Needless to say, heads do roll – as do necks snap. In “Chill in the Oven”, our attention is turned back to Loop – last seen in Hang Up on the Down Low – as he deals with the arrival of Lono to the prison in which he is languishing. 4/5Īfter a brief series of vignettes, Azzarello and Risso return to what they do best in Samurai by crafting two story-arcs which follow-up two characters from earlier volumes. When it goes OOP, can't imagine it will get a reprint anytime soon. If you've never read it, stop what ever you are doing (probably reading this review) and get it.
But thankfully, 100 Bullets is one of the greatest collections I've had the fortune to read thus far, and absolutely and unequivocally belongs on every respecting comic book fans shelf. If this didn't live up to my expectations, I would've been crushed. Whilst a few issues towards the end certainly weren't as good as the opening salvo's, and the prevalence and quality of the dialogue wasn't as strong at the end of the book as the beginning, but nearly sixty issues of quality street level noir with the same artist is something I can't quite accurately describe how happy it makes me. And yeah, the guy knows how to draw a seedy, yet sexy looking woman, that's for sure. Some of the artwork and colouring in the final runs collected here were stunning, causing more of those lingering stares. This only grew as the run continued, and the guy's chops and style improved. It suited the story and Azarello's writing down to a T. I had minimal experience with Risso's artwork before this, although despite him being very much a love him or hate him type artist, I was instantly on board with his style. Because I'm completely immersed in the story, or maybe because there is a rather fetching young lady featured on the page (and there are quite a few of those featured throughout). I read things over and over again, not because they're ridiculous or don't make sense, but because they're so bloody good. I know when I'm absolutely on board with a comic, when rather than read at my usual pace, I linger on panels, pages. Though it wouldn't be the first time that someone was really good at writing a down and dirty crime noir, yet didn't have the chops to deliver, say, a long run on a female superhero.īut on to 100 Bullets. Now, over the last year or so since its release, there were plenty of times I began to doubt Azarello's ability to deliver on this, for I've read some absolute stinkers from him. Once read, it can never again be read for the first time. One of those reads that you just know you're going to love, so you don't want to burn it too quickly. I was holding this one back for a rainy day. (Zero spoiler review for the omnibus this story arc collects) 4/5
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