Criminal, Vol. 6: The Last of the Innocent

author: Ed Brubaker
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2015/08/17
date added: 2015/08/17
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Criminal Volume 6: The Last of the Innocent' by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips brings the series to an excellent conclusion, perhaps not in an expected way, but brilliantly nevertheless.

Riley Richards lives in the city now. He's married well and seems to have it all. When his father gets ill, he goes back to the small town he's from, Brookview. His flashbacks of the memories of those days is told in a style like the old Archie comics, but still decidedly in the Criminal fashion. We see how Riley met his wife, and his friends Lizzie Gordon and Vladmir "Freakshow" Frykowski. Along with the nostalgia, we see the things that are really bugging Riley, like his gambling debts, his prenuptial agreement, his job with his controlling father-in-law, and his cheating wife Felix. It wouldn't be a Criminal story if that were all there were, but to reveal more would be unfair to you.

The suspense is definitely there. There are a few cameos of other characters from the Criminal universe. The nostalgia is handled wonderfully, and the story is as good as any other in this series. I was introduced to this series earlier this year when Image reprinted it, and it's got to be the best thing I've read in comics in a long time, maybe of all time. I can't recommend this entire series highly enough, especially if the stories sound appealing to you. It has masterful plotting, and perfect art and color, and I wish there were more.

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 graphic novel.


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