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Got this a couple of weeks back--anybody else pick this up? The story's about Nea, a woman who pulled a robbery and ended up shot & in a coma from her lover. When she awakes from the coma a month later, she wants the money that's owed her, revenge on her lover, the money that's owed her, to evade the people that she robbed, some chili cheese fries & the money that's owed her. Did I mention she wants her goddamn money right now, motherfucker?
So far, it seems like a standard Pulp story, which isn't a bad thing. Lord knows Dashiell Hammett isn't rising from the grave to pump out another novel. But I do have 2 complaints about the 1st issue. The 1st is that it's confusing. If you thought Attack of the Clones was confusing, this is not for you. From what I can tell, there's about 5 different angles criss-crossing in different tangent down the road. Which make me think that it might be worth the wait to read this in TPB form so that you can read it all in one sitting.
The 2nd complaint is the artist, Brett Weldele. He did "Couscous Express" as well as this and it's willfully messy. More than a couple of frames even have fingerprints on 'em. I like the look, which reminds me alot of Ed Fotheringham's 50's retro illustrations. It's just hard to tell what's going on sometimes. I'll admit that part of this is griping about the fact that Jim Mahfood was origionally supposed to illustrate this. His drawing style is so much crisper and urban that it just doesn't look as good as he would have drawn it. Granted, the story locations aren't pretty (one scene shows the back of a diaper service with a dead guy that was tortured to death with a clothes iron), but I love 'food's art and I'm confident he would've done a great job with it.
Oni press release here, "brah" |
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