Noir
An anthology of tales of murder and deceit.
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This is an anthology of crime comics by some of the best writers and artists working in the comics field today. Like most anthologies it’s got some good stories and some poor ones but I think it’s a pretty decent roundup of crime noir and an enjoyable, if brief, read.
“Stray Bullets” creator David Lapham contributes the story of a kidnapped girl stuffed into a box “to be raped later” by a couple of teenage nutcases, only it ends with the boys being tricked by the girl and their own stupidity.
Jeff Lemire contributes a story that feels like it came straight from the 50s and the pen of Jim Thompson with the story of an elderly farmer in need of cash being visited by a bank robber with a bag full of money and a body full of bullets.
Rick Geary tells the story of jealous love, a man hires a private investigator to follow his wife and see if she’s cheating on him. And then he hires an assassin, but somehow it all goes wrong.
No anthology of noir would be complete without the current masters of noir comics weighing in and Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips contribute a short story from their amazing “Criminal” series called “21st Century Love” and manages to pack so much intrigue and story into a few short pages. This was definitely the highlight of the book and showed why Brubaker & Phillips are so successful.
There’s a Twilight Zone-esque tale of an out of shape housewife going to the gym to tone up and winding up with a new husband. I won’t say anyone but it’s kind of bizarre and was the only story here that I don’t think was exactly “noir” but was still entertaining nonetheless. The story is “The New Me” by Gary Philips and Eduardo Barreto.
Finally Brian Azzarello teams up with artists Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba to tell what seems to be a mundane crime story until the reveal on the final page. “The Bad Night” is a prelude to the origin story of Bruce Wayne.
There were other stories in this collection but I decided to only highlight the ones I thought were any good. It’s a good collection and certainly lives up to the title of “Noir”. Crime comics fans will enjoy it and it’s fun enough for casual comics fans to get into.
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