A review by magnetgrrl
Veils by Rebecca Guay, Stephen John Phillips, José Villarrubia, Pat McGreal

3.0

This is a sexy comic, and an excellent example of fumetti, the process of creating a comic using real photography. The story also is surprisingly interesting; a decidedly feminist bent comes through the tale of a Victorian British housewife who travels with her husband to visit a sultan and becomes fascinated by his harem. She befriends a younger woman in the harem and listens to stories the women there tell her, and after seeing (and briefly experiencing) their way of life she starts to question her world views and assumptions about men, women, marriage, and sex. Though the story is short and not particularly detailed or digressive it does raise some interesting questions. I thought the ending was a little contrived and contradictory, but I still like this book on the whole, if only because it's still kind of hot.