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'68: Hardship #8

Writer: Andrez Bergen Artist: Andrez Bergen Publisher: Unknown Release Date: January 21, 2015 Critic Reviews: 2
6.8Critic Rating
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Letting one's guard down, even for a moment in the city of Heropa, can have truly horrifying consequences. Live? Die? Find out which.

  • 7.5
    GWW - Cory Anderson Jan 26, 2015

    As a single issue, there may not be a lot of information or much recapping of why we are following this memorable detective (if you want to make a hero or villain stick out, give them some kind of unique feature, I.e. An eye patch). As a collection (see other Bullet Gal issues) this story keeps the action and intrigue building, trying to get you to fall in love with not only this city like ourdetective is, but also to get you to see the noir style imagery and sell the scenes how you imagine them. The panels do a great job of setting the scenes, but I felt engaged as a reader to complete the action from frame to frame (which I hope is the goal of this project). Not just because the opening narration was worded in a way that warped my mind to a place and time where they would talk as such, nor because the images were dark or thrilling, but I felt like this comic was something that didn't show or tell me the answer to the rhetorical “what does this painting mean” but instead l Read Full Review

  • 6.0
    All-Comic - Dan Leicht Jan 24, 2015

    Bullet Gal #8pulls us into a very noir-centric story right from the get-go. From the beginning we're told of the city as the narrator tries to avoid the usual noir descriptions.From the artwork to the witty writingwe're given a story as if it were pulled from the minds of Chandler and Hammett themselves. Read Full Review

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