Beautifully rendered and so skillfully plotted with a central character who is compelling in so many ways. 'Friend of the Devil' is more than just a Grateful Dead song title but a compulsively readable crime and occult mystery novel. Image, 24. Another great graphic novel from the masters of this genre, Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips & Jacob Phillips. And, to be sure, the Reckless books do all of that (except for the humor, again, see Stray Bullets). Friend of the Devil: A Reckless Book Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Bestselling crime noir masters Ed Brubakerand Sean Phillips are back with another new original. Maybe they do it with a little suspense, maybe they do it with some dark humor (see Stray Bullets), but it’s almost always just a bit surface level. Friend of the Devil (A Reckless Book) (BOK). So many crime comics are interested in showing readers the worst of what people are capable of, of what we do to each other, and of the reasons we find for why.
This is unsurprisingly a very well-made book, but there’s something just a bit below the surface in Reckless that I find it far more interesting to write about. I could easily write another 500 words or so about how well-made these comics are, about Brubaker’s understated but clear characterization, about Sean Phillips untouchable noir cartooning (colored here by his son, Jacob Phillips), and about the duo’s finely-honed ability to make crime comics. And friends? I absolutely love these graphic novels. By Zack Quaintance - The second of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips straight-to-book market graphic novel series, Reckless, hit earlier this year with the arrival of the aptly-named Friend of the Devil - A Reckless Book.
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