Criminal vol 5: The Sinners s/c back

Fifth self-contained nightmare of noir, but for those keeping track Tracy Lawless is back.

From the creators of FATALE and THE FADE OUT:

A year has passed since CRIMINAL VOL 2: LAWLESS and Lawless is still on the run for going A.W.O.L. from the U.S. military. He's agreed to pay off his dead brother's debts to Mr. Hyde by working out who's been capping some major players who have little in common except that they should be 'untouchable'. They don't even work for Hyde - it just worries Hyde that it's happening in his back yard.

Tracy diligently follows every legitimate lead and it's almost comical watching him watch everyone except those he should be watching out for. You can't blame him: his logic is impeccable. You can't really blame the Triads either, for the same reason. Either way, it's all very bad news for Lawless. As is Hyde's daughter. And wife.

There's no avoiding it: Sean Phillips is the most accomplished crime artist that international comics has ever witnessed. His faces are craggy and lived in, with minds racing behind every one of them. Introspection, intimidation, desperation and disdain; of course he can convey startled horror too - fear which will have you sweating vicariously - but it's the more subtle nuances in a half-closed eye or a barely stifled snarl which make the man peerless.

Luckily for us he appears to relish working with the best crime writer since STRAY BULLETS' David Lapham. It's quite the library they've built together now. See also the two volumes each of SLEEPER and INCOGNITO for metahuman misdemeanours.