Re: RARA-AVIS: Coward/Criminal

From: Patrick ( malone.ps@gmail.com)
Date: 04 Jun 2007


On 6/4/07, Stewart Wilson < stewart@stewartwilson.com> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> My favourite stuff of his Brubaker's is GOTHAM CENTRAL, a strict police
> procedural set in Batman's city. Superheroes appear once in a while, but
> really they serve to as a psychological backdrop for the cop stories. I
> also liked his SLEEPER series quite well.
>

I agree that Gotham Central (alternating arcs with Greg Rucka) is some of his best work that I've seen.

If you don't mind superheroes in your hardboiled, though, he's also done a very nice turn recently on DAREDEVIL -- which is decidedly crime fiction more than it is supers.

Pat



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