Lucifer, Book Five

For the whole series: ambitious, often startling, with breathtaking scope and sometimes gorgeous poignancy, but it was so damn straight & white. Even the devil only fucks women? And God has to present himself as an old white dude (not to mention the whiteness of pretty much all of the important characters)? In a story that’s literally about the entirety of creation, I would’ve liked to see more organic diversity of... everything. There’s also as much sexual violence and breasting boobily as you’d expect from male creators.

In its final volume, the stories revolving around Lucifer finally come to their climax. As the end gets nearer, the parallels to The Sandman become more and more obvious. Like in Sandman, many, many realms and beings are visited, and certain transfers happen. Also like in Sandman, Lucifer is not really so much of a protagonist, but more of a shaper – only rarely is he actually the focus of a storyline. He's a really odd character, very elusive, very cunning, but not really likeable at all. In my opinion, Lucifer is more worth reading for all the ideas that hide behind the stories...