Thumbprint
Private Mallory Grennan had done terrible things as an Abu Ghraib prison worker. After being discharged from the army, Mal thought she was leaving her sins behind to start a new life back home. But some things can't be left behind - some things don't want to be left behind! Featuring Joe Hill and...
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Private Mallory Grennan had done terrible things as an Abu Ghraib prison worker. After being discharged from the army, Mal thought she was leaving her sins behind to start a new life back home. But some things can't be left behind - some things don't want to be left behind! Featuring Joe Hill and Jason Ciaramella, the writing team that brought you the Eisner-award nominated one-shot, The Cape, with art by Vic Malhotra, Thumbprint will turn your guts inside out!
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781613777480 (1613777485)
Publish date: December 24th 2013
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Pages no: 104
Edition language: English
A veteran from the Iraqi war comes back to the states to live in the house of her recently deceased father and begins bartending at a local bar. One night she finds a patron passed out in the parking lot and promptly steals the money out of his wallet and the wedding ring off of his finger. Soon aft...
A mediocre story with the uninspired realization riding on the wave of revelations of atrocities committed in Iraq and Abu Ghraib
Here we are again Mr. Hill, with a book that starts good but with an ending that makes me just as frustrated as the last short story I read written by you. This is so tormenting that I don't know if I should continue with your short stories but I probably will...
A nasty little piece of work. Mr Hill's mastery of the short story proves effective in comics format. http://fedpeaches.blogspot.com/2013/12/speaking-of-disturbing-graphic-novels.html
"You’d be surprised what you can do to people".I haven’t read or watched a lot of fiction that has to do with war. I've only really seen a handful of movies and the majority of them paint soldiers in a glowing light. I’m not about to sit here and criticize those who put themselves directly in harm’s...