Ann-Rita wouldn’t have acted like this last week.

A forty page story about sexual danger, desire, relying on men, and bargains we make with ourselves and others.

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Here’s what Broken Frontier had to say! “The Magic Necklace is a 40-ish pager that embraces the unique qualities of the form to present an eerie parable replete with social commentary in its horror-romance trappings.”

Here’s Magen Cubed with a romance comics-based read on the matter: “[The Magic Necklace] is a riotous, rapturous interrogation of The Bad Boy. The Man-Trap. But even saying that sells The Magic Necklace short. Positioned as a Horror Romance, Napier touches on things I am so desperate to see in romance stories.”

Or in the words of Douglas Noble, on SILENCE!—

Far more in line with [the audience bringing something to the read] is the other comic she sent me, which is called The Magic Necklace—which is all Claire Napier all the time, art, writing; and it is glorious. It’s a weird erotic thriller—pornographic thriller, even—if ehh… if you’re frightened of a cock! It’s very very funny! I enjoyed it— It has glorious tones, as well; she’s used this, like, really brutalist zip-stone of little hearts, almost like Eddie Campbell. But she’s done it in this way where it’s almost like she’s attacked the page with it. It’s almost like something Paul Milne would do. In terms of, like, on the page, it’s just, uh… it’s coming for you.

So, the set-up is basically, it begins in a bar, or a cafe, or a cafe that becomes a bar, and there is a woman who is allowing herself to be seduced. And it is about the interplay between what seduction is, who… has the upper hand in that game. And then, about halfway though, maybe two thirds of the way through, there’s a series of twists, where it brings a bunch of other bits and pieces in, including a little bit of magic. I enjoyed it a whole load, and would recommend that you hunt that one out.

Listen to the man!

Or listen to me—in conversation with (topic notes listed here)—

Claire C Holland at Sexy Books Pod

Jimmy Gaspero on ComicBookYeti’s Cryptic Creator Corner,

WMQ&A at ComicsXF,

Keeping it Geekly!,

The Comic Source!

Two Geeks Talking,

Comic Book Club,

or Wayne’s Comics Podcast!

I make an effort to cover different topics, or at least give different answers, each time.

There is also a creatively edited transcription of a conversation I had with Rebecca Oliver Kaplan on The Beat! (Rest assured that the book is not based on movies—etc. xx!)

The Magic Necklace was FULLY FUNDED on Zoop!