Darwyn Cooke’s Batman: Ego Never having read Richard Stark’s Parker series, I picked up Darwyn Cooke’s graphic novel adaptations. The stories themselves were awesome but what had originally grabbed me was Cooke’s unique style. When I finished, I was salivating for more. Imagine how happy I was to find out he did a few runs…
Richard Stark/Darwyn Cooke’s Parker Man, was this all kinds of awesome.Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by the late Richard Stark (Donald Westlake), artist Darwyn Cooke adapted it to the graphic novel medium. Parker, set up by a desperate man in need of paying off some sketchy loans, seemingly returns from the dead…
Josh Bazell’s Beat The Reaper In Beat The Reaper, Bazell presents us with Peter Brown, a medical resident who years ago, entered into the witness protection program; as he used to be a contract killer for the mob. In exchange for his cooperation with the police some time ago, Brown was given a new life…
Clevenger’s The Contortionist’s Handbook When I was first recommended this book, I had no idea what to expect. For whatever reason, I was mainly going by the cover art and relying on that to tell me what this book was mainly about. A contortionist. Wrong. Never judge a book by it’s cover folks.The book is…
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…
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