END OF STORY ARC
The death of Teeg Lawless.
The final issue of the CRUEL SUMMER arc.
The sort of payoff to a series most writers and showrunners would give their mother in law's left arm to achieve, Criminal #12 is a fitting conclusion to an excellent series that has become my standard for all future crime thrillers in comic book form. If you haven't picked up the individual issues, hunt down the collected edition when it comes out. This series is just that good. Read Full Review
"Cruel Summer" comes to a stark, gut-wrenching conclusion, bringing the current volume ofCriminal to a close and with it, many of the book's over-arching subplots. A master class in sequential storytelling, it's almost a cliche to say about this book at this point that comic's don't get any better than this. Read Full Review
This isn't just Criminal at its best, it's the best that crime stories can offer. Read Full Review
Sean Phillips plays up the film noir quality of the story with brilliant visuals that perfectly complement the story. The chase sequence is beautifully done and the way the panels are laid out is amazing. Read Full Review
There are certain elements that I could spin into negatives, like the excessive blocks of narrative text or the fact that Jacob Philips' colors aren't as bold and beautiful as previous issues. But the story, the characters, and the narrative mis en scene hit me so hard, it put me in major meditative, reflective mode to the point where I wonder if these flaws are actually intentional. Overall, I can't wait to go back and reread 'Cruel Summer' now that its finale has erupted to see how the pieces fit together before Brubaker and the Philips' glorious tore it all apart. Read Full Review
This arc has been a long time coming, and while "Bad Weekend" marks the highpoint of the volume, the great strength of this arc is it still makes you wish it could end any other way, even at the end. But it was always on the road to tragedy. Read Full Review
Holy sh*t! This was a fantastic issue in a consistently excellent series. No spoilers, so I'll keep this brief. I couldn't put it down. The way it all came together in this final installment of the Cruel Summer story arc kind of left me speechless. Now I have to read it again from the beginning, preferably in one sitting. We know how good Brubaker can be, and I have to give a huge shout out to Sean Phillips' moody artwork. The way he draws the reader in with his sublime panel layouts, it's a masterclass in comic book art. Brilliant stuff! This is a huge recommend from me.
Really loved it!
A good story and if youre a long time criminal fan its cool to see this play out as it was brought up in coward I believe.
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