After wrapping up the case, Ethan reconnects with Linh and the two begin a relationship that gets complicated when Linh sees her long-lost step-sister, Maggie, in an old B-movie the two are watching together. The story begins at the Santa Monica Library in 1985, as Ethan is searching old newspapers for leads on a man who faked his own death when he meets Linh Tran, a fiery librarian.

Now, the second installment of the Reckless series Friend of the Devil, has been released. That final release, Reckless is just the first in a series of original graphic novels starring the titular Ethan Reckless, a pseudo private eye pulp hero in the vein of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher or The Equalizer. The dynamic duo released Pulp, Cruel Summer and Reckless all in 2020. And, to be sure, the Reckless books do all of that (except for the humor, again, see Stray Bullets).Reckless: Friend of the Devil Is a Pulpy Delight from Brubaker and Phillips Writer Ed Brubaker Artist Sean Phillips Letterer Sean Phillips Cover Artist Sean Phillips Publisher Image Comics Price 24.99 Release Date Colorist Jacob PhillipsĮd Brubaker and Sean Phillips might be the most prolific creative team working in comics today. Maybe they do it with a little suspense, maybe they do it with some dark humor (see Stray Bullets), but it’s almost always just a bit surface level. So many crime comics are interested in showing readers the worst of what people are capable of, of what we do to each other, and of the reasons we find for why. This is unsurprisingly a very well-made book, but there’s something just a bit below the surface in Reckless that I find it far more interesting to write about. I could easily write another 500 words or so about how well-made these comics are, about Brubaker’s understated but clear characterization, about Sean Phillips untouchable noir cartooning (colored here by his son, Jacob Phillips), and about the duo’s finely-honed ability to make crime comics. And friends? I absolutely love these graphic novels. By Zack Quaintance - The second of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips straight-to-book market graphic novel series, Reckless, hit earlier this year with the arrival of the aptly-named Friend of the Devil - A Reckless Book.

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