Peepland by Christa Faust

Peepland by Christa Faust

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This is a quick graphic novel about crime ridden New York city in the 1980s. Starring a peepshow stripper named Roxy.

The story: there's this guy who talks women into taking their clothes off and he films them. He does this in public. During one of his 'events' he films something in the background - the murder of a young woman. He gets spotted and he runs. Hides the tape in Roxy's peepshow place, and continues running. Then dies.

The bad guys then search throughout the graphic novel for the tape. While Roxy and some friends attempt to figure out what to do with the tape, and who the murderer might be.

Meanwhile, another of the peepshow stripper's has a son. That son gets picked up by the police and framed for the murder of the young woman. It's important to note that the young murdered woman is white (as is the murderer) while the young man framed by the corrupt police is black.

A 'baby butch' named AJ attempts to help Aiesha and her son Zee by doing things like getting money (through robbery) and the like. AJ and Aiesha are a couple - hence that 'background LGBT' shelf.

Oh, and, while Roxy is running around with an ex-boyfriend trying to 'solve the mystery' and stuff, she runs into an ex-girlfriend. So she's . . . I guess bisexual? There's not enough there to tell. I mean, it is shown that she 'had relations' with the other woman, but the boyfriend was in the room watching. But I think she also had 'relations' with that same woman in 'present time' so . . . bisexual? That other woman clearly things that she's hiding the fact she's a 'dyke' though.

Right. So. Interesting story. Not . . . bad. Somewhat horrifying to watch unfold all that abuse, brutality, murder, death, police corruption, and rape. *shudders*

The covers:


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Rating: 3.44

August 5 2017



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