Matz

“I help rich people kill one another. Poor people, they can’t afford me. They handle it themselves.”

“That’s my job: kill time…and occasionally kill people.”

Good, fast paced read! The killer is quite the philosophizer, considering his profession. Sort of justifying what he does, based on the state of our current world, and also based on the history that most of our societies are based on. And he isn't that far out there in his thinking.

However, he is sort of cracking up a bit, show more and perhaps despite his rationalizing, this may not actually be the job for him. But, the job, well, it doesn't quite go away that easily...

Definitely enjoyed this volume, and definitely will check out the next one! show less

This is a recently released graphic novel, and a really well-done one. I read it in one day, not wanting to put it down.

If you have read James Ellroy's novel, you will be familiar with the storyline, as this graphic novel is adapted from that novel. The Black Dahlia is narrated by a cop, who has his life turned upside down when he and his partner are brought in to help investigate the Black Dahlia murder.

Ellroy takes the true crime of the Black Dahlia, and puts his own spin on it. Where he show more takes it can sometimes go a bit off the rails, but he makes it work, and the graphic novel keeps that spirit. The artistry of the illustrations is really excellent, and makes you feel like you are right in the noir.

I would definitely recommend this graphic novel. show less

"In the end, I am a killer. I put a definitive end to things and to lives. I'm not afraid of this. When I can shoot, I shoot. And when I shoot, I shoot to kill."

LOTS of philosophizing, sermonizing, and moralizing in these pages. Lots. Just read the last page - if it doesn't appeal to you, just know that there is a LOT more where that came from in this volume! Or read the beginning of chapter 7 for a big ol’ helping. But what the main character says a few pages further along - “Listen, show more I’m not here for a history lesson. We agree: the world sucks, it’s rotten to the core.” - applied to me as I read this. I quickly tired of reading the author's unending list of things that currently and historically occurred on this planet that prove mankind is scum. And man, does Matz have a laundry list of complaints...

I do like all the caimans! Extremely well drawn as are so many of the backgrounds and full-page pictures! And the original series covers in the back! Excellent artwork/awful sermonizing. And one deadly killer. I may not watch the movie after all. show less

Nearly forty years ago, in 1979, Walter Hill directed the cult classic The Warriors. Less than a decade later, amidst other gigs, he penned the story for Triggerman. In 2015, Rue de Sèvres releases the French language graphic novel Balles Perdues (translated 'Stray Bullets')

Lucky for those of us do not speak french, Hard Case Crime just released the first edition English graphic titled "Triggerman". It is 124 pages of gritty prohibition badass. Individual issues were released last year, but show more this collection soles the piecemeal problem many of us have with buying singles.

Machine Gun Roy Nash is dead. A fat bloated body attributed with his name was riddled with bullets inside a prison and cremated. Nash is delivered inside a pine box and on opening, Roy Parker is born.

Roy has a knack for locating people and extracting from them anything which requires extracting. Today, he is charged with locating three men who performed a job and then bolted before paying up. It isn't the money that is the problem, it is the disrespect.

Roy is personally invested in this job. Travelling with the three men was lovely Lena, the woman that makes his clock tick and his life meaningful. It doesn't hurt that any cash recovered will remain his, to the tune of half a million dollars.

The art in this novel is solid.. Like a brick rock through a window.
The writing is amazing, relying on the interplay with imagery, it drags you along at just the right pace.
The tommy guns frequently blurt out 'Budda-Budda-Budda' and everytime, you feel the lead to body 'conversation' is absolutely justified.

A couple things helped legitimize this story. First, Nash.. I kept making mental comparisons to the similar last name of Elliot Ness, a true life special agent who battled Al Capone. They are no where near mirrors of each other but I was in a prohibitionist state of mind and perhaps needed a beer while reading this. Second, the gangster in Chicago who is offended and pays for this adventure happens to be referred to as Al, regardless of any last name, it FEELs right when reading it.

Hard Case Crime has been releasing solid fiction for a few years now and looks to be continuing the trend.

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Disclosure: This was provided to me for review purposes. While I could choose to murder the reviewed work in it's sleep, I really did like it and will attempt to hide it from our mutual enemies to ensure it doesn't receive cement shoes. If I hated it, I would have written my review in emoticons that are not relevant to the era of the work and would have been a whole lot less fun. show less