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dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Okay, this one?
It's DARK.
With only one more volume to go (plus the follow-up Brother Lono "epilogue") I can only imagine how this is all gonna end, but I'm absolutely here for it. This series consistently blows me away like no other long-running series ever has.
It's DARK.
With only one more volume to go (plus the follow-up Brother Lono "epilogue") I can only imagine how this is all gonna end, but I'm absolutely here for it. This series consistently blows me away like no other long-running series ever has.
nharkins's review
4.0
i've been reading the individual issues, so unless the summary states the issue numbers
or story arc titles, i'm not always clear on what's in what trade volume, so i'll just say:
there's some damn good scenes near the end, before the final shit-slide. i even started
to think azzarello might end this whole thing well.
or story arc titles, i'm not always clear on what's in what trade volume, so i'll just say:
there's some damn good scenes near the end, before the final shit-slide. i even started
to think azzarello might end this whole thing well.
xterminal's review
4.0
Brian Azzarello, 100 Bullets: Dirty (Vertigo, 2008)
We are coming to the end of 100 Bullets (though with this volume covering issues 84-88 of the comic and Azzarello and Risso having projected one hundred volumes, the final book in the series looks like it's going to be three times as long as this one), and while it's had its difficulties over the years, I, for one, will be awfully sad to see it go. Dirty, the series' penultimate book, shows us the first blood being drawn in the long-brewing war between Graves and the Trust, and if this is any indication of what's to come after, things will not be pretty. Not at all. But then, this is the garish, violent world of Azzarello and Risso, a world that takes all the pulp-fiction luridness of Frank Miller's Sin City and crosses it with both the action-noir feel of a Mickey Spillane novel and the violence of any dozen news stories about Colombian drug cartels. Nothing is pretty in this world. That's part of its appeal. Dirty is one of those volumes that seems to lose its way on occasion; this is setup for the last volume. But still, it's good setup, and if you've come this far, I guarantee your perusal of this one will be tinged with anticipation for what's coming next. Stay tuned. Things are about to explode. *** ½
We are coming to the end of 100 Bullets (though with this volume covering issues 84-88 of the comic and Azzarello and Risso having projected one hundred volumes, the final book in the series looks like it's going to be three times as long as this one), and while it's had its difficulties over the years, I, for one, will be awfully sad to see it go. Dirty, the series' penultimate book, shows us the first blood being drawn in the long-brewing war between Graves and the Trust, and if this is any indication of what's to come after, things will not be pretty. Not at all. But then, this is the garish, violent world of Azzarello and Risso, a world that takes all the pulp-fiction luridness of Frank Miller's Sin City and crosses it with both the action-noir feel of a Mickey Spillane novel and the violence of any dozen news stories about Colombian drug cartels. Nothing is pretty in this world. That's part of its appeal. Dirty is one of those volumes that seems to lose its way on occasion; this is setup for the last volume. But still, it's good setup, and if you've come this far, I guarantee your perusal of this one will be tinged with anticipation for what's coming next. Stay tuned. Things are about to explode. *** ½
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