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A review by ravenousbibliophile
The Black Monday Murders Volume 2 by Jonathan Hickman
4.0
Blurb: The reason the Devil always collects his dues, is to pay-off his debt to Mammon.
Hickman's masterful and complex story-telling doesn't disappoint as once again readers are thrust into the world of the obscenely wealthy and the disturbingly powerful Caina-Kankrin banking group. Unlike the last time however, this volume delivers more in the way of information via flashbacks and snippets from the diaries/emails of characters. These snippets are placed strategically throughout the book and serve to both foreshadow coming events and explains certain events as shown in Volume 1.
My only complaint with the Volume is that it's over too soon. That is both a compliment and a criticism because while newer dynamics have been introduced and the narrative remains tight, several questions remain unanswered. It's one thing to whet the appetite of the reader, it's quite another to starve them of concrete information, and one does need concrete information in a story such as this. The info-graphics and flashbacks provide an adequate footing to understand the activities of the story but the philosophy of 'less is more' proves to be quite irksome from time to time.
Once again, the art is breath-taking and haunting, and I particularly enjoyed the use of shadows and diffused lights in certain panels, not to mention the character designs of the newer entities that have made themselves known in this volume.
Looking forward to the next Volume much in the same way that certain characters in the book look forward to a financial crisis.
Hickman's masterful and complex story-telling doesn't disappoint as once again readers are thrust into the world of the obscenely wealthy and the disturbingly powerful Caina-Kankrin banking group. Unlike the last time however, this volume delivers more in the way of information via flashbacks and snippets from the diaries/emails of characters. These snippets are placed strategically throughout the book and serve to both foreshadow coming events and explains certain events as shown in Volume 1.
My only complaint with the Volume is that it's over too soon. That is both a compliment and a criticism because while newer dynamics have been introduced and the narrative remains tight, several questions remain unanswered. It's one thing to whet the appetite of the reader, it's quite another to starve them of concrete information, and one does need concrete information in a story such as this. The info-graphics and flashbacks provide an adequate footing to understand the activities of the story but the philosophy of 'less is more' proves to be quite irksome from time to time.
Once again, the art is breath-taking and haunting, and I particularly enjoyed the use of shadows and diffused lights in certain panels, not to mention the character designs of the newer entities that have made themselves known in this volume.
Looking forward to the next Volume much in the same way that certain characters in the book look forward to a financial crisis.