This is not how I originally saw Malkavians. It depicts Malk life as one humiliating prank after the next with a smattering of insight here and there. When I first read this edition to the clanbook series I laughed, because, stupid or not, this book is really funny. If you want to spend about thirteen dollars for a comic book and shipping and handling, by all means, go right ahead.

A good read for storytellers too, who want to add a humorous sidekick to an otherwise serious game to accent the morbid reality of it all. Malkavian clanbook was the first printed, and set the precedent for any and all GOOD clanbooks to follow. You might remember him from Aristotle's rantings in 'The Book of Nod' also out by White Wolf. Entertaining and more fun than a sack of raw potatoes, the mention of Malk Content is quite well-placed. (Anyone telling you it's the other way around is themselves, quite mad.) If you want to know a little more about the one clan you can never know it all about, feel free to entertain yourself for a good couple hours with this book. Malkavians know more about themselves than any other clan, and in this knowledge, is madness. The clan symbol for Malkavians best describes all vampire's quest to understand themselves and the plight that has befallen them. Beautiful, wonderful, you cannot completely understand this book without, of course, a mirror. If the first doesn't leave you dazed and confused, the second most definately will. First, beat yourself about the head and shoulders with large metal objects, second, read this book.

If you think you understand who the Malkavians are, and what they're here to do.

Clanbook by Daniel Greenberg