The Complete Friday

Friday #1-9

by Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martín (Illustrator), Muntsa Vicente (Illustrator)

Friday Fitzhugh spent her childhood solving crimes and digging up occult secrets with her best friend Lancelot Jones, the smartest boy in the world. Now she’s back to find that something very strange and dangerous is happening in their little New England town…

Collects issues 1 to 9

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Mystery, Horror, Fantasy, Fiction

312 pages, ebook

First published July 24, 2024

About the author

Ed Brubaker (born November 17, 1966) is an Eisner Award-winning American cartoonist and writer. He was born at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.

Brubaker is best known for his work as a comic book writer on such titles as Batman, Daredevil, Captain America, Iron Fist, Catwoman, Gotham Central and Uncanny X-Men. In more recent years, he has focused solely on creator-owned titles for Image Comics, such as Fatale, Criminal, Velvet and Kill or Be Killed.

In 2016, Brubaker ventured into television, joining the writing staff of the HBO series Westworld.

Reviews

[Carlex · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a wonderful story 😍. Script, drawings... perfect!

[Kurisu Roku · Rating 5 out of 5]

Paula tenía raó, m'ha encantat.
Per otts aquells que han llegit Sherlock Holmes I shan plantejat, que passaria si també hi hagués màgia en la descoberta de misteris?

[Bryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Basically perfect.

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brilliant collected book of the online series. I’d never read it before this but really enjoyed how it flowed. Bit different to the stuff Brubaker does with Sean Phillips which suits the change of artist Marcos Martin. Really good work from all the creators and the book will sit nicely with the rest of the Brubaker catalogue

[Marc Ramos Soler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un misteri que es va desgranant, inicialment amb ritme pausat però que acaba precipitant-se. La construcció del personatge principal és molt interessant, i l’esclat del conflicte prepara un escenari prometedor. Malauradament, la història agafa massa embranzida i apareixen massa elements fantàstics que embruten aquell inici tan prometedor.

No sé per què m’ha recordat una mica a Artemis Fowl, amb aquesta integració de fantàstic en un món real, però amb uns personatges més ben treballats.

L’estètica està molt ben treballada, amb una gran composició i color. El dinamisme de les imatges és engrescador i t'acompanya constantment en l'avançar de la trama.

[Daniel Santos · Rating 4 out of 5]

obra espetacular, narrativa impécavel e belamente ilustrada. Brubaker exercita a imaginação, costura diversos estilos em uma saga juvenil de investigadores que lembram um grande episódio de Scooby Doo com pitadas de Stranger things temperada pelo Stephen King
as cores são incriveis e a arte de Marco Martin soberba foram 3 horas de leitura deliciosa nem notei o tempo passar, sociedade secretas, viagem no tempo, monstros folcloricos tudo a serviço da boa nona arte
grande obra, vale cada centavo

[Simon Heldreich · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb story from Ed Brubaker, made better by the awesome artwork from Marcos Martin. Highly recommended for fans of Stranger Things and Veronica Mars, because it's basically a mash up of both of them.
The only negative I have is that it made me want a) more and b) to see some of the other adventures that Friday and Lance had that address referred to.
Also, it's available as a "pay what you like" so there no excuse but to pick it up.

[Jota Houses · Rating 4 out of 5]

Revisitar a personajes arquestípicos como son los investigadores juveniles norteamericanos en su vida posterior empieza a no ser un argumento demasiado original. Aún así, Brubaker elabora una historia muy entretenida, con viajes temporales, dioses antiguos y conspiraciones muy bien acompañada por el arte de Marcos Martín.

[N · Rating 3 out of 5]

This started off brilliantly; the artwork, the atmospheric New England town, the former kid detectives. But then it falls apart in the second half. All of the story decisions were just badly recycled tropes that felt rushed, and even the artwork becomes muddled. I wish they had been able to just maintain that early vibe.

[Adam Witt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've probably read better comic books by Ed Brubaker. At this moment, they all pale in comparison. Perfection! Marcos Martin is leveling up all the time, in this case wearing a convincing David Mazzucchelli suit, though you'd never accuse him of ripping anybody off; he's just that good.

[Blaine McGaffigan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic series. Loved where it ended up in the back half. Kind of wish the last issue gave a little more runway. Maybe 10 issues would have prevented that last issue being so exposition heavy.

Love the art and colors.

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Want a graphic novel that’s a modern spin on a Nancy Drew/ Encyclopedia Brown stories with some wild and dark magic out of the pulps? Here’s that book you wanted then.

[Robert C · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful homage to YA mystery stories with a blend of horror and sci-fi/fantasy.

[Chr*s Browning]

Encyclopedia Brown meets The Spiderwick Chronicles (or something along those lines) and it's set at Christmastime with great art. Probably the best Brubaker book that I've read.

[Matt Parrilli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ed Brubaker’s inventive storytelling is only outdone here by Marcos Martin’s incredible artwork and Muntsa Vincente’s revelatory colors. Highly recommended.

[Erin]

SO GOOD

[Cadillac Jack · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't think it will surprise anyone that Friday is really good, but Friday is really freaking good. Marcos Martín is incredible, Brubaker can write the heck out of a comic, and the hardcover deluxe edition is truly deluxe. A must buy for me, I love this book.

[Pkostek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Story just flows. What really shines though, is the art. It adds to the story, it is beautiful and sometimes when you breeze through it (due to the story’s pacing), you feel that you are missing out on the gorgeous panels.