Story: Robert Kirkman
Writer: Nick Spencer
Artist: Shawn Martinbrough
The Solicitation
Conrad Paulson has turned his back to his life as Redmond, international master criminal, in order to regain some semblance of the life he left behind. Will it be enough to reconcile with his wife? Save his son from the life? Or will it end up getting them all killed?
Preview
The Story
Let's talk about a slow burning comic. A slow burning comic takes some time to develop, will let panels pass by without words so that the art can tell some story, and knows that you will be around for a couple of issues to let it develop. The key is that the premise of the comic or the characters draw you in enough to allow for the slow burn to happen.
This comic is the perfect example of a slow burn gone bad.
The art will come later, but just looking at the story makes me wonder why it is going at such a slow pace. We start off with Redmond talking with his assistant who is obviously upset that he quit. She leaves in a huff. Redmond then goes to a restaurant and meets his ex wife in what smells like an Ocean's 11 scene. They argue about similar things that they did in Ocean's 11, and then we get a flashback to where and how the thief and his ex first met. They banter back and forth a few more panels, she tells him to talk to their son about all the lost time, and then he goes to a storage unit and looks at a picture of his son. End of issue.
I took five more minutes to read the comic again to see if I was missing anything. I didn't. It was still a bad comic. I could care less about the main character and his problems, and I don't see the story going anywhere that I haven't seen in other media or stories. If there was at least a line or two of dialogue that stood out, then I would be happier.
The Art
Repeating panels. Several times. Fuzzy backgrounds. All over.
I remember when this artist was drawing for Detective Comics years back and I didn't notice this type of style. Funny, I almost want to pull out those old comics to see if the panels were reused at all, because that guy look eerily similar to Bruce Wayne from what I remember. I haven't gone back yet to see, just from my memory it looks that way.
The Cover
Thieves stealing money and brandishing guns. Nothing too exciting. And I still say that logo looks familiar with something else that I have seen. Bah.
Grades
Words: 3/10
Pictures: 3/10
Recommend: Nah. Kirkman doesn't have the Midas Touch with everything he touches.
Buy Next Issue: I'm out. Two issues of the same decompressed story and wasted art and I'm not interested in it.
Previous Issues
Thief of Thieves #1
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