Let's set a scene. You're sitting on a train on your way home from work. You haven't had a day off in months and you still have no idea how you're going to pay your rent. Life generally sucks. It wasn't always like this. At one point, you were successful. You made insane amounts of money and lived a life that most people only dream of. This only makes your fall from grace that much more awful. As you sit on the train and dream of downing a bottle of Jack Daniels, a man in a dark suit boards and sits right next to you, despite the train being mostly empty. Your annoyance gives way to surprise as the man turns and calls you by your name. He tells you not to be alarmed and for the first time, you notice the briefcase sitting in his lap. He tells you that he knows all about you. He knows about the pictures that the feds found in your laptop and he knows who put them there. He says that in the briefcase is irrefutable proof of who did it and why. He then says that in the briefcase is a gun and 100 untraceable bullets to do with what you will. He then leaves you the briefcase and gets off at the next stop.
100 Bullets explores what happens when people are given that choice. It also explores the identity of the man with the briefcase. I'm a huge fan of the noire genre. I like exploring worlds where everyone is something more and no one is completely innocent. I thought that this week I should spotlight a comic that you may have not read. Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso do an excellent job of crafting one of the best original ideas in all of comicdom. Still waiting on HBO to do series though.....
Until Next Time
Thierry
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