He's worked together with Brubaker on so many creative crime fiction comics that he's like a shadow or an overcoat. It's easy to overlook the contributions of artist Sean Phillips - so I won't. I relate to much of his attitude (except his take on dispensing justice) and appreciate the quirkiness of the character (living in an abandoned movie house and watching reels of '60's sitcoms and b-movies). Like Connelly's Bosch, Brubaker's Ethan Reckless is a character that fascinates me. This one really sticks the landing.īrubaker focuses on some obsessive issues of the 1970's and 1980's, snuff films and satanic cults, and weaves them into his story of a determined Reckless trying to find the whereabouts or status (living or dead) of his new girlfriend's older foster sister, who went to Hollywood for stardom and disappeared eight years prior. Like a Michael Connelly police procedural Bosch novel, you just keep reading because you know the payoff will be worth it. reckless." - Damon Lindelof (LOST, HBO'sWATCHMEN) Another hit graphic novel from theaward-winning creators of PULP, MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, CRIMINAL,and KILL OR BE KILLED - a must-have for all Brubaker and Phillipsfans! And look for the next standalone bookin the Reckless series in October! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.FRIEND OF THE DEVIL gets bogged down a bit with detective procedural issues, but it's fascinating to learn how the mind of Ethan Reckless (a problem-solver and a fixer, but not a bonafide private investigator) pulls at the thinnest of threads and works his way eventually to the whole ball of yarn. "No one does crimefic like Brubaker and Phillips, and their collaboration has never felt more new.Explosive. until a missing womanshows up in the background of an old B-movie, and Ethan is drawn intoHollywood's secret occult underbelly as he hunts for her among the wreckage ofthe wild days of the '70s.
It's1985 and things in Ethan's life are going pretty well. The next book in the red-hot Reckless series is here! Bestselling crime noir masters Ed Brubakerand Sean Phillips are back with another new original graphic novel featuringtroublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless.
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