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A review by floralfox
Lady Killer by Jamie Rich
3.0
Dazzling art and a compelling story that keeps you turning the page.
Josephine (Josie) Schuller is the picture perfect wife and mother of the 1960s: she's got great hair, make-up, dresses, nightgowns, and a charming little blonde family. She makes dinner every night, and her husband believes her to be a model citizen: donating her time to worthy causes, like volunteering at hospice care. Only Josie has a little secret: she's really a for-hire assassin that gets close to her targets by pretending to be the Avon lady or dressing up as a cocktail waitress and inviting the schmuck to the coat room.
Josie's got it all: a job she likes, extra spending money, a loving husband, and two cute little twin daughters. But things are starting to unravel. Her boss is frustrated with her time constraints due to her family life. Her mother-in-law is suspicious that the time she spends stabbing people to death is actually spent having an illicit affair.
When Josie becomes a hit because her family life is conflicting with her work life, Josie goes all in to save herself and her family.
(One not cool part: in one panel, her twin daughters are dressed up as Native Americans. The addition felt pointless and just uncool; cultures aren't costumes. It may be reflective of the times--and to an extent, even today's times--but it serves no function so it was just came off offensive)
Josephine (Josie) Schuller is the picture perfect wife and mother of the 1960s: she's got great hair, make-up, dresses, nightgowns, and a charming little blonde family. She makes dinner every night, and her husband believes her to be a model citizen: donating her time to worthy causes, like volunteering at hospice care. Only Josie has a little secret: she's really a for-hire assassin that gets close to her targets by pretending to be the Avon lady or dressing up as a cocktail waitress and inviting the schmuck to the coat room.
Josie's got it all: a job she likes, extra spending money, a loving husband, and two cute little twin daughters. But things are starting to unravel. Her boss is frustrated with her time constraints due to her family life. Her mother-in-law is suspicious that the time she spends stabbing people to death is actually spent having an illicit affair.
When Josie becomes a hit because her family life is conflicting with her work life, Josie goes all in to save herself and her family.
(One not cool part: in one panel, her twin daughters are dressed up as Native Americans. The addition felt pointless and just uncool; cultures aren't costumes. It may be reflective of the times--and to an extent, even today's times--but it serves no function so it was just came off offensive)