author: Ed Brubaker
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 2015/04/05
date added: 2015/04/05
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Criminal Vol. 3: The Dead and the Dying' is the third reprinted volume in the Harvey and Eisner award winning series. Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips are two of my favorite comic creators these days and this glimpse at their previous work shows why.
There are three separate stories in this volume, but they all interconnect. They involve a crime family, a woman who gets involved with them, and a Vietnam vet who needs money and goes to extreme measures to get it. The stories weave back and forth across the events and the reader gets differing perspectives on the story being told.
The stories are full of violence and it's consequences. The characters are sympathetic through their circumstances and failings. The art and writing are gritty and compelling.
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