A coming of age story made in a Soviet hell full of teenage horror, heartache, hockey and corruption. Rasputin Catamite is loosely inspired by the Andrei Chikalito scandal, The Metal Fang, Olympic cheating scandals, psikhushkas, queer counterculture, degenerate literature, and other things that the former Soviet Union would rather forget. Written by: Vas Littlecrow Wojtanowicz and Loki Kaspari Illustrated by: Ram Lama, Vas Littlecrow Wojtanowicz and Amanda Wearstler Additional covers and content…
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Frame 1 Decoy sadly gazes into Sasha's eyes. DECOY What have you done to us? Frame 2 Sasha awakens in terror by herself. SASHA DADDY! Frame 3 DUCK-DUCK Sasha, what's the matter? SASHA My arms, legs, privates... Everything hurts, Duck-Duck. Frame 4 I don't know why I hurt so bad, little sister. Frame 5 Norm enters the room. NORM Sasha was badly hurt in a car crash. She had surgery on her ambiguous…
Frame 1 Sasha, Hielope, and Decoy are in the icy dream world having a conversation. SASHA I didn't want this to happen. Benjamin's dream curse did this. You are my ticket out of Russia, Decoy. The Benitez brothers were using you to steal my body and Lechy's so they could... DECOY Don't call me Decoy, you treacherous pathological liar. I was killed in prison because of you. Frame 2 HIELOPE Dr…
Frame 1 Decoy starts to panic. Sasha Sandoval’s spirit possessed his brother, Benjamin, to cast the Spell of Absolute Power during Lechy’s initiation. Decoy WHAT!? Sasha They also cast the Curse of Realized Dreams on you. Frame 2 Decoy I can’t read your mind! Sasha Papa Norm taught me how to block snooping psychics, so I felt brave enough to tell Principal Rytkheu the truth about you. Door *CRASH*…
NORM Why is Decoy not in prison yet? Sasha told us his real name. You know what he looks like. He works in your poopy school district. RYKTHEU It's messy. PRINCIPAL RYKTHEU It seems Dr Rodan Manakov has powerful friends. I've been advised that without solid evidence he cannot be arrested or fired. NORM Ugh! That means he's a Lord of Sodom PRINCIPAL RYKTHEU I don't know what a Lord of Sodom is?…
Dima And, that’s how Ugly Alex’s dad got us into this experimental capitalist-run apartment complex for old Jewish ladies who are too ancient to fly to Israel, right here in Irkutsk. Our flat even has a private bathroom. Frame 2 Sasha That’s rad! My real dad is finally out of prison. Frame 3 Zoya Major coincidence! My dad just went to prison. Frame 4 Dima Whatever happened to Lechy? Zoya I dunno.…
Frame 1 Lechy and Masha are signing their marriage license in front of a JP. Masha’s parents, Lechy’s unimpressed mom, his dad (The guy with the grey hair and glasses on the drawing above), Decoy and Benjamin as also witnesses. Benjamin and Decoy are both wearing suits. Masha’s Mom You must be proud of your son. Frame 2 Dr. Merkacheva I’m more proud of the psychiatric team I enlisted to cure Lech…
Frame 1 Play up the romance to gloppy sappy levels. Floaty hearts, if need be. Dima You’re a monster scientifically designed to play hockey, just like me. Instead of fangs and immortality, you have ‘roid rages and an inflated sense of entitlement. These are symptoms of the same disease, so I accept and love you the way you are. Frame 2 Ugly Oh Dima... Dima Let’s get drunk and play hide the…
Frame 1 Ugly It’s still a shame that you’re throwing away your hockey career after everything we went through. Frame 2 Ugly And, what about your girlfriend? What would she think if you became a mobster? Dima Sasha is a pretty good mind reader, so I think I’ll avoid Irina for now. Frame 3 Irina is in her shack with all sorts of implements of upir torture including meat hooks, chains, ropes,…
Frame 1 Dima I think I’m gonna quit hockey to go work as a mob goon for my sperm donors’ criminal organization. Father Igor really wants me to continue the family business. Frame 2 Ugly I knew the Shapinov Brothers were monsters, but I didn’t know that they were mobsters. Dima Oh yeah, they work with Lord Sodom and the KGB to control all sex, drugs and weapons coming in and out of Irkutsk. Frame 3…
Frame 1 Sasha and Zoya are sharing a seat on a train. Zoya sleeps and Sasha journals. Lechy is close to them, but looks bitter and distant. Sasha as narrator Our band’s first and last concert, was the greatest moments of our sad lives. I’m pretty sure everything will go downhill from there. It was the culmination of many choices and several avalanches of errors. Frame 2 Flashback of the concert.…
