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Voyeurs,
Inc. Volume 2
By: Hideo Yamamoto
Review
by: Jack
Razumich
From:
Viz Communications
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Voyeurs, Inc. is (well, actually was by this point)
a feature that runs in one of Viz’s two anthology books, Pulp.
When I was originally asked to do a review of a story that
was appearing in Pulp, I was a little hesitant. On
cursory examination, there really didn’t look like there was
anything that I’d find interesting in Pulp. Fortunately,
I turned out to be wrong.
The story in Voyeurs, Inc. focuses on a group of three
private investigators and their dog (shades of Scooby Doo!)
who make a living by taking jobs that involve, essentially,
being a peeping tom. I think. In their infinite wisdom, Viz
sent me the second volume to this series, but not the first,
so I have to assume that’s what was established in the first
volume.
In the second volume, you get the second half of a story that
involves the Voyeurs trying to “rescue” a young girl from
her rather lusty father. Or at least one of them does. The
other two are working on a missing dog case. The kicker there
is that this isn’t just any dog; no, sir, this dog doubles
as a sex toy! The lady who hires them even has the pictures
to prove it; it’s by no small coincidence that the dog’s name
is Licky (draw your own conclusions). The Voyeur’s dog “finds”
Licky, if you catch my drift, in probably the most amusing
sequence in the book. You’ll have to read it to believe it.
Anyway, with the dog found, the other two Voyeurs leave to
help their friend against the pedophile dad.
Getting back to that, Hideo Yamamoto goes out of his way to
make the dad seem like an evil, leering sex fiend, and does
a great job of it. The artwork is crisp and clean, and the
father can’t open his mouth without a slimy trail of drool
coating his mouth and tongue. His master plan involved taking
his daughter’s virginity, apparently by raping her. The Voyeurs
show up just in the nick of time, and convince (by beating
him senseless and locking him naked in a snowstorm) daddy
dearest that it’s probably not a good idea to pursue this
particular relationship. The book ends with the girl becoming
the fourth member of the Voyeur team, probably setting the
stage for the next volume.
Aside from the obvious weirdness, Voyeurs, Inc. turned
out to be a decent read. It’s definitely something that I’d
let a kid read, but I’d recommend giving it a try if you’ve
got $16 and nothing better to do with it.
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