Rucka knows how to write crime fiction and strong women, so a story featuring a tough P.I. named Dex is a no brainer. Dex is a down on her luck P.I. with a gambling problem and a special needs brother at home. She gets involved with a missing persons case and is almost murdered before she can even look into it. The story is engaging, Dex is witty and tough as nails. The only criticism I have is with the art. It reminds me some of Michael Gaydos. It's sparse and gritty which fits the tone of the

Meh. This was just all right. I picked it up because the TV show looked interesting, and I wanted to read the comic first. I like the set up here, and I'll definitely watch the show, but I wasn't blown away by the comic. I liked the first issue, told in reverse (okay I guess I'm a sucker for that), and I like Dex's classic (1965?) Mustang. But the overall mystery is pretty trite: find missing girl who is involved with a drug cartel and an abusive ex. Dex finds her, but a lot of her technique is:...

Stumptown is coming to your living room squawk box very very soon, but if you can't wait, then open up Rucka's terrific dark, moody, noir-filled graphic novel. Featuring a tough as nails, down-on-her-luck lady private eye stumping down the back alleys of Portland. I'm not big on most graphic novels, but this one's got it and got it good. If this is volume one, when can I Get my greedy hands on volume two.

Greg Rucka crafts a really commendable hard-boiled mystery that checks off all of the right boxes. It's got twists, turns, reveals, fist-fights, a missing girl, good dialogue, and most importantly, a memorable protagonist. That detective here is Dexedrine "Dex" Parios, a private dick with a gambling problem, who agrees to find the missing daughter of the local casino owner in order to get out of mounting craps debt. Thus begins "The Case of the Girl who Took Her Shampoo But Left Her Mini."Rucka

I read this because I liked Gotham Central by Rucka. I liked Renee Montoya, the strong central woman in it, and I like this dialogue. The ending was surprising. Tough writing. I like this too with again a strong woman character, a P.I. named Dex(edrine) who is not making much money in her trade, is a gambler with thousands of dollars of debt and supports a brother with Down Syndrome. No love life, so far, so that is different in comics, especially women-focused ones written by men…. but this is

dnfthis isn't one where it was bad... it just didn't hold my interest even after renewing it at the library. i might have to agree with the other reviewers that this is a less fun/exciting Jessica Jones.

Juicy. Dense, tense writing. Tight dialogue. Who is this stingy with words and can still keep us completely engaged?I admire the hell out of Rucka. I imagine he has to shift some pretty heavy gears, moving from prose novels to comics. Or maybe his comic scripts are just as heavily wordy, but just leaves all that environmental illustration for the artist to absorb and interpret, and leaves only the best 5% of words out in the open for the readers to spy on. This is a great book. Want more. (There...

I decided to try this series after enjoying the, sadly, short lived ABC tv show based on it. And let me just say Cobie Smulders was an excellent Dex. Covid killed the show. So, sadly, no season two.I actually like the comic a tiny bit better because there are more women who Dex works with than in the tv show. (In the tv show, they make her cop friend into a male and a love interest. But it's Michael Ealy so why no complaints).The mystery moves at a brisk pace, the characters are fun, the conclus...

This wasn’t anything to reallyyyyy write home about. I mean, I always appreciate a comic with a really solid vibe throughout (check), a flawed female character who’s not just focused on her love life (check) and a mystery (somewhat check...?)Everything in this story was just a little bit bland for me. I thought the mystery would be more complex but it really wasn’t. In a strange way, I kind of hoped there’d be more corruption and scarier figures, but there really weren’t any. I thought, with all...

A straight forward PI story with some enjoyable characters. There's not a lot of depth here but I enjoyed it and will continue the series.

This is a solid PI/Noir-light book. I've enjoyed Rucka's stuff mostly over the years, and while it isn't Ed Brubaker, it's still very good. Elevated tremendously by Matthew Southworth's artwork and muted palette of colours. It's a similar book to Brubaker and Phillips stuff, and I mean that as a compliment, not as an accusation of being derivative. I really enjoy Dex, a woman who embodies "if it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all".Matt Fraction writes the foreword/intro and comp...

Strong female detective story with a solid foundation at its core. My only problem is when I compare it Bendis' Jessica Jones take its nowhere near the mark. Might have been a different story if I hadnt read that previously.

This is the first graphic novel I have ever read. It was a fast read with good illustrations. There was lots of action and I enjoyed it.

This is rather like Jessica Jones, but set in Portland instead of New York, and without any superpowers, and well, she is a detective, there is that.Same sort of grittiness, and difficult to solve cases. Same sort of moxie, and down on her luck. I like strong women, I do, but why are all detective stories so gritty and dark, full of the dregs of society.Well, at least I get to look at Portland while I read it.Thanks to Netgalley for making this available for an honest review.

The Case of the Girl Who Took her Shampoo (But Left her Mini)Greg Rucka's noir graphic novel series starts with a bang as his female PI, Dex Parios, is dragged in to a missing person case that, as you'd expect, is more than it seems on the surface.Dex is a compelling and complex character, with a back story that is skilfully hinted at but never really discussed and a penchant for putting her face in harm's way, she's a woman seemingly hell bent on punishing herself for an unnamed sin in her past...