Velvet is the Real Deal!!!I picked this up because I have enjoyed other volumes by Brubaker. He definitely has the noir, crime story vibe down. This book is about a woman who everyone has been overlooked because she's the Moneypenny (as in Miss Moneypenny from the James Bond series). Nice to flirt w...
One word for this graphic novel. Atmosphere. I definitely felt like I was in the late 1940s Hollywood. But the real Hollywood, not the glamorous, shining synthetic world that so many people in the industry tried to project. The point of view is from a screenwriter deeply immersed in the studio syste...
Offensive racist stereotyping, rampant sexism, an abundance of rape, clichéd and disjointed storytelling and an unwieldy cast of homogenous characters of which to keep track – what’s not to love about this 1940s noir in graphic novel form? Continue reading →
I really liked the setting, the end of Hollywood's Golden Age with the many scandals being covered up and a lot of other problems. Charlie is a writer with PTSD who also seems to have troubles writing anything after the war. When, after a party he discovers a murdered women besides him, he starts to...
But I didn’t. I read this before the regular Young Avengers series. It was still a great series, well written, giving the characters in the Young Avengers their own spotlight and delving into their history and mindsets. Yes, there were narratives that came to a nice, easy close, but these reall...
This book was such a ride and took no time at all to get into it, especially considering my obsession with the Winter Soldier (both character and movie). This was as dark as I’d hope it would be with amazing writing, probably the best I’ve read in graphic novels. Last thoughts: great for Winter Sold...
Just enough mystery to keep you wanting more, and some beautiful colouring work by Elizabeth Breitweiser makes this more than simply a 'film-noir on paper'. Full review to follow
Los Angeles 1948. Charlie Parish wakes up after a wild party in an actress apartment. The problem is that the actress is lying in the apartment murdered. Charlie sneaks away from the apartment and is later stunned when he finds out that the murder has been covered up as a suicide. Now is he plagued ...
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