The White Suits: Dressed to Kill

The White Suits #1-4

by Frank J. Barbiere, Tony Cypress (Illustrations)

Mysterious killers dressed in white, they savaged the Cold War Russian underworld--then disappeared without a trace. Now they have resurfaced in New York, leaving a trail of dead mobsters in their bloody wake. In this tide of death, an amnesiac and a FBI agent bound by loss and haunted memories seek to answer a single question that may unlock their hidden pasts: Who are the "White Suits"?
In the edgy tradition of "The Usual Suspects" and "Kill Bill," The White Suits is violent noir action wrapped in mystery from writer Frank Barbiere and artist Toby Cypress. Collects The White Suits, Vol 1, issues 1-4.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Crime

128 pages, Paperback

First published December 2, 2014

About the author

Frank J. Barbiere is a #1 Amazon.com best-selling writer from New Jersey.

Frank is a former English teacher with degrees from Rutgers University and the Graduate School for Education.

After breaking into the comics industry with the creator-owned hit Five Ghosts (Image Comics), Frank has since worked for every major publisher in the U.S., as well as having a global presence in France (Glenat Comics), Italy (Cosmo Editoriale), and Spain (Norma) with his creator-owned work. He has written notable runs on Avengers World and Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. at Marvel Comics, as well as the creator-owned series Black Market and Broken World (BOOM! Studios), The Revisionist (Aftershock Comics), Violent Love (Image Comics), and The White Suits (Dark Horse Comics).

In 2017, Frank began working as a writer and narrative designer in the video games industry. He has since contributed to the Destiny franchise and was lead writer on Darksiders Genesis and Ruined King: A League of Legends Story. He currently works as a Lead Writer at Skydance Interactive.

Reviews

[Bert · Rating 2 out of 5]

There is an idea for a story here (a fairly ludicrous one, though), but the execution is terrible. Not because of the artwork, which is unconventional but rather fitting. The story however is oddly paced, and this almost inevitably leads to the huge infodump in the last pages, followed by a "what happened next" segment that does exactly what a visual medium should avoid, i.e. it tells when it should show.

[Drew Canole · Rating 1 out of 5]

The book poses the question, "Who are the white suits?"

By the end the reader realizes that the white suits are just an excuse write an action book with lots of cool artwork.

That being said the artwork isn't as good as it should be. When its good, its really good. But there are a lot of sloppy panels and its very inconsistent. The writing is complete crap when its not just allowing the artist to draw cool things.

[Juan Fuentes · Rating 2 out of 5]

La idea que subyace a la historia y que se explica al final no está mal. Pero la ejecución tira tanto de tópicos que se hace cuesta arriba de leer, a pesar del excelente dibujo.

[Nomad nimrod · Rating 1 out of 5]

Awful.

[Sal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tony Cypress' art is gorgeous

[Sheila McNair · Rating 2 out of 5]

An interesting idea, but executed to quickly. It was boring because you didn't have time to care even a little about the characters. A lot of over used action movie tropes and one-liners.

[Chad · Rating 1 out of 5]

An interesting premise that was ruined by incomprehensible art. I could not comprehend what was happening in over half the panels. The art looks like it was drawn by a toddler. This is some of the worst art I've ever seen in a graphic novel.

[Drew · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really liked the energy and ferociousness of the art. Cypress conveys the chaos of violence wonderfully. The story is too slight, not given enough time to breath and just doesn't build up to what I was hoping.

[Jason Ragle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh. Good concept. Messy art and execution. I was hoping for more.