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A review by kinbote4zembla
100 Bullets: The Deluxe Edition Book V by Eduardo Risso, Brian Azzarello
4.0
This was solid. It returned — somewhat — to the individual, concentrated stories that comprised the first two volumes of 100 Bullets. And I am grateful for that.
There are, however, two glaring issues with this comic book. Firstly, the overarching mythology/conspiracy is not nearly as interesting as Azzarello seems to think it is. And secondly, the characters are not as well defined as a work like this requires. The Minutemen constantly flipflop in their allegiances and I still can't figure out why.
That said, 100 Bullets is pretty good. I don't quite believe that it is great. There are, certainly, brilliant moments throughout, and I think some of the characters are very interesting. The dialogue is consistently wonderful. There are subtle questions posed about violence, corruption, and power. And the thing I loved most is probably Azzarello's rather nuanced deconstruction of the moral quandary that kicked the series off and reverberates throughout the series.
I liked this volume much more than the previous one. And I will use Loop's words — after slaughtering a group of people and deciding to give murder — to sum this comic series up: "Just wasted a cadre a' muthafuckas. Don' know why, an' worse? Don' feel nothin' about it... Fucked shit."
4 Times People Inexplicably Decide Not to Kill Someone Because It's Convenient for the Plot out of 5
For the entire series, 100 Bullets:
4 Loveable Lonos out of 5
There are, however, two glaring issues with this comic book. Firstly, the overarching mythology/conspiracy is not nearly as interesting as Azzarello seems to think it is. And secondly, the characters are not as well defined as a work like this requires. The Minutemen constantly flipflop in their allegiances and I still can't figure out why.
That said, 100 Bullets is pretty good. I don't quite believe that it is great. There are, certainly, brilliant moments throughout, and I think some of the characters are very interesting. The dialogue is consistently wonderful. There are subtle questions posed about violence, corruption, and power. And the thing I loved most is probably Azzarello's rather nuanced deconstruction of the moral quandary that kicked the series off and reverberates throughout the series.
I liked this volume much more than the previous one. And I will use Loop's words — after slaughtering a group of people and deciding to give murder — to sum this comic series up: "Just wasted a cadre a' muthafuckas. Don' know why, an' worse? Don' feel nothin' about it... Fucked shit."
4 Times People Inexplicably Decide Not to Kill Someone Because It's Convenient for the Plot out of 5
For the entire series, 100 Bullets:
4 Loveable Lonos out of 5