World Famous Comics: 100 Bullets Vol. 11: Once Upon a Crime
100 Bullets Vol. 11: Once Upon a Crime
By: Brian Azzarello Publisher: Vertigo Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Vertigo Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 192 Publication Date: August 01, 2007 Release Date: August 01, 2007
WTF? I've read the first couple of 100 Bullets, and never really got into them - maybe it's the writing that's so predictably obtuse and intentionally vague, or maybe it's the fact that it reads like something that a 12-year-old thinks would sound really cool. Dunno.
Either way, I thought I'd pick up one of these later issues, to see whether things have gotten any better since then. In a word, no. This collection exemplifies everything I said above, and has nothing of the "standalone episodes" that characterize the early series (thus making it impossible for newcomers to even get *one* layer of enjoyment out of this tripe). Maybe I'm just feeling grumpy today, but Azzarello really lost it for me.
Azzarello rules. Brian Azzarello, 100 Bullets: Once Upon a Crime (Vertigo, 2007)
There are times over the course of its run when 100 Bullets has been the best comic series going. Once upon a Crime is not one of those times, but a new book in the series, no matter how far it slips off the rails, is still going to be better than a good deal of what you read in the same month.
This is a setup volume, where we spend time getting ready for the big final bangup while learning backstory on some characters. Nothing much happens in this volume-- there's one big plot-related bang, and that's it-- but Azzarello and Risso are so involved with these characters, and are so good at getting into their heads and doing their voices, that even little vignettes about minor characters or stand-ins are well worth your time. ****
An Opera of Violence Evil men come to evil ends. Thus, the saga continues of Agent Graves and his Minutemen, former allies, enemies and their twined interactions in a very dark, twisted and morally confusing world where nothing is as it appears to be and everyone is out for revenge.
Highly recommended!
You Know the Score An awesome new chapter to 100 Bullets. Things are really starting to heat up as plans are but into motion, alliances change, and you find out the one things that disgusts Lono. Basically, if you've been reading 100 Bullets, you know you are getting this book. If you haven't read 100 Bullets, why the hell aren't you? Pick up the first 2 books and start reading from there and catch up. Do not even think about not starting at volume 1, there is no way you'll be able to follow what is going on. I honestly suggest read the first 2 volumes before deciding how you feel about 100 Bullets because the first book is just an introduction book that doesn't even begin to touch on the greatness that is 100 Bullets.
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