Destroy All Monsters: A Reckless Book
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- Author：Ed Brubaker
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Summary
The next book in the red-hot Reckless series is here！
"Oh man， this book pushed every crime fiction button for me。。。 Bliss。"
- Patton Oswalt
Bestselling crime noir masters Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips bring us a new original graphic novel starring troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless。
It's 1988 and Ethan has been hired for his strangest case yet: finding the secrets of a Los Angeles real estate mogul。 How hard could that be， right？ Only what starts as a deep dive into the life of a stranger will soon take a deadly turn， and find Ethan risking everything that still matters to him。
Another smash hit from the award-winning creators of RECKLESS， PULP， MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES， CRIMINAL， and KILL OR BE KILLED -- and a must-have for all Brubaker and Phillips fans！
"Oh man， this book pushed every crime fiction button for me。。。 Bliss。"
- Patton Oswalt
Bestselling crime noir masters Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips bring us a new original graphic novel starring troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless。
It's 1988 and Ethan has been hired for his strangest case yet: finding the secrets of a Los Angeles real estate mogul。 How hard could that be， right？ Only what starts as a deep dive into the life of a stranger will soon take a deadly turn， and find Ethan risking everything that still matters to him。
Another smash hit from the award-winning creators of RECKLESS， PULP， MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES， CRIMINAL， and KILL OR BE KILLED -- and a must-have for all Brubaker and Phillips fans！
Reviews
Alexander Peterhans
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Reckless is back！ These volumes seem to be coming out trimonthly， and it's quite something to see how the quality never really drops。This book feels like it's more dedicated to character building， the better to pull the rug from under us in future volumes， if the ending is to be believed。What is there left to say？ It's Brubaker and Phillips doing Brubaker and Phillips work。 By this point， you're either in or you're out。（Picked up an ARC through Edelweiss） Reckless is back！ These volumes seem to be coming out trimonthly， and it's quite something to see how the quality never really drops。This book feels like it's more dedicated to character building， the better to pull the rug from under us in future volumes， if the ending is to be believed。What is there left to say？ It's Brubaker and Phillips doing Brubaker and Phillips work。 By this point， you're either in or you're out。（Picked up an ARC through Edelweiss） 。。。more
Adriana
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This one is all about the characters and their growth。 I've always thought of the Reckless series as character-driven， and this volume nails all the nuances that make any character great and memorable。 The case that Ethan takes on is really interesting and it offers some great twists that keep it from getting too cookie cutter。 It also comes after Ethan recalls a previous case that starts out funny and quickly turns dark。 It's a bit of foreshadowing for just how twisted the main case in the volu This one is all about the characters and their growth。 I've always thought of the Reckless series as character-driven， and this volume nails all the nuances that make any character great and memorable。 The case that Ethan takes on is really interesting and it offers some great twists that keep it from getting too cookie cutter。 It also comes after Ethan recalls a previous case that starts out funny and quickly turns dark。 It's a bit of foreshadowing for just how twisted the main case in the volume is going to be。 It's all about power， money， greed， and corruption。 This is why I found it doubly interesting that Brubaker considered the friendship between Ethan and Anna to be the main thing to focus on。 The case has everything that would make a great noir story， but here， it's a backdrop to everything that's going on in the growing friendship between Ethan and Anna。 It's an unexpected yet brilliant writing move。 The art remains top-quality。 Color and shadow taking shape to tell the story more than actual well-defined images， but it fits the overall ambiance of the story to a T。 。。。more
Art
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I really enjoy these Reckless books。 This one was no exception。 The action was as hard hitting as always。 There was more character development and an infuriating bit of foreshadowing that I hope， I really hope， means there will be more in this series。 It is not necessary to read the first two books to get into this one， but it helps。 I received a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review。
Benjamin
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Brubaker and Phillips do it yet again。At this point Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips have built up their hardcore audience and could easily coast through telling crime stories under their Criminal banner。 But no， they decided to give us a new new character a few graphic novels ago， and he's actually a hero。 Ethan Reckless is a throwback to the 1970s Men's Paperbacks where you got a new adventure with a recurring character on a regular basis。 I love， love， love getting a new Reckless graphic novel e Brubaker and Phillips do it yet again。At this point Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips have built up their hardcore audience and could easily coast through telling crime stories under their Criminal banner。 But no， they decided to give us a new new character a few graphic novels ago， and he's actually a hero。 Ethan Reckless is a throwback to the 1970s Men's Paperbacks where you got a new adventure with a recurring character on a regular basis。 I love， love， love getting a new Reckless graphic novel every couple of months which I can devour in a couple of hours and then anxiously await the next one。 As always， Sean Phillips outdraws everyone else in giving us the mood， setting and even time。 Brubaker always hits the right character beats and in this one， we finally get to know all about Anna， Ethan's friend and the closest thing he has to a sidekick in the series。 That was probably the best part （if you can call something the best when it's all top notch）。 And then Ed gave us the denouement。 The new part is the waiting for the fourth volume， The Ghost in You， and like Tom Petty said， it's going to be the hardest part。 I eagerly wait for it。（Special Note: I received an digital ARC from Image Comics through Edelweiss） 。。。more
Jake
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Back to this series with all of the Brubaker neo-noir。 The thing that really stood out to me the most is the different forms of racism。 It's not always about supremacy， sometimes it's just targeting the less supported groups because they're the easiest to drain livelihoods。 Because that kind of race/class exploitation is a lot more around today。But I have to say seeing Ethan in that daze kind of struck something in me。 Between him and Ann， there's a genuine sense of feeling stuck; that despite t Back to this series with all of the Brubaker neo-noir。 The thing that really stood out to me the most is the different forms of racism。 It's not always about supremacy， sometimes it's just targeting the less supported groups because they're the easiest to drain livelihoods。 Because that kind of race/class exploitation is a lot more around today。But I have to say seeing Ethan in that daze kind of struck something in me。 Between him and Ann， there's a genuine sense of feeling stuck; that despite the bad parts of life， there's a need to try new things。 Yet when that doesn't work out， either of them feel like wondering where it all went wrong。 But that also means parts of life that get close to dependency。They still have purpose in the place they met。 But then there comes that feeling that it's just not meant to last。On that note I have a few questions。 Like who was narrating Ann's pages？ 。。。more
John Funderburg
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Another excellent installment。
Theediscerning
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Well， this has been a rum series and no mistake。 Volume One was unnecessary， to put it into one word， but the first sequel was commendable。 This book pretty much follows that same pattern – the stodgy， overly-wordy first half building up to a second half where you are forced to care for the characters and not worry about how much this drifts away from being a crime book， or "about" things。 Previously， we've had two looks at how deathly cults and the malaise of American life have soured lives and Well， this has been a rum series and no mistake。 Volume One was unnecessary， to put it into one word， but the first sequel was commendable。 This book pretty much follows that same pattern – the stodgy， overly-wordy first half building up to a second half where you are forced to care for the characters and not worry about how much this drifts away from being a crime book， or "about" things。 Previously， we've had two looks at how deathly cults and the malaise of American life have soured lives and hopes and dreams。 Here of course it's the stupidly-named Ethan Reckless （and I'll call him that however many books he turns up in） whose life and lack of hope and want for dreams that gets the bulk of the malaise， but as for the crime， it's a case that shows being rich to be a cult in itself。 A coloured councillor is damned sure the man who stiffed his father over a property deal needs putting down， and employs ts-n ER to do it。 Cue problems。I think this is by no means a fabulous， must-re-read book， but it is a good one。 It's a continuation of the feel of the others – the pulpy verbosity， and the eighties shown up to be the least like Miami Vice as possible （yet still shown well， as the humongous mobile phone proves）。 And everything does happily accumulate – the cinema setting gets more welcome， the relationship between ts-n ER and his gal Friday gets much more interesting， and I suppose the political topics of the piece get that bit closer to home。 I still can't find anything remarkable in these creators stepping so far away from their norm， which they certainly seem intent on doing this decade。 It has left them very hit and miss， much like their hero。 Thankfully this has the nous to swing towards the former， and it does end up being a book to approve of， almost to the extent of four stars。 。。。more
Sam Quixote
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A councilman， whose dad was involved with a shady developer shortly before dying in suspicious circumstances， wants Ethan Reckless’ help in bringing down said developer。 But Ethan will have to do it without his assistant Anna as she’s decided the private investigation game isn’t her bag anymore。 It’s the third Reckless book: Destroy All Interest In The Series！ Three times turns out to be about two times more than Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips should’ve gone back to the Reckless well - the last b A councilman， whose dad was involved with a shady developer shortly before dying in suspicious circumstances， wants Ethan Reckless’ help in bringing down said developer。 But Ethan will have to do it without his assistant Anna as she’s decided the private investigation game isn’t her bag anymore。 It’s the third Reckless book: Destroy All Interest In The Series！ Three times turns out to be about two times more than Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips should’ve gone back to the Reckless well - the last book was very middling and this third one is unfortunately plain boring。 There’s way too much stuff here on Anna， who wasn’t an interesting supporting character and proves to be even less compelling in the spotlight。 It was all largely irrelevant guff - she’s leaving， then not leaving， she’s got a new boyfriend， she’s had a falling out with Ethan， blah blah blah。 And the main story is equally as forgettable: a cliched “corrupt city officials” storyline that’s remarkable only for being so unimaginative coming from a writer as experienced as Brubaker。 As unengaging as this book is， it’s still smoothly-written and Sean Phillips is dependable as always， though none of his pages really stood out as especially memorable， so this is still a well-crafted comic from a technical standpoint。 And the Dirty Diaper Caper was an amusing digression。 I highly recommend the first Reckless book， which is a banger full of action and fun story， almost exactly the polar opposite of this third snoozer of a book， Destroy All Monsters， which I don’t recommend！ Also， is it me or does Ethan on the cover look a lot like a certain ex-president （if they lost the double-chin）…？ 。。。more
Alex Sarll
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I grumbled when I saw this was one of the new Image ARCs on Edelweiss; why can't it be the comics I actually like where they keep putting subsequent volumes up for free， instead of the one I only keep reading for the way the art catches the California light？ But this is much more satisfying than the first two volumes， with the surf Equalizer material mainly there as a spine for the real story， about change， and loss， and starting to feel old， and how much it sucks when friends leave town （or， in I grumbled when I saw this was one of the new Image ARCs on Edelweiss; why can't it be the comics I actually like where they keep putting subsequent volumes up for free， instead of the one I only keep reading for the way the art catches the California light？ But this is much more satisfying than the first two volumes， with the surf Equalizer material mainly there as a spine for the real story， about change， and loss， and starting to feel old， and how much it sucks when friends leave town （or， in the case of a sprawl like LA， just move far enough across it）。 "I watched a few movies， but I couldn't really pay attention to them。 Instead my mind kept going back over all the endings I'd been through in my life。 I thought about girlfriends， lovers。。。 Faces and voices lost in time。。。 Then all the houses we lived in when I was young。。。" 。。。more
Brad Wojak
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