La Muse (2008)

Adi Tantimedh and Hugo Putrus

Big Head Press

Reviewer: Jeremy Kong

This beautifully illustrated and well written “comic” is a well thought out world domination story. It is aimed at mature audiences, since things like the orgy with the twenty skinheads may give the kiddies the wrong idea.

Susan La Muse is an omnipotent being, bisexual, attractive, 20-something, and a flower child of the 60s. Her sister Libby is an otherwise completely normal sexually-frustrated human being and the relationship between the two has its ups and downs.

The story starts when Susan foils a terrorist plot involving a suicide bomber in a London crowd. She was being filmed at the time so now her powers are known worldwide. She decides that now she will “fix the world”, not by taking control but by (mostly) more subtle means. The world governments who have been doing well for themselves are determined to do something about Susan, since her “fixing” is causing an economic downturn to their wealth. The fat cats decide that she must be taken out. She is also hated by homophobes, religious fanatics, and anti-abortionists. Her list of enemies is endless. Her attempts to rapidly improve the world only seem to attract more radical enemies.

Her Mum and Dad are not too pleased about her mucking around with the world, either. They are also powerful beings and they threaten to destroy the Universe. Halfway through the book Susan loses her powers, which can be a disadvantage with everyone out to kill you. She only has her very practically-minded sister to help her.

“Try anything once, except incest and Morris Dancing, right?”

The story is a good “How To” manual on world domination, supported by better-than-average colour graphics. It’s a great fun read.

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