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Beautiful new hardcover deluxe reprint of Ed Brubaker's and Sean Phillip's first project together. This book gives you a good look at their early work and the state of mind and ambitions they had back then. And it is just as entertaining too. For any fan of the Brubaker/Phillips team or anyone looking for a wonderful piece of crime noir fiction: pick up a copy of Scene of the Crime. You will not be disappointed.


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Scene of the Crime A Little Piece of Goodnight Ed Brubaker 9781563896705 Books Reviews

I just got an email from my sister; she was raving about WATCHMEN, catching me up on where she is on FABLES, planning on starting THE WALKING DEAD volume that I gave her and letting me know that she has made friends with another comic geek in town. It was enough to make a grown man cry.

For those of you that haven't given comics a chance ever in your life, or have looked at a few and dismissed them, please keep reading. I want to help you realize something that my sister just came to grips with Comics are for everyone, you just have to find the right ones. And that is what CrimeCritics is all about, helping you guys know what to check out so that you don't waste your time and money. Leave that to us.

It is important to distinguish between the medium and the content when we look at entertainment. Dismissing all of TV would be to miss out on Discovery Channel's PLANET EARTH. Celebrating books in general would be to laud MEIN KAMPF, DIANETICS and THE SHACK (I just had a ton of fun lumping those three together). Comics are just a medium of combining visuals with literature. There is nothing more to it. Dozens of comics win awards every year by referring to themselves as "graphic novels". They are just a longer version of a single comic book. But now that most comic stories are written over several issues, and then collected in a single volume for publication, the difference is pure semantics.

Today I want to look at an Ed Brubaker comic called SCENE OF THE CRIME which Vertigo published in 1999. It was a four issue series which is now collected in a single paperback available from most bookstores. If you are into noir detective stories, enjoy watching serial crime shows on TV, or just want to take a break from your pulp novels to try out something different, please give this comic a try.

In classic Brubaker style, there is a ton of exposition in this comic. I love lots of dialog, it keeps your eyes lingering on the art of each panel and it makes you feel like you are getting a ton for your money. And at $10 for over 100 pages of art and excellent writing, there is no doubt about value here. Along with Brubaker's tight plotting you also get his normal partner in crime, the artist Michael Lark.

Lark has a realistic style and talent for grit that makes this a team that just can't be beat. One of the things that I love in SCENE OF THE CRIME is that Lark uses a lot of short panels that go the full width of a single page. You can see some of these panels in the gallery below. They give you the impression of watching a film on a real 12.35 screen. Or perhaps you are seeing these events through window blinds that are barely cracked. Either way, the characters always have a stooped-over feeling, as if they can feel the panel border just above them. It works without you even noticing it.

This is also one of Brubaker's best plots ever. A murder mystery with hippie communes and tons of twists and surprises, the story is broken up into 21 chapters. Instead of constricting himself to the four-issue release schedule, Brubaker breaks each scene up into its own container, and drops a doozy at the end of every issue. It makes reading this book in a collected work extremely satisfying. I also enjoyed following Jack Harriman, his young noir detective. Classically broken-down, Jack deals with several of his own demons as he attempts to solve the case. And instead of having to carry the plot on his own shoulders, he is joined by several friends and colleagues along the way which really makes the book feel more honest and real.

There is just too much here to like, and so much bang for the buck, that I will be disappointed in those of you that do not rush out to get a copy. Next time you are in your favorite bookstore, see if they have a copy to thumb through. Or check out the gallery below and just order one from . You spend more than this in Starbucks for a coffee and a scone. If I could ruin the ending for you and let you know what the final twist is, I guarantee that every one of our female readers and mothers from DreaminDemon would be tripping over themselves to snag a copy.
I originally read Scene of the Crime in trade paperback many years ago on a business trip to New Orleans. I seem to recall talk of additional miniseries, but alas, it never came to pass.

This reprint is long overdue -- Scene of the Crime is a classic noir story set in 1990's San Francisco, with a complex mystery, engaging characters and excellent art. It was unusual in its day for being a Vertigo comic set in the "real" world, as opposed to a fantasy or horror world. The new edition is especially handsome when compared to previous trade paperbacks.

Any fan of the collaborations between Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips should definitely have this on their book shelf.

If you enjoy Scene of the Crime, you should also check out Brubaker's collaboration with artist Jason Lutes (Berlin), The Fall.
i am a huge brubaker fan. good art good story. ending is good, but a little disappointing. not enough drama, or plot twist.
great job
Excellent crime comic. No love for Michael Lark in the credit, though? His visuals are an incredible important part of this book. Really hard to put down for sure.
Ahh, the imaginary early twentieth century...Brubaker's done it again. Cheap, relaxing pulp fiction with art of a complementary character.
Excellent mystery story very much like classic Ross MacDonald. The book is broken up into 21 chapters with an epilogue and has the feel of a novel. The basic storyline is a missing young woman who has disappeared after attending a cult. We find that the cult is based on sex, with any perversity thrown in. Of course, the cult is located in California where all the action takes place. This is the graphic novel that led Brubaker into the big leagues.
Beautiful new hardcover deluxe reprint of Ed Brubaker's and Sean Phillip's first project together. This book gives you a good look at their early work and the state of mind and ambitions they had back then. And it is just as entertaining too. For any fan of the Brubaker/Phillips team or anyone looking for a wonderful piece of crime noir fiction pick up a copy of Scene of the Crime. You will not be disappointed.