The Last Days Of American Crime Book 2

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Published by Radical Comics Written by Rick Remender Art and colours by Greg Tocchini Price tag: 4.99 US After reading the first issue of the miniseries I was so gung ho about it that I couldn’t wait for this second issue to ship. Unfortunately this book shipped very late, almost 2 months overdue. Radical hadRead More

A Look Back at Frank Miller’s Sin City Volume 1 AKA The Hard Goodbye Graphic Novel

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Ed. Note: We discuss all manner of crime pop culture both past, present and future here at BFB. Here’s a nice look back at Frank Miller’s classic that refueled and reinvigorated the crime genre in comics. I was first introduced to Sin City via Dark Horse Comics presents. It was showcased in increments of 8-12Read More

Rafael Grampa’s Mesmo Delivery is Bloody, Brutal and a Fun Ride

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Review by Richard Serrao Mesmo Delivery Writer and Artist: Rafael Grampa Price tag: 9.99 US Color Approx :70 pages I must admit I had only seen Rafael Grampa’s work on the covers to the last mini-series starring Werewolf By Night for Marvel Max, so I really didn’t know what to expect from this creator. ThankRead More

Chris Williams Draws Zombies

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Chris is a good friend, founding partner here at Blunt Force Beating and he’s also a badass artist. I became intrigued with his zombie portrait series which he started doing in 2009. I ventured out to his studio in February to capture footage of one of these drawings from start to finish. I put togetherRead More

A Few Words with Comics Veteran, Jimmy Palmiotti

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Writer, artist, inker, editor . . . Jimmy Palmiotti has done a little bit of everything in the comics world. From working on recognizable Big Two properties like The Punisher, Ghost Rider, Jonah Hex and Power Girl, to creator-owned projects like Painkiller Jane and The Last Resort, Palmiotti has earned all the praise that hasRead More

An Interview with Black and White Art Maestro Tim Bradstreet

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So Tim Bradstreet spoke with us over at Optimum Wound. A couple of years back I tried to nail down an interview with Tim Bradstreet for the site but he was swamped with work. I was doing the first set of a series of pieces on pen and ink masters. Tim was on the shortRead More

The Last Days of American Crime Book Delivers the Goods

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Writer Rick Remender Artist: Greg Tocchini Publisher: Radical Comics Price: 4.99 US Mature readers Originally when I first heard about the premise for this miniseries I was a bit sceptical thinking that Remender was trying to jump on the crime resurgence bandwagon and that it was going to be a huge flop. I’d seen GregRead More

Garth Ennis’ Crossed is NOT for the Easily Offended

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Garth Ennis’ Crossed This week I wanted to do something a little bit different, so I thought I’d do a review for a comic that has continually been on my must read list for the past year,  give or take. I know some people will say hey this isn’t a crime comic but rather horror.Read More

Sean Phillips’ Sinners Cover and Jacques Tardi’s WW1 Comic

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Artist Sean Phillips previewed the trade jacket for the Sinners collection pictured below. Sinners is the latest miniseries under his and writer Ed Brubaker’s Criminal moniker published by Marvel’s ICON imprint. And while we’re at it here’s Phillips’ rendition of Chuck Bronson. Now that FOX launched the new Warner Bros. television series HUMAN TARGET inRead More

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