The tenth collected volume of 100 Bullets is somewhat ho-hum, given a focus on the less interesting players among the major ongoing characters in the series. We get more of Lono and his endless supply of cartoon violence, this time paired up with Jack, who is apparently the most beautiful boy junkie in the world, having maintained an excellent physique all throughout a long period of drug addiction. And then there is a storyline involving a couple of minor New York gangster types who manage to challenge Lono in the unnecessary violence sweepstakes. It's all a bit silly and not quite up to snuff, although Eduardo Risso's artwork is as compelling as ever. ( )

I'm two-thirds of the way through this one and disappointed. This is heavy into the manipulation of the powerful crime houses and little into the personal and insightful tales into life for those caught in the house members' machinations. It's like if "The Wire" started following local politics instead of life on the streets. *yawn* Does anybody care whether the house members live or die? The exciting, engaging part of the series is the way the house members cruelly affect the lives of people we can sympathize with. There's little of that here. ( )