Ghita of Alizarr

by Frank Thorne

Book Overview

Book by Thorne, Frank This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874160952
• ISBN13: 9780874160956
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Catalan Communications
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Swords, Sorcery, & SEX!

In the late 70's, in an attempt to compete with HEAVY METAL magazine, Warren Publishing put out "1984", a B & W anthology that took the company's usual mix of sci-fi, horror, fantasy & mystery to a new level by adding S E X. LOTS of it. So much, in fact, that the magazine quickly spiraled downward into a morass of the worst trash imaginable, with terrible writing and even worse artwork. Yet amidst this, one bright light shone-- a blonde warrior woman with a taste for blood as powerful as her appetite for sex-- GHITA OF ALIZARR, the wondrous creation of Frank Thorne.Frank, a longtime commercial artist and sometime comic-book illustrator, had taken Marvel's RED SONJA to unprecedented heights of popularity-- until he left the series abruptly, in mid-story. The character has NEVER been handled as well since. Free of the restrictions of the Comics Code, Thorne created his own world from scratch and populated it with a mix of wizards, warriors, non-human creatures and supernatural monsters, and turned loose on the public an EPIC storyline about a quest to retake a city overrun by evil conquerors that reads like somebody should adapt it into a feature-film!The episodic format of 1984 (later 1994), I feel, did not do justice to the storyline. Reading it all together so many layers of character and intrigue are evident that I never picked up on before. Ghita is neither heartless slut or murderous savage, but a warm-hearted woman of merely loose morals who spends the story battling as much for control of her soul (possessed by the spirit of a dead warrior-king) as she does slaying the infidels. Along the way, she's accompanied by her steady friend Thenef (who poses as a mage) and Dahib (a half-troll who worships her as a goddess).THE COMPLETE GHITA collects every episode to date-- both stories (the 2nd reprinted for the 1st time!) and a short story from Eros' THE EROTIC WORLDS OF FRANK THORNE. It's a THICK book-- and one any fan of SONJA or XENA should have! During its initial run, GHITA was often the ONLY feature worth reading in 1984/1994. Now one can enjoy it to the fullest, without all the DRECK getting in the way!