Man-Eaters #2 Review

Writer: Chelsea Cain / Artist: Kate Niemczyk / IMAGE COMICS Damn, That Tension Once again Man-Eaters bust out the gate to give you that padded action. We continue our story from the ultimate cliff hanger — our protagonist got her period. It is only a matter of time till the panther rises but until then we wait. What I loved about Cain’s close attention to tension is that it serves as both the indicator for the period and impending disaster. Tension is an extremely important tactic because it reflects the emotion of a period-having person’s body. The hormonal imbalances, the body structure transformation; it reflects metaphorically within the body transforming into a man-eating cat and consistently waiting for the “moment” (period) to arrive.

This separation between her parents and consistently having to face the reality before her is beautiful and heartbreaking. This consistent dance between recognizing what is “togetherness” while your body feels like it’s splitting your perception on reality. In each situation of tension in which Maude is placed there is information that is either further hidden or brought to the surface. Whether it is fear, lying about using her father’s mustache tweezers to trim her pubic hairs or just self preservation. Maude feels the tension in both her uterus and the environment around her. It was a well executed text-to-emotion connection that Cain continues to reign supreme in. Immaculate Tampon Display I never thought that bright colors would ma…