Kitty’s Bordello: Reservation, Book 2 is a comic written and edited by Kevin Zoldan with art and lettering by Abel García. New employees are undergoing training as the Salon Kitty prepares to reopen under new management. This issue is parts training montage and introductions and other parts spying and subterfuge. The leading lady for this tale is Madame Kitty Schmidt, still the face of the Salon Kitty though some things have changed. Also returning from the first issue is Steadman, the journalist from the US who has his eyes on the Salon. Two new characters are introduced in this issue: Amala, a sex worker conscripted to work at the Salon and Roger Wilson, an MI6 agent deep undercover. The story this time around has less of a focus on Miss Kitty with the salon taking the bulk of the attention as it is undergoing renovations. Paired with these changes is a staff that has been hand selected by the Nazis for a specific purpose. There is no violence here. The pace is slow and the story shifts perspectives to a number of characters, some of who aren’t very prominent. The tone is serious and slightly stressful and the stakes are high for certain people. The dialogue reads like something you’d here on early TV shows and a few pages do get wordy. This comic is calmer than the previous issue and appears to be setting up the story for some big developments what with the new characters, different angles, and unexplained motives.
The art style is reminiscent of earlier comics but with some modern shine. Only characters and objects of note are colored here which add to the uneasy atmosphere when paired with the rough quality(on purpose) backgrounds. There isn’t much here in the way of scenery as the majority of this story takes place indoors. The buildings here vary with some of them have both grand interior and exteriors while others look rough and rundown. Due to the shifting perspectives this story moves to many different locations at a high rate. The backgrounds of each panel tend to maintain the makeup of the room which keeps you engaged with the story. The expression level here is around average but higher for the women. Most of the men here have an anger or stoicism about them so we don’t get much emotional range from them whereas the women have to put on a smile and feign happiness for their line of work. The faces are drawn with a good amount of detail so any look we do see comes across clearly. There is some light face sameness across the board but thanks to other features like hair color and facial hair you shouldn’t get confused. There is some nudity and there are sultry moments.
“Is this worth reading?”
Yes.
“Would I like this?”
If you like lady-led stories about espionage in Germany right before WWII with many perspectives and motivations this is for you.
“What would this comic’s film rating be?”
R. Nudity and general subject matter.
“Could I get a quote from the comic?”
“Whichever girl you wish. She is only moments away.”
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***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***
Probably Contains Spoilers
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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 32
Violent Pages: 0, for 0% of the comic
Sexy Pages: 4, for 13% of the comic
**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**
Violence Level – 1
“Wasn’t no tussling at all.”
“Sometimes you gotta hit somebody.”
“I’m getting charged with how many counts of assault?”
“This was a tournament arc.”
“All my life I had to fight.”
Gore Level – 1
“The only thing leaking out your face is tears.”
“Looks like somebody spilled some ketchup.”
“Might need to soak that up with a bath towel.”
“That isn’t supposed to be outside the body.”
“This is a slaughterhouse.”
Death Level – 1
“And everybody lived happily ever after.”
“We might have gone to a couple funerals.”
“It just LOOKS like a serial killer was here.”
“Yeah this was a tragedy.”
“Think Gettysburg.”
Porn Level – 3
“Everybody kept their clothes on.”
“I guess it was too hot for a bra.”
“Sometimes you got to let everything air out.”
“This is like late night Cinemax in the early 2000’s.”
“Oh. This is porn.”
