Criminal

In keeping with my recent trend of letting the three of you who stop by this Blog on a regular basis (you know who you all are) up to date on what I read, I want to bring this book to every one's attention...

Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips is published by Icon, which is a small imprint of Marvel Comics. As I've said before, crime fiction has held my imagination for the past couple of years and as my little obsession grows I get drawn to books like this.

The first story arc entitled "Coward" follows a pickpocket named Leo as he's drawn into a heist by an old partner's wife and some crooked cops. Leo hasn't done a job with a crew since the last one went bust five years ago and he's still haunted by the repercussions. What follows is a tight story filled with double-crosses and characterization that Hollywood studios should be tripping over themselves to bring to the big screen.

Ed Brubaker first came to my attention when a friend told me to give Gotham Central a try (more on that in a future post to be sure). Sean Phillips held my intrest on a run of comics called Wildcats a few years back. I never felt the need to hunt donw all the works of either creator but if the two paired together keep turing in work like this, I'll me more than happy to sacrifice my $2.99 to them each and every month. And if that isn't praise enough... this may just be the book I give to my girlfriend (A Law & Order junkie) to get her into reading a comic book. Ha!

Till next time...