Kabuki vol 2: Dreams

Kabuki Vol 2: Dreams

David Mack

This volume reprints the two Kabuki color specials. This is the first time we see David Mack's color work, and it's clear that Mack is an illustrator in his heart. Each page is a beautiful painting, full of emotions. The first story is basically a retelling of the last few pages of Circle of Blood, with more point of view from Kabuki's mind.

The second story tells us what Kabuki is feeling soon after vol 1, all her emotions, what her subconcious feels, and even her link to her mother's spirit. This is my favorite story, it is the true companion epilogue to Circle of Blood, really completing Kabuki's story and  bringing her back to the beginning, when she died the first time.

This is really a poetic story, and the images are a perfect complement for this amazing journey of Kabuki's soul. Even though this is just a tease for Mack's fully developed art, it is already astonishing to the eye.

At first I planned to re-read a volume every few days or weeks, but after finishing each volume I can't help getting the next one and read it. This is just a great comic.