by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips
A heist tale of a plan gone wrong, featuring a motley collecting of criminals and crooked cops featuring a master thief who lives by a rigid code which causes people to dislike him. Often times my praise of graphic novels is partly for their inventiveness in storytelling, or graphic design. To be ho...
There is a villan in this graphic novel named Roy L. T.. I mean seriously, that's awesome. Leo is a career criminal - Hell, it runs in his family! The son of one of the best pick-pockets in Philly, Leo has evolved the family business into a much larger, more ambitious livelihood. While he hasn't...
Our hero, Leo, is not a hero, and that's the point. He's not a hero because he's a crook. He's not a hero because he'll choose to save his own skin over honor, money, and friendship. But he's also good at what he does, which is plan heists. His troubles begin when he breaks his rules (no guns, no co...
I was a bit disappointed with this one, and I can't even say exactly why. Maybe because I read Fell not so long ago and deemed it a masterpiece in gritty comic noir. I may have drawn an unfortunate comparison.On the surface, this is a great comic. Career criminal bites off more than he can chew, is ...
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