It takes place in Hawaii in 1953 and it tells the tale of a down on his luck private eye, were there any other kind back in the 1950's?, his war buddy who became a tough cop, a pair of beautiful sisters, gangsters, and some seriously creepy goings on. Everything from the art, to the writing, to the lettering, to the coloring in this graphic novel is knock out great. It's a modern classic in my opinion and it's the kind of story that Marvel and DC would never ever have told in comic book form. It's one of those noir stories where you can see things coming from a mile away but it's still enthralling. I recommend it highly and I just saw where Johnny Knoxville may be starring in the film adaption of this work, so I suggest you read the graphic novel(s), there are more in the series, before they let Johnny Knoxville ruin it for everyone.
On a side note, I found this graphic novel at my local library and once again I must say how nice it is to have a library and a head librarian who appreciates this type of reading material. I'm hoping that my local library will buy more of this series and more of the Walking Dead series of graphic novels, hint, hint.
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Sounds cool. Will head over and check out PaperBackSwap.
Is this IDW? In my opinion, they have the coolest shit out there. I haven't seen this before, but the coloring and the name just bought me.
It's from Image Comics SLF and it's back at the library, I returned it yesterday.
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