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    Todd Jordan
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  • Murder Book



    Published by: Dark Horse Comics
    Released on: Mar. 25, 2015
    Writer: Ed Brisson
    Artist: various
    Cover Artist: Michael Walsh
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    A series of crime stories written by Ed Brisson fills the pages of this collection from Dark Horse, featuring tales reprinted from the pages of their award-winning anthology “Dark Horse Presents” (the third volume), as well as stories found in a couple of titles from Image Comics: “Grim Leaper” and “Near Death”. Each story is told in black-and-white and by a host of artists, and with the length of the stories varying, from a full-length 20-page tale to a 4-page quickie. But the stories all have a common theme: violent crime. And some are disturbing.

    One particular disturbing tale concerns a young man who happens upon the corpse of a young woman propped up against a tree. Before he can call for assistance, a small group of people show up, and tragically for the poor guy they are less interested in his side of the story and more interested in teaching him not to kill innocent girls. It's pretty horrible for the poor man.

    Brisson doesn't just pick on the innocent, as he also gives the works to the crooks with plenty of backstabbing and scheming to help show how the many different levels of scuzzballs and homicidal maniacs save the US Court system some money. Partners turn on partners; car thieves steal the wrong car and get busted for a homicide they had nothing to do with; old vendettas finally come to an end…Brisson shows the dark side of life from a number of different directions, sometimes with setup, sometimes just jumping into a small piece of the story. Oh and he isn't afraid to kill a kid either. At moments, he lays down some pretty rough stuff.

    The artists in the collection range in style and for the most part all capture the grittiness of his stories quite well. The variation in artists helps to provide a change in atmosphere from story to story and that helps in keeping the stories feel like they are individual of each other, which they are. If the whole volume was up of one writer/artist team, it would have been far less of a quality read. Some styles are more attractive than others, but not a one of them fails in its job.

    This is one of those collections that sucks you in and before you know it you're telling yourself “ok, read one more story and then go to bed” and the next thing you know its way past your bedtime. In other words, Murder Book is tough to put down
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