killer who preys upon younger men in an attempt to reclaim his youth, and a man who has no other choice than to protect his community himself, this graphic novels tells a tale of queer betrayal, survival, and gory retribution.
From the Afterword:
"Alan Pleasance is not Ed Buck. He's not Jeffrey Dahmer or Bruce McArthur or any other real-life gay serial killer. The stories of the men and boys victimized by these all-too-human monsters are not ours to tell, especially since many of them were further marginalized within the queer communities as people of color. But ideas like PARTY & PREY don't spring fully formed out of nowhere."
"We knew from the beginning that PARTY & PREY couldn't hinge on knights with shining badges riding in to save the day—but we also knew that our 'villain' wasn't going to be someone from outside of the community, easily written off as an external threat."
"Real communities are messy, complicated and never monoliths. Pretending that there are no wolves among the flock is one of the factors that lets those wolves bloody their teeth for too long before getting caught—if they ever are."
From the Afterword:
"Alan Pleasance is not Ed Buck. He's not Jeffrey Dahmer or Bruce McArthur or any other real-life gay serial killer. The stories of the men and boys victimized by these all-too-human monsters are not ours to tell, especially since many of them were further marginalized within the queer communities as people of color. But ideas like PARTY & PREY don't spring fully formed out of nowhere."
"We knew from the beginning that PARTY & PREY couldn't hinge on knights with shining badges riding in to save the day—but we also knew that our 'villain' wasn't going to be someone from outside of the community, easily written off as an external threat."
"Real communities are messy, complicated and never monoliths. Pretending that there are no wolves among the flock is one of the factors that lets those wolves bloody their teeth for too long before getting caught—if they ever are."