100 Bullets #55
Originally presented at Comixtreme.com on Nov. 9, 2004
Quick Rating: Good
Title: Wylie Runs the Voodoo Down
Wylie gets in over his head, and Dizzy gets new instructions.
Writer: Brian Azzarello
Art: Eduardo Risso
Colors: Patricia Mulvihill
Letters: Clem Robins
Editor: Will Dennis
Cover Art: Dave Johnson
Publisher: DC Comics/Vertigo
Review: I have been intensely critical of this story arc on 100 Bullets and with good reason, I think. Azzarello has spent most of this arc wallowing in the worst stereotypes about the part of the country I happen to come from, and I’m tired of it. I wish someone would bring him down to New Orleans to show him what the area is really like (and while I’m at it, whoever is currently writing Gambit). However, this issue has been a definite improvement over the last few, and for obvious reasons - more plot and less of the irritating stereotyping. Oh, it’s still there, but it’s confined to fewer characters.
Gabe’s holding a gun on Wylie as the issue opens, but that doesn’t last long, and soon they’re caught up with our resident murderers. Dizzy, meanwhile, gets a phone call that drastically changes things for her. The ending of this issue is pretty gory, but manages to be pretty emotional as well, and is one of the stronger climaxes I’ve seen from this title, even though it’s a pretty nasty little cliffhanger.
Eduardo Risso’s artwork, as always, is fine, particularly on the aforementioned gory ending. He establishes a great tone as well, and his artwork carries along some very good dialogue-free pages (the sort of pages that work best without dialogue). Dave Johnson provides his usual eye-popping cover as well, and that will most certainly be enough to get a lot of hands rifling through this issue on the racks.
This is the first time since this story arc began that I’ve actually been interested in finding out what happens next, which I think is a good testament to the strength of this issue, if not of the arc as a whole.
Rating: 7/10
Quick Rating: Good
Title: Wylie Runs the Voodoo Down
Wylie gets in over his head, and Dizzy gets new instructions.
Writer: Brian Azzarello
Art: Eduardo Risso
Colors: Patricia Mulvihill
Letters: Clem Robins
Editor: Will Dennis
Cover Art: Dave Johnson
Publisher: DC Comics/Vertigo
Review: I have been intensely critical of this story arc on 100 Bullets and with good reason, I think. Azzarello has spent most of this arc wallowing in the worst stereotypes about the part of the country I happen to come from, and I’m tired of it. I wish someone would bring him down to New Orleans to show him what the area is really like (and while I’m at it, whoever is currently writing Gambit). However, this issue has been a definite improvement over the last few, and for obvious reasons - more plot and less of the irritating stereotyping. Oh, it’s still there, but it’s confined to fewer characters.
Gabe’s holding a gun on Wylie as the issue opens, but that doesn’t last long, and soon they’re caught up with our resident murderers. Dizzy, meanwhile, gets a phone call that drastically changes things for her. The ending of this issue is pretty gory, but manages to be pretty emotional as well, and is one of the stronger climaxes I’ve seen from this title, even though it’s a pretty nasty little cliffhanger.
Eduardo Risso’s artwork, as always, is fine, particularly on the aforementioned gory ending. He establishes a great tone as well, and his artwork carries along some very good dialogue-free pages (the sort of pages that work best without dialogue). Dave Johnson provides his usual eye-popping cover as well, and that will most certainly be enough to get a lot of hands rifling through this issue on the racks.
This is the first time since this story arc began that I’ve actually been interested in finding out what happens next, which I think is a good testament to the strength of this issue, if not of the arc as a whole.
Rating: 7/10