Oh, lookie lookie what the mailman has brought me!

(God those pockets under my eyes. I really need to get more sleep...! T____T)

*little dance of joy*

Yes!!! Houdini & Holmes (part 1) by the astonishing pollums because only her could get such a brilliant idea!

And it's freaking FANTASTIC!!!!ONE!!

Of course the art is incredible, what with her flowy sexy lines and her perfect mastery of black and white, but also, and even with so little pages, she manages to create an intriguing ambiance and extremely enticing characterization. What I loved the most were the -- if you can forgive me the expression -- "couple" scenes; Harry Houdini and his wife are adorable, and I squeed out loud during the first exchange between Holmes and Watson. Polly is so so good at showing that special kind of love and tenderness, those strong underlying emotions, expressed with a simplicity that is extremely hard to achieve even for the greatest artists -- and Polly manages to do it brilliantly.

She created a charismatic Houdini as a character, and her Holmes... OMG her Holmes. Under Polly's brush, he becomes utterly fascinating, and embodies everything that I love about her way of drawing men; he's magnetic, graceful and just a bit strange... I know very little of the original character (ACD's, I mean, since I haven't really read the books) but now I'm convinced that's the way he sould be represented: Polly's Holmes is perfect.

So now you're all (understandably) jealous of me and you want to get your sticky hands all over that jewel too, well you can always order a copy of that first part (and of its sequel which is in the works) right here, clicky clicky >>> http://pollums.livejournal.com/186847.html

*plants tent in front of Polly's house waiting for sequel, no pressure*