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THE FIRST NEW CRIMINAL BOOK IN FIVE YEARS!
With the Prime Video adaptation premiering soon, crime comic grandmasters Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips return to their most acclaimed series with a new standalone graphic novel: The Knives.
A sprawling Criminal epic, The Knives is the most ambitious tale Brubaker and Phillips have ever tackled. Three dark journeys wind around each other over a decade, like sharks hunting for a kill.
Cartoonist Jacob Kurtz goes to Hollywood in the era of peak TV to work on an adaptation of his comic strip, only to find himself caught up in the life of his aging aunt and the vult more
Brubaker, and Sean and Jacob Phillips have created a work that speaks for itself so powerfully, it's hard to add anything to the conversation except that you should go read it. Read Full Review
The Knives: A Criminal Book will undoubtedly hit hard for those fans of the Criminal series, but it also stands strong as a standalone story for anyone looking for a stellar noir read. Though the story features characters and elements typical to Criminal comics, they enhance the story for those fans of the series rather than distract from the plot. Even if this is your first comic in the Brubaker and Phillips Criminal world, this comic hits hard. The Knives a must-read crime comic. Read Full Review
I’ve been a Brubaker fan for a long time. I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on his comics. But even though I appreciate his decision to branch out with more experimental stuff in recent years, none of it resonated with me.
This new Criminal installment isn’t just a return to form — it’s one of the best stories he’s ever written. As I get a little older, I hold back on rereading a lot of his stuff because it’s dark and tragic to the point that it puts me in a bad mood. His dialogue is always realistic and his storylines are always engrossing, but he doesn’t use his sense of humor enough or offer much mercy to his characters.
That changes here. This is a Brubaker story: high stakes, brutal, always centering more
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