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"A sharp, smart comic that rises above the genre's cliches to create something fresh and exciting... one of the best new series of 2006." - Penn Patriot-News "With an assist from Phillips' noir-kissed art, Brubaker proves a wordsmith of rare restraint, fine-tuning a well-worn genre" - Entertainment Weekly"
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"Criminal" is a series of knife-sharp, noir-tinged tales about the people who live on the wrong side of the law. Tracy Lawless is back from Iraq, and looking for the people who killed his brother. Now he must use all his army skills as well as his knowledge of the underworld to infiltrate the gang responsible - but when he gets too close to one of the gang, will he be able to carry out his mission of vengeance? By award-winning writer Ed Brubaker ("Gotham Central") and acclaimed artist Sean Phillips ("Marvel Zombies"), this gritty take on society's underbelly has been critically acclaimed and a commercial smash - it'd be criminal to miss it! It is intended for adults!
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Format:Paperback
It is easy to believe that film companies will be falling over themselves to buy the rights to any of Brubaker's Criminal series, and it's equally easy to believe that, given a talented director, these stories could be made into classic crime dramas.
However, being a huge comic fan I don't need that to happen to find myself happily immersed in the visual/textual comic medium and be blown away by Ed Brubaker's Criminal series. He has a knack for writing characters who, yes, might appear slightly on the clichéd side, but still engage us and still draw us in and, ultimately, make us care about what happens to them as we believe in them and their lives and the complex, desperate situations they find themselves in.
Lawless is a great case in point being the story of soldier who has absconded from the military to travel back to the city of his birth and seek vengeance against those who have brought about the death of his criminal younger brother. Read simply like that it seems a by-the-numbers kind of tale, but the central figure of Tracy Lawless, and the characters of the gang he infiltrates, are so nicely fleshed out that the book is a joy to read, whilst the story pulls you along at breakneck speed to an obviously dark and explosive finale.
Sean Phillips artwork is a simple joy too, being stark and lightly detailed and more than perfectly able to conjure up the flavour required for such storytelling.
I can only think of one other series of comic crime fiction that is as engaging as the Criminal series, and that would be Garth Ennis's Punisher MAX series. Though, if anything, the Criminal series is somewhat more believable as the Punisher, sometimes seemingly indestructible and with a kill rate of over a thousand criminals, can smack a little of the fantastic.
I'm not a huge fan of crime fiction either, but I can appreciate quality in any genre, and I'd recommend these stories to anyone who enjoys a good engaging comic read of a mature nature that is not only filled with complex characters, but is also rooted in a very real and believable world.
However, being a huge comic fan I don't need that to happen to find myself happily immersed in the visual/textual comic medium and be blown away by Ed Brubaker's Criminal series. He has a knack for writing characters who, yes, might appear slightly on the clichéd side, but still engage us and still draw us in and, ultimately, make us care about what happens to them as we believe in them and their lives and the complex, desperate situations they find themselves in.
Lawless is a great case in point being the story of soldier who has absconded from the military to travel back to the city of his birth and seek vengeance against those who have brought about the death of his criminal younger brother. Read simply like that it seems a by-the-numbers kind of tale, but the central figure of Tracy Lawless, and the characters of the gang he infiltrates, are so nicely fleshed out that the book is a joy to read, whilst the story pulls you along at breakneck speed to an obviously dark and explosive finale.
Sean Phillips artwork is a simple joy too, being stark and lightly detailed and more than perfectly able to conjure up the flavour required for such storytelling.
I can only think of one other series of comic crime fiction that is as engaging as the Criminal series, and that would be Garth Ennis's Punisher MAX series. Though, if anything, the Criminal series is somewhat more believable as the Punisher, sometimes seemingly indestructible and with a kill rate of over a thousand criminals, can smack a little of the fantastic.
I'm not a huge fan of crime fiction either, but I can appreciate quality in any genre, and I'd recommend these stories to anyone who enjoys a good engaging comic read of a mature nature that is not only filled with complex characters, but is also rooted in a very real and believable world.
Format:Paperback
These guys (Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips) work together so well in the past and are here again with Criminal (volume 2: Lawless). Once again they do not let you down the story line is excellent, but I especially love Sean Phillips artwork.
If you want a break from all those boring Marvel and DC super hero comics that keep getting churned out, then give the Criminal series ago. Don't get me wrong, I love super hero comics but you have to admit just lately, they seem to have lost the plot a little.
Anyway go click buy.
If you want a break from all those boring Marvel and DC super hero comics that keep getting churned out, then give the Criminal series ago. Don't get me wrong, I love super hero comics but you have to admit just lately, they seem to have lost the plot a little.
Anyway go click buy.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I have read three in this series and have enjoyed them all. The artwork and the stories are both very good. The characters and the criminal scene are very ably imagined and brought to life. Highly recommended!
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