Quarry's War #1

Quarry's War #1

by Max Allan Collins, Szymon Kudranski (Illustrator), Alex Ronald (Illustrator)

Written by renowned comic writer and author of the Quarry Hard Case Crime novels, Max Allan Collins (‘Road to Perdition’, ‘Batman’, ‘Action Comics Weekly’) and illustrated by Szymon Kudranski (‘Batman: Streets of Gotham’, ‘Spider-Man’, ‘Spawn’).Former U.S. Marine sniper Quarry has found a new vocation as a professional assassin. But when his latest contract turns out to be an old acquaintance from his military days, the fresh-faced hit man finds himself battling against his own conscience as secrets from the past start to reveal themselves.First ever Quarry comic – companion to the acclaimed Cinemax TV series.

Genres: Graphic Novels

30 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 29, 2017

About the author

Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) in 2006.

He has also published under the name Patrick Culhane. He and his wife, Barbara Collins, have written several books together. Some of them are published under the name Barbara Allan.

Book Awards
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1984) : True Detective
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1992) : Stolen Away
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1995) : Carnal Hours
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1997) : Damned in Paradise
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1999) : Flying Blind: A Novel about Amelia Earhart
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (2002) : Angel in Black

Japanese: マックス・アラン・コリンズ
or マックス・アラン コリンズ

Reviews

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a companion to Collins' Quarry novels and really does a good job of adhering to the spirit of the novels. It actually contains a bit more of Quarry's Vietnam War background. The artwork is good. The storyline however leaves the reader hanging and waiting for more.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

This graphic novel was really hard to read. Why? Was the vocabulary challenging? Nope! The Split story was difficult. The first 3/4 or so of this graphic novel switches back and forth from Vietnam to early 70's America and BACK again, and back again, and back again. The left page would feature 1970's setting and the right page the flashback to Vietnam--- on and on. While this flashback was necessary to comprehend the story's plot outline-- it was rather annoying to me.

Quarry is a lot like the old Parker novels. It's a gritty and violent world that Quarry operates in-- both in Vietnam and in his postwar assignment. He finds it easy to fall into bed with women and easy to take a life. Everything seems to come easy to him. However, he is finally confronted with a challenge to his character-- whether or not he could betray a friend. And in the resolution, the reader will never know whether he would have or not-- for the author manages to help him find a way to deal with the conflict in the same easy manner that he pulls the trigger and kills people.

This graphic novel, at times, is a bit graphic... Whether it is depicting violence or sex- the author wants to shove the reader's face into its grit-- perhaps a bit for shock value-- perhaps because it is typical men's fiction... The dream of being a tough guy-- not having to follow the rules-- having women fall easily prey to our charms--- And facing danger with a calm reserve! After all, didn't we all grow up wanting to be John Wayne, James Bond, Rambo and John McLane all thrown into one.

Perhaps it is my advancing years that kept me from enjoying this to its fullest. I recognize it as men's fiction-- where the reader can count on encountering some gratuitous sex and violence. There was enough real story to make it interesting and the Vietnam-modern (70's) connection made it more intriguing. Truly a men's comic book, though.

[Magnus Frederiksen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Klassisk amerikansk serietecknar stil. Gillar idén med två historier som berättas på varje uppslag igenom nästan hela boken. Quarry är hård. Talar som en pulpdeckare. Är super hård. Ganska tråkig. Men historien är spännande. Den obligatoriska sexscenen behövs verkligen för att ta en paus i all hård manlighet.

[塔可叔叔 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Look, I know this isn’t a “five-star” kind of book for everyone — but I really liked the concept and the gritty vibe. The noir-meets-war mix totally worked for me. Sometimes it’s not about perfection, it’s about enjoyment — and this hit the spot.