The Fade Out, Vol. 1

author: Ed Brubaker

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.18

book published: 2015

rating: 5

read at: 2015/04/01

date added: 2015/04/01

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'The Fade Out Volume 1' is a brilliant start to a new series by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. It's set in the golden age of Hollywood and it hits all the right notes to make it pretty close to perfect.



Charlie Parish is a screenwriter trying to forget the war by drinking it out of his system. The book opens with him lying in a bathtub with no memory of the night before and a corpse in the next room. The corpse is the leading lady of another picture on his lot. Charlie decides to try to figure out what happened, but whoever did it doesn't want to be found out as Charlie is about to find out. Add in Charlie's drunk, blacklisted friend Gil, and Dottie, the studio assistant that has a crush that everyone but Charlie can see, and you've got a story full of interesting characters and a dark, brooding mystery about to boil over.



It doesn't complete in this volume, but it's still worth the ride. Ed Brubaker writes great stories, and this is no exception. There is a rather large cast of characters, but it's handled well. This is not your clean, friendly Hollywood, but a dark, dangerous one and Sean Phillips art and the colors used give the book a gritty look that I really liked.



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





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