pickSome of the finest crime/noir storytelling in comics. Brubaker is a master at this. He has various crime series, and I cannot find fault with any of them. Bastard makes it look easy!
He is leagues above in quality over any other comic writer attempting crime fiction. There is no contest. Follow this man‘s writing, and you will never be disappointed.
pickA recovering, low-level low life is at the wrong place at the wrong time, and is pulled into a web of trouble. An extra layer of story and art on display as the main character is also writes a comic strip, and his creation enters the world through his mind.
so-soNot my favorite volume so far. The lives of three characters told from three different POVs.
pickTracy returns home to find answers about the death of his brother. No stranger to getting his hands dirty, he joins his brother's old crew and gets in deeper than he expected. Solid gold from Brubaker and Phillips.
In the midst of a decade of rejections from publishers for her books, L‘Engle turned to her china laughing Buddha that graced her writing desk.” I was very much aware that if I lost my ability to laugh,I wouldn‘t be able to write, either. Perhaps what was most helpful–… is a white China laughing Buddha which sits on my desk…he laughs at me, never with ridicule,but lovingly, tolerantly:you are taking yourself seriously aren‘t you Madeleine?What 🔽
pickI've read a couple Criminal stories here and there, but this will be my first proper read through, in anticipation of the upcoming TV series. Leo has a reputation of being an expert thief, but the first to hit the bricks at a sign of trouble. When someone from his past reemerges, he takes a job he knows he shouldn't, and, predictably, it doesn't go well, but modern master Brubaker keeps things interesting.
pickI started this this morning and didn‘t budge until I finished it. What a read, what a force of nature. #elizabethtaylor #kateandersenbrower #oldhollywood #glamour #icon #philanthropist #activist
pickIf I'd read John Singleton's introduction while picking up this book at the library, I'd have put it down again, as he makes it sound ickyly seedy & exploitative. As it was, I almost didn't bother reading it, but I'm glad I did in the end, as it was better than the sales pitch made it sound. Three interlinked noir chapters advance the violent story from three perspectives, using flashbacks and flashforwards. It's a pretty dark 3.5 ⭐
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