A wonderful topic that can be built on (since this is the first volume).

The Beauty Volume 1 by Jeremy Haun & Jason A. Hurley

First in The Beauty series

4.25 stars

The Beauty focuses on an STD that turns the inflicted person beautiful, but comes with dire consequences. No one is safe from infection, especially becomes everyone craves beauty and wants to be a beautiful person. The Beauty eventually kills its host with implosion after 800. It’s gruesome and a brilliant concept. The concept is horrifying and I love the metaphor so much. It’s a brilliant graphic novel and there is a scene that is one of the most graphic images, but one of the most beautifully conceptually drawn scenes I’ve ever come across in a graphic novel. This is a horror graphic novel that I think will appeal to a lot of readers. If you are looking for something scarier, but grounded in reality then this is the graphic novel for you.


Art Scale: 5

Character Scale: 3.75

Plotastic Scale: 4.25

Cover Thoughts: It’s scary, gruesome, and I love it.

Thank you, Netgalley and Image Comics, for providing me with a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

A well-written and enjoyable book, I am glad I requested this title and will be more than happy to pass the title along to my fellow library purchasers.

'The Beauty, Vol. 1' by Jeremy Haun and Jason A Hurley takes our obsession with beauty and makes a pretty interesting story out of it.

Where this story takes place, there is a contagious sexually transmitted disease. The side effects are immediate and visible. Along with some cold symptoms, the carrier becomes much more beautiful or handsome. People choose to contract the disease in order to be more physically attractive.

When a person with Beauty dies a horrible death on mass transit, two cops take the case. There are people who oppose a sexually transmitted disease or prey on the infected, so there are many possible suspects. There is another possibility. It turns out there are more side effects that happen over a longer period of time, but those who know this have kept it quiet.

It's a pretty good premise. That people would willingly infect themselves to become beautiful is something I could see happening. That others would oppose the beautiful because of how they achieved their looks is also believable. I liked this story and it's art.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Image Comics, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.