Ex-Con

author: Duane Swierczynski
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.27
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2015/12/25
date added: 2015/12/25
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Ex-Con'by Duane Swerczynski and art by Keith Burns is a noir graphic novel that takes place in LA in the late 1980s. It's an interesting story with an odd sort of supernatural/superpower twist.

Cody Pomeroy can see the seven deadly sins on people as different color shades, so he knows when they are lying or greedy, etc. He uses this ability as a crook until he finds himself in prison. While in prison, he ends up owing a favor to a guy inside to be completed when he gets out. That favor is not an easy one and ends up getting further complicated by other favors along the way. The only problem is that his ability to see the truth about people seems to be on the fritz so he doesn't know who to trust.

The setting is the 1980s, but it's that of films like To Live and Die in LA and Less Than Zero. I like the setting and it feels right. I like the noir style. I found the art to be a bit lacking, but the story helped propel things along nicely. I like the kind of noir story where our hero/antihero just keeps finding himself getting pulled in deeper, and this one totally fits that. A fun read.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Dynamite Entertainment, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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