Pistolwhip

Pistolwhip
by Matt Kindt and Jason Hall
Top Shelf Productions
BW, 128 pgs, $14.95 US / Higher in Canada

This graphic novel was released in 2001, and soon after its debut, the big name critics like the folks from The Comics Journal were singing its praises. Pistolwhip and its sequel / follow-up tale Pistolwhip: The Yellow Menace, tossed creators Matt Kindt and Jason Hall into the limelight. Pistolwhip opened new doors for both of these talented guys.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: 1910

Every time I read a new volume of Alan Moore’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – I feel like I’ve just cheated on a test. For the most part – I’ve actually read the source material that he’s using to tell his stories and the latest issue is no exception. For the frame work of the latest issue story – Moore has used The Three Penny Opera, thus Macheath aka Mac the Knife (yes that Mac the Knife), and who I originally believed to be Polly Peachum is actually Suki Tawdry, are singing throughout the comic. For those unfamiliar with the story it might come off as quite confusing but I had seen the 1931 G.W. Pabst film version which was released on The Criterion Collection a couple of years ago. Of course in that film version there is no Suki, she comes from The Three Penny Opera’s original source The Beggar’s Opera. Same story, different time period.