Kill or be Killed, Vol. 2 by Ed Brubaker

It seems like he’s too easily settled into murdering someone evil each month. This series would really benefit from Dylan having a goal he was driving towards. Elizabeth Breitweiser’s colours are likewise outstanding as always. Sean Phillips’ art is pretty darn good and I especially liked Dylan’s dad’s deliberately cheesy pulp art. Ed Brubaker also leans heavily in one direction on the “Is the Demon real or imagined?” mystery which ruins the ambiguousness of that plot point and makes the overall story rather mundane. That stuff seemed like pointless filler and dragged down the already-sluggish pacing of the story. Not to say that the book’s boring - Dylan shooting bankers is almost cathartic wish-fulfilment, particularly in the wake of the ‘08 crash precipitated by said corporate scumfucks, and the police and Russian mob slowly closing in on him is interesting - but a lot of the stuff outside of the action isn’t very compelling.ĭylan hooks up with an old girlfriend, a new cop character is introduced, and Kira gets an issue of backstory - I wasn’t into any of it. Dylan continues to kill and that’s about it!

In the second book… nothing much new happens. a shithead) each month or he would die - kill or be killed. In exchange, he had to kill someone “deserving” (ie. In 1990, Simon wrote his autobiographical history of the industry, The Comic Book Makers, and in 1999 he was inducted into the Eisner Awards Hall of Fame.In the first book we met Dylan, a grad student whose life was saved by a demon. After Simon and Kirby went their separate ways in 1955, Simon created the humor magazine Sick and worked extensively in advertising before returning to comics in the 1960s and '70s with Lancelot Strong, the Fly, Brother Power the Geek, Prez and the Outsiders. They also revamped DC's SANDMAN feature, giving the character a much more dynamic and eye-catching look and introducing Sandy the Golden Boy to the strip.įollowing World War II, Simon and Kirby branched out into new genres, publishing the horror title Black Magic as well as the first romance comic Young Romance. Together they created Captain America, the Fighting American and the Guardian, as well as the characters Stuntman, Manhunter, the Boy Commandos and the Newsboy Legion. In 1940 he met fellow artist Jack Kirby, and the two went on to form one of the most important partnerships in comics' Golden Age.

He moved to New York City in 1939 and quickly found work at the comics packaging company Funnies, Inc., where he created the Fiery Mask. Joe Simon began his print career in the 1930s as an assistant art director for The Rochester Journal-American, The Syracuse Herald and The Syracuse Journal-American.

Kill or be Killed, Vol. 2 by Ed Brubaker