![]() ![]() When circumstances changed they had new identities created for them, and they’re now settled within that cloak with no knowledge of their past. ![]() Many were once part of a group called the Minutemen, who had a very specific task and the skills to carry it out. We learn about the Trust, and about the relationship of many of the characters we’ve met to date. Much of the background to 100 Bullets is laid out here. ![]() There’ll be a couple of dozen strokes of white on the black and voila! There’s Boston at night from across the bay. ![]() His backgrounds are often extremely simply constructed, yet give the impression of great detail. As is fitting when it comes to a series about crime, Risso is a master of deceit. He manages this via pose, or the occasional close-up on the eyes. The longest tale here, closing the book, is almost a crime noir pastiche, and Risso achieves the triumph of characterising a man whose face is covered with bandages most of the time. You could buy the content here as the paperback collections A Foregone Tomorrow and The Counterfifth Detective, but unless it’s a matter of price, why would you want to? Eduardo Risso’s art is so good that enlarging it to the oversize format used for these hardbacks isn’t the slightest detrimental, and that’s not a comment applying to everyone whose work is presented at a larger size. ![]()
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