A missing girl; a city on the brink of an all-out drug war; and our beloved anti-hero just trying to keep it all together - we're in for one hell of a night. With every page turn, our girl's identity becomes more crystal; with every passing moment Francis becomes more dope sick. Can he stay straight long enough to save her? We're stumbling towards our destiny, and now the bloodshed is about to begin.
DARLING #2 takes the readers from one trip on to a completely unexpected new one. Its a jarring yet surprising plot change that makes this series more interesting than we were originally led to believe. Read Full Review
For me, this perhaps wasnt quite as strong an issue as the opener, taking the focus away from loveable and disarmingly human Francis in favour of the admittedly rather entertaining Director. It certainly helps to establish the increasingly twisted tone of the story though, not to mention the looming drug war that seems poised to engulf NYC, but I'd have liked to see a little more of Darling himself here. It's still a fantastically unique slice of sequential art, and a story I'm definitely going to be following until its conclusion. Read Full Review
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