Diary of a Dominatrix by Molly Kiely is interesting in that it wasn't what I expected. The thought of pain and humiliation squeaks me out and while there's part that succeeded in getting that reaction out of me, I was mostly engaged in Zelda's work. Her character is peculiar in that she talks about her work as a dominatrix, her clients, outfits, what she does during sessions, and even where she does it, but you also see her outside of her role. You see that she's actually self conscious about what would her clients think once they realize she wasn't imposing in real life, she used to look like a stereotypical geek, she has a boyfriend, she has vanilla sex with him, and she enjoys cutsy things, and cut in between panels talking about her job. She talks about it so bluntly like she was analyzing a comic book rather than going through the steps of doing a vasectomy.
While I have some ideas of the types of things that goes on in BDSM like teacher fetish and bondage, I didn't really know how far it could go, and in the area where it did go that far were the one that I bailed out on quickly and went to the next page.
At the beginning of the comic when Zelda described the various outfit she puts on it was presented as if it was one of those old school paper doll cut outs. Zelda is dressing up to whatever her clients desire be it a solid black outfit or a clown costume. Funny enough she said that there was only one client that wanted latex, but several wanted her to be in the teacher outfit. Seeing the ins and outs of BDSM through Zelda's eyes is pretty fascinating.
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