“The Insatiable Necrosexual #1” by Necrosexual [Comic Book Review]

Coming on the heels of the tenth year of his existence, Necrosexual has released, of all things, a comic book—The Insatiable Necrosexual #1. If you haven’t heard of Necrosexual, that’s likely by design. The character was always intended as a lampoon of the overtly ridiculous aspects of black metal, but specifically for metal fans. A decade ago that was an effective joke because only metal fans really knew very much about black metal. But the popularity grew from Necrosexual’s interviews in character on behalf of Metal Injection as one of their in-house correspondents (which is funny in itself) with actual black metal musicians, as well as other well-known and respected metal gods, hence the popularity of the character. As the times have gone on, the joke has turned to the trappings of the ...

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