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The dialogue is the best thing about this comic. It feels so real and human. The next best thing are the stories which feature some extraordinary events that will push the characters to extreme measures involving violence and murder. They are loosely linked, but so much so that they might as well be one-shots. All in all, a solid read, if you don't mind the black and white artwork.Joey and Frank are transporting a Harry's ex-girlfriend's dead body in the trunk. A flat tire forces them to stop an...
This came out of nowhere. It was included in a subscription service I pay to read a bunch of free comics each month. It's old (90s I think) so I suppose that's why it was free. It is outstanding. Even if you are not into comics but appreciate a dark, disturbing, well-told story. Check this one out. You won't be disappointed. I thought these were real stories at first which made them more disturbing but I do not believe they are. Even so, brilliant writing and the black and white illustrations ar...
Sets the table nicely for what's to come
A very engaging graphic novel. It's won lots of awards for good reason, the stories are not only well written but brilliantly inked. I'm working through the next volume as I write this.
The puzzle of how the stories intertwined was interesting. Otherwise I found the violence and slurs disturbing and unenjoyable.
Suburban darkness in black and white. What if Pettibone did sequential art? His name might be Lapham. The issues get better and better -- as the story begins to fold in on itself and tear around the edges.
It loses some steam near the end (what on earth was that last one about? She saw God in her coma and then started robbing banks? Is that what happened?), but goodness, that's a measure more bleak than any crime comic you'd read from Brubaker or Aaron. If you're into that sort of thing, check Stray Bullets out.
This series has really grown on me. Going back to read the older stuff after working through the more recent arc.
wow
Solid beginning to Lapham's now classic "Stray Bullets" series, that leaves you a bit hanging, definitely hooks you. The various stories are tense and nicely gritty, with crisply realistic art from the get go. He also manages to surprise you with where the story goes, such as the tense car ride an adolescent Amy Racecar has with a stranger. However, later issue that a strange, science fiction turn that throws the serious off from it's grittier crime noir. Nevertheless, a nice read to one of the
This honestly just really disturbed me, and not in a good way.
Title redolent, nostalgia and blood. Tragic and splendid.
So this is a collection of interwoven crime/noir stories. They're interesting enough to keep your attention, also kind of depressing as many are about the pointlessness of violence, and what Stray Bullets can do...It's about broken lives, how they break over time, and showing the cumulative effects of bad decisions, violence, abuse, anger and rage, and crime.Not every story seems to be connected, but I think if you read more of them and pay a bit more attention, you will find more. Kinda like Pu...
#ThrowbackThursday - Back in the '90s, I used to write comic book reviews for the website of a now-defunct comic book retailer called Rockem Sockem Comics. (Collect them all!)From the June 1998 edition with a theme of "Crime Comics II":INTRODUCTIONIt's time to return to the mean streets.Yes, let's get down into the gutter with the gray- and black-hearted souls that inhabit the world of crime comics. These are stories told from the criminal's point of view, be he a petty thief or a cold-blooded k...
Brutal tales of losers. I'm afraid to find out who the dead girl in the first issue is.
Very Dark tales.
When Stray Bullets debuted in the mid-90's, I think it was an important moment in the history of independent comics, one that might not be appreciated fully for years to come. Comic book creators working outside the assembly-line method of DC and Marvel need a kind of patience and discipline even greater than that of a novelist. They toil alone at the drawing table for months (and sometimes years, in the case of Jason Lutes and Charles Burns) in order to produce a single issue, knowing all the
Not to be confused with the other similarly titled series (100 Bullets) Lapham seeks out the same vein of well mined criminal ore to be smelted unto his own vision. Whether scalping or not, a compressed (but not insincerely abrogated) version of Pulp Fiction is minimalized even further to feature a mere duo of a seasoned hitman and new blood. Firmly uncaring as the fiercely venomous black and white that blanche each page, a tale that well rejects the structures of cutesey good-bad spectrometers
It's been over a decade since I first read Stray Bullets. I've really missed this comic!
Maybe it’s that it was Over hyped to me so I expected more but while the plot was alright, the dialogue and panel work and line work was pretty forgettable. Shrug. Was fine.
