Kabuki is a comic series by artist and writer David Mack,
first published in 1994 by Caliber Press and later by
Image Comics. The series concerns an assassin belonging
to a special, government-backed circle of masked and costumed
female enforcers called the Noh in a Japan of an indistinct
time period (it's not clear if it's present day or the
future), and her struggle for her identity. The Kabuki
series has been collected into six trade paperbacks, which
include several one-shots and spin-off limited series.
The current title, "Kabuki: The Alchemy," is
being published by Marvel Comics under the imprint Icon.
Unlike is the case with most comic series, the plot of
Kabuki moves very little over the course of the six volumes.
Most of the focus is on memories, on dreams, thought and
philosophy. Mack's characters, especially Kabuki herself,
revisit the same scenes and memories many times, rethinking
them and their significance.
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