| "I haven't seen a story-driven comic so ambitious (and so potentially
compelling) in a long time, and I'm looking forward to the next chapter." - Andrew Vachss |
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"Mike Friedland's enigmatic script and Grant Fuhst's moody art provides
Mercedes with an eerie, yet provocative world. I look forward to seeing
her story unfold. In the words of the title character herself (from Page
1, Panel 1 of Issue 1): 'Surely there's something interesting to see here.'" - Batton Lash |
"Mike Friedland is an unstable man. He twitches a lot... One of his elbows bends the wrong way and he has a third nostril. All of which may explain why his comic book, Mercedes, is so weirdly wonderful. (Even if I did fib about the elbow.)" - James A. Owen |
"...the idea of a lead character having second sight is an interesting one, particularly as you portray it -- the separate reality presenting itself like a movie at inopportune moments." - Dave Sim |
| Story SUMMARY | |
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The First Story Mercedes falls for the perfect man - he's handsome, charming, and wealthy. And he's a killer. How can this be? People who are beautiful on the outside ergo must be beautiful on the inside, right? She must discover why Mr. Perfect is a killer. Her journey for the answer leads her into a confusing encounter with Jewish mysticism. |
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"Six Bullets" Mercedes seeks to avenge the rape of her friend, Chloe, by travelling to New Orleans to confront the villain - a dashing French vampire. She discovers that she has bitten off more than she can chew as a Tlahuelpuchi; a bizarre baby-killing vampire from Mexican legend, enters the picture. |
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"The Wicked" The ghost of a violent Chinese bandit menaces a young girl - the daughter of Mercedes' ex-boyfriend. As she tries to help, Mercedes encounters a drunken Arch-Angel, and monstrous figures from Kabbalistic folklore: all with designs on the little girl's life. |
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Latest Issue - #13 While monstrous Shedim attack and Chloe fights for her life, Mercedes falls in love. |
