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Preparation. Sit down and select a comic from the handful of fresh purchases. Tongue*Lash II comes to hand eagerly. Place it in front of you. To the side is a selection of CDs - picking out the Body Frequencies compilation and pressing play. The two selections are made independently but as the brain is engaged on the two input levels I find that they are quite suited to each other. Tongue*Lash by the Lofficiers¹, Taylor and Smulkowski - featuring strange sex rituals, eclectic and interesting people with a range of body modifications from comic company Dark Horse². While Body Frequencies (tattoo/piercing/scarification) is a compilation from the Italian label Minus Habens⁽³⁾ - featuring sounds for strange sex rituals and the bodily modified.

But hey that's a tangential plug (particularly watch for Nightmare Lodge Tenia, In Zhe Gaza Megakitsch Une Soiree A La Plage, Origami The Sensation Of... and DivePower Of Passion) and we should stick to the matter of hand. Perhaps this is a redundant review - after all everyone will already have picked up this excellent two part series after my review of the first issue - in fact that first issue was my first re:mote tip to our subscribers. But for completeness and in case anyone missed out - here we are.

We start with Tongue and Lash discussing what they know about the case so far - against a background of an exotic club (listen to the sounds of that music - oops sorry only I can hear that...). This is a handy plot refresher before we move on in search for more clues as to the twin hanging of the first issue. Lash goes off to "interrogate" T'Onyx, the cat-headed prostitute, about her relations with Jewel. With this, revelations are made of dire and mystical plots on all sides of the love triangle, involving the powers of the great families and ancient evils. This leads Tongue and Lash to the mysterious Meta-time using the ring secured in the first series - offering some of this comics strangest scenes.

As with the first issue the colours and art are lush and exciting. Check out Tongue's dress and that oily sheen. Check out the expressiveness of Lash's mask. Again the plot adds context and raps up the story well. On top of that there is another text story of Tongue and Lash's early days followed by an interview with Jean-Marc and Randy. Finally there are a couple of T-shirt designs - something both covers would be perfect for.

RVWR: PTR
April 1999

More Information

1: Starwatcher

There is extensive preview work of this issue on the Starwatcher site along with many other projects from this studio.

2 Dark Horse Comics

Publishers site - with searchable ability gives details/preview of this series and has ability to order this and the previous series.

(3) Minus Habens

Label site - details of releases and how to order them.

Re:mote Induction: Tongue*Lash II (1/2)

Re:mote Induction review of Tounge*Lash II Issue 1