Nate Bowden’s Holliday Having never seen the original movie, Tombstone, that this graphic novel takes a stab at updating, I’m not sure if I can comment on whether or not it’s successful in transplanting the story from the Wild West to the crime ridden streets. What I can comment on is whether or not it…
Justin Cronin’s The Passage I take in book related podcasts, spend a lot of time on GoodReads.com and browse the web for upcoming releases that are setting the book industry ON FIRE. Therefore, I’m bound to be sucked into the hype machine that can surround some big releases. A while back, I took in the…
Alfred Lansing’s Endurance Ernest Shackleton and his crew of 27 men have taken away my man card. Seriously. I have never even remotely come into a situation as dire and desperate as the stranded crew of the Endurance. If I did, I’m sure I would curl up in the fetal position and just hope that…
Gotham Central Vol 2: Joker’s & Madmen The second collection from the Brubaker/Rucka written series, Gotham Central, follows the much the same formula as the first. While I liked this volume just as much as the first, it may pull ahead slightly thanks to the introduction of Joker to the series. His arc, Soft Targets…
Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon Here we go. Book number two in my 25 crime-fiction classic list! After finishing this, I probably should’ve started with this one but honestly, who’s going to blame me for reading a Raymond Chandler novel first? Sam Spade and Miles Archer, private eye’s residing in San Fransisco, are hired by a…
Ed Brubaker’s Incognito: Bad Influences After I put down Incognito a few months back, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the sequel. Unfortunately, I was on the bottom of the list when it came to borrowing it from my local library. Instead of running to my local Chapters and snagging it as soon…
Block’s Time to Murder and Create Matt Scudder has been entrusted with an envelope following the death of blackmailer, Jacob “Spinner” Jablon. The contents of said envelope you ask? Oh, nothing crazy, just evidence that could ruin the lives of three New Yorkers. Basically, Spinner has posthumously asked Scudder to find out who killed him.…
Brubaker & Rucka’s Gotham Central There’s very little reason this should work. Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka want you to sit down, pick this up and become captivated by the stories of the Gotham City Police Department. A force that has become all but neutered by the exploits of The Dark Knight. Honestly, who wants…
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