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Sandman Mystery Theatre, Vol. 2: The Face and the Brute by John Watkiss, R.G. Taylor, Matt Wagner
albertico66's review
4.0
The Face was an interesting story arc, with a little more look of the bigotry that was more prominent at the time. Artwork was beautiful, characters look sharper. The Brute was not as great. I was not satisfied with the arc, especially with how it ended.
angelofmine1974's review
dark
medium-paced
2.5
Not as good as the first volume but I will continue on with the series. Two stories in this one. One called the Face where the bad buy can alter his appearance and the second one is called the Brute. My favorite of the two was the Brute. Good graphics. The reason why I took a half star off was due to the extreme amount of racism, especially in the first story. I get it that happened a lot in the past but it was a little too much for me to enjoy the story.
thecommonswings's review
4.0
My only concerns with this book is occasionally it wanders into glibness by using real horrors to drive the action - the monstrousness at the heart of Chinatown is all the worse for being barely spoken. It really lingers as you slowly process the relationship between father and daughter. If Wagner can learn to curtail the temptation to toy with fridging female characters and the like, then this would be brilliant. It’s taut and dark and beautifully written, at heart an attempt to take the noir elements of Batman and see if they can exist with little more exotic than a gas mask and gas gun. The art is phenomenal by the way: kinetic and dark and scratchy and pivotal to the story telling. Certainly it’s one of the few books I can think of where art and writing is absolutely simpatico so quickly
joshhornbeck's review
3.0
FIRST THOUGHTS:
Nice little grimy noir. Very dark, but completely riveting. I like the stylized illustration, but at time it makes it hard to follow the narrative or distinguish between characters. I appreciate Dian’s agency and narrative arc - especially in a medium (and written at a time), that often keeps female characters on the back burner.
Nice little grimy noir. Very dark, but completely riveting. I like the stylized illustration, but at time it makes it hard to follow the narrative or distinguish between characters. I appreciate Dian’s agency and narrative arc - especially in a medium (and written at a time), that often keeps female characters on the back burner.
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