Tales of the Unrefined

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Tales of the Unrefined was a Horror Anthology Comic created by Isaac M. Baranoff, and published by Mystic Studios Productions. It's not the comic he's most proud of, due to the fact that it's essentially, well, porn. Maybe. Your Mileage May Vary in regards to this categorization, considering that the stories are very well realized and not always driven by sexual content, so it could be considered a mix of horror and Plot With Porn, depending on how far you're willing to stretch your definition of "porn".

According to Word of God, the comic was intended purely for shock value in its high levels of not only sexual content, but graphic horror violence and gore; the sexuality was intended to be "entirely unerotic". Baranoff's other comics, Horndog and Soft Desire, are relatively mild in their portrayal of sexuality, and Tales of the Unrefined initially began this way as well (but with more graphic violence), in its initial form as a webcomic. However, once it became a printed comic, Baranoff started adding explicit sexual sequences into his storylines. It was later revealed to be a Stealth Parody of Satanism intended to promote belief in God, but after Baranoff became an atheist, it is now an Orphaned Series.

The series began as a webcomic, and five printed issues were produced.


Tropes used in Tales of the Unrefined include: