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@ Pop Syndicate-- The Last Days of American Crime #1

For some reason, I've been looking forward to this book.  I haven't read that much Remender stuff so I never got into books like XXX Zombies, Fear Agent or his Punisher like other people have but I've always at least enjoyed the little bit of the ride I was on.  Without really knowing a lot about The Last Days of American Crime, I jumped into the book and felt it was the best thing of Remender's that I've read.

"Coming out from Radical Comics, Remender’s story is already on the fast track with a movie deal.  The story about crime, the decay of America and the abuse of power seems perfect for the multiplex but I wonder if any big screen adaptation will look as good as Greg Tocchini has made this book look.  Tocchini’s artwork generates a lot of the books forward momentum as his unique blend of line work and color produces a wonderfully seductive and dangerous world.  The opening seen in a drug house, with it’s warm tones, allows the reader to sink into the scene, washed over by the colors before seeing the true violence and horror that takes place in that house.  Tocchini defines the pre-fascist America, making the last-minute attempts at escape and freedom exciting and inviting.  Through his line work and his color, there is an energetic hum to this book, an electrical charge, on every page."

You can read the rest of the review at Pop Syndicate.

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