Gruesome scenes such as those are handled by Taylor in a usually casual, almost foreign way. Usually with a sharp pencil in an unfortunate place. There is one scene that takes place in a college lecture where typical scarecrow figures speak up to voice wrong opinions just so they can be struck down, but these moments are handled in an intriguing, not condescending way. Aside from being a premise with a huge amount of potential, this provides an organic position from which Taylor eloquently comments on aspects of modern society (bullying, sexuality, murder) without sounding too preachy. Through this show, she also lets out her own, murderous dark side while trying to resist the urge to kill again, an urge which becomes more and more irresistible as obnoxious roommates and other serial killers begin to enter her life. At her new school, she starts a show on the local college radio (conveniently called “KILL Radio”) where listeners call in to let out their innermost dark sides. Set in an all-girl’s college in California, “A Voice in the Dark” is about Zoey Aarons, a freshman who has gone seventy-two days without killing someone. It is one of the coolest books I read this year. What I hope does not happen in other reviews of “A Voice in the Dark” is that Taylor’s condition becomes the main focus point, because as inspiring as his story is, one thing about “A Voice in the Dark” deserves more attention than its creator’s story:
Now, a lot of attention will be paid to that point of the book, as it should since the fact that Taylor drew a whole comic with his mouth while I can’t draw a straight stick figure with my hands speaks volumes about the man’s talent and commitment to his art. “A Voice in the Dark” #1 comes from Larime Taylor, an artist with a genetic disorder that meant he had to draw “A Voice in the Dark” with his mouth. There is no way this book isn’t going to receive hella attention. But when she becomes the host of a late-night campus radio show, Zoey must consider if she has given a voice to something far more troubled than her anonymous callers. With her recent move to college, Zoey is eager to start a fresh chapter of her life - one where she can control her dark urges the way she has before. It’s been 72 days since Zoey killed someone.
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