Yeah, somehow the boy thinks Cuda is his friend. Even though they had absolutely no bonding moments and totally no character development. Instead of that Ennis decided to laugh at trans, homophobes, pederasts and etc. It's something that's always expected from this writer, but it's really not that interesting. I thought it'd be a deep and emotional story about that comically hyperbolized nerd becoming a real gangster. I believed that was the reason he was so hyperbolized in the first place. But no, the character is still flat and I can't care less about him. An interesting concept was ruined with issue 2 and I have no hope for the last one. Just imagine what this comic could be if Barracuda showed the boy his world of prostitutes and gang wars. Instead of that we got another political story with lots of double crossings. It's not really bad, but it doesn't feel really fresh, especially when a potentially interesting concept gets wasted the same time. more