This is a series of vignettes involving angst prone blue collar protagonists drawing heavily from American popular culture in the first half of the last century.

This graphic novel focuses heavily on inner dialogue, and it can sound a bit like a masters thesis in Americana meets a noir mystery, but never is cloy.

The real stand out is the art with a style that wavers between Daniel Clowes and Charles Burns with a stop at Wally Wood. It is very rare to find some one who can so effectively use large black spaces and seemlessly transfer to an articulate and lyrical line that serves the mood of his topic so expertly

rating 89 The story is about an attractive female assassin with amnesia, while engaging and well paced, what really makes this book truly distinctive is the artwork. It is a mix of black and white with color and ink styles mixed in with more painterly techniques. The mix of styles works well with in the narrative . It is often very expressive but consistently more readable then many Noir style comics.

The book has a gorgeous matte on gloss hardcover. One thing many comics done in a darker style often forget is that Noir art begins with the paper, if you don’t use a white enough stock the contrast range of the entire comic is limited. Here they use a quality paper that helps both the black and color accents pop.

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