GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: The Ghost In You - A Reckless Book
The Ghost in You solidifies the Reckless series as a worthy comics equivalent to the pulp adventure novels that inspired it.
Read MoreGRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Destroy All Monsters - A Reckless Book
It comes as no shock to say I loved everything about Destroy All Monsters. But I think what might need to be said more than anything is that this is a story I feel compelled to sit with and discuss…
Read MoreGRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Friend of the Devil - A Reckless Book
This is unsurprisingly a very well-made book, but there’s something just a bit below the surface in Friend of the Devil - A Reckless Book that I find it far more interesting to write about…
Read MoreGRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Reckless Vol. 1 by Brubaker and Phillips
Reckless, Vol. 1 by Brubaker and Phillips showcases all that the comic book/graphic novel medium is capable of, successfully launching a new series that is among the most exciting crime comics in years.
Read MoreCruel Summer HC - TRADE RATING REVIEW
By Bruno Savill De Jong — Partway through Cruel Summer – a collected storyline from the most recent volume of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ critically-acclaimed Criminal – juvenile delinquent Ricky Lawless harasses some police-officers out of repressed frustration. As Ricky feels, the narration informs us, “this was when Ricky Lawless felt most alive… When he was running from trouble he had caused. Running from consequence… You existed in the breeze and the laughter and the chase. Not knowing if you would make it or not. Yet never feeling more free”.
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