I hope this thread hasn't panned-out by the time my post
appears, but just thought I'd throw my two-cents in as
well.
I loved the Rucka _Whiteout_ series, both of them, and seem
to recall reading somewhere that the first series had been
optioned for a film. It would make a great movie in the right
hands--something along the lines of John Carpenter's remake
of _The Thing_, as far as the setting, etc. Rucka has brought
the same hard edge to his work with Batman in _Detective
Comics_. I'm also a big fan of the Atticus Kodiak books, of
which a new one seems to be on the horizon.
I've also recently discovered Brian Michael Bendis in a big
way and have been trying to track down a copy of the _Jinx_
collection, but keep being outbid on eBay. I've got the
_Torso_ graphic novel, which reminds me quite a bit of the
Max Allan Collins novel about the Cleveland Torso Murders--is
it _Butcher's Dozen_? It's one of his Eliot Ness books. I
can't imagine how Bendis is able to keep up with his current
commitments, to Spiderman, Elektra, _Powers_, etc., etc.
without stretching himself too thin. So far, he seems to be
managing.
Someone else who should be mentioned in regard to crime
comics is Brian Azzarello, the writer of _100 Bullets_, which
has quietly become one of the few "must-read" comics that I
search for every month. I wasn't too interested in the
premise of this series when it first started--a mysterious
man supplies an untraceable gun and the "100 bullets" of the
title to a variety of people, plus the chance to get revenge
on people who've done them wrong--but this is a series that
has really developed into a mysterious and compelling
storyline.
Craig Larson Trinidad, CO
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