Moonshine, Vol. 3: Rue Le Jour

Moonshine

by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso (Contributor)

The hit supernatural gangster story continues! Delia is on a quest to rid Lou Pirlo of his werewolf curse...and along the way, she enlists the help of two witches who come at a high price. Lou is a resourceful man and willing

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

120 pages, Paperback

First published June 2, 2020

About the author

Brian Azzarello (born in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comic book writer. He came to prominence with 100 Bullets, published by DC Comics' mature-audience imprint Vertigo. He and Argentine artist Eduardo Risso, with whom Azzarello first worked on Jonny Double, won the 2001 Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story for 100 Bullets #15–18: "Hang Up on the Hang Low".

Azzarello has written for Batman ("Broken City", art by Risso; "Batman/Deathblow: After the Fire", art by Lee Bermejo, Tim Bradstreet, & Mick Gray) and Superman ("For Tomorrow", art by Jim Lee).

In 2005, Azzarello began a new creator-owned series, the western Loveless, with artist Marcelo Frusin.

As of 2007, Azzarello is married to fellow comic-book writer and illustrator Jill Thompson.

information taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Az...

Reviews

[Sud666 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ahh well..the third volume certainly had potential. I really liked the inclusion of Jean-Baptiste and the witches.
Lou is struggling with his curse and has ow attracted the attention of a voodoo priest. Lou relationships will come under severe strain as he is controlled by Jean Baptiste. This sounds good but why the two stars?

The ending is nebulous and I'm not sure wtf happened to Jean Baptiste, he seemed to be very much in control and very intelligent..but the ending truly calls his intellect into question. Not to mention the strange dynamic between the witches.

This is a story with so much potential that the execution of the plot never reaches the same lofty ideal. I don't know if there is more to this and, honestly, I don't care. Good concept but the story became far more convulated than it needed to be.

[OmniBen · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Zero spoiler review)
I'm man enough to admit when I was wrong, and I was sure as sugar wrong about Moonshine the first time I picked it up a couple of years ago. Eduardo Risso really should get more mainstream work. Batman Broken City was outstanding. It's certainly possible he doesn't need or want the hassle of a modern Marvel or DC, but if the man could simply colour every DC book each month, then at least that would take care of the lifeless digital slop that passes for colour these days. That said, I'm sure your average colourist gets paid precisely fuck all enough to give a shit.
Azzarello is kicking goals here. And whilst maybe not at the height of his powers, it is effortlessly readable and completely enjoyable nonetheless. I just wish I could pick up any comic from Image and expect this level of quality. If so, then indies would truly be the driver of the market, and modern Marvel and DC would be even further into that pit of apathy and irrelevance. I can only hope it keeps this up all the way to the finish line. 4/5


OmniBen.

[Benji Glaab · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5🌟

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lou just can't make a good decision to save his life/soul, can he?

I did appreciate the voodoo angle here. I'm looking forward to the next arc.

[Dávid Novotný · Rating 3 out of 5]

I still don't know what to think about it. Story diverts quite a lot from its original title. In a sense of making bootleg alcohol. There is another meaning and that one seem to be in focus now.

There are things I like about it and things that annoy me. Like splitting story into two main story lines, and constant switching between them after two or three pages. Sometimes you must read between the lines, because story jumps and doesn't make sense at first glance. Also motivation of characters is questionable in some situations...

On the other hand, I really started to dig art. When you take it as a whole it really suits overall tone, and some pages are just beautiful. Work with shadow and light and overall panel composition reminded me Tim Sale's work in Batman series.

So it has it's ups and downs, for now 3.5*

[Zedsdead · Rating 2 out of 5]

And now we're in NOLA contending with voodoo priests and priestesses. Various 'shiners and gangsters pop up in B plots but they're barely relevant.

I don't know where Azzarello's going with this and I don't really care any more. Passing on the last two volumes so I can get back to Lone Wolf and Cub.

[Robert · Rating 2 out of 5]

***Review is for the all five volumes of the series to date

The horror never really blends with the crime, appearing hear and there as afterthoughts to and distractions from the main tale. Combine that with an unnecessary and odd tangent into voodoo that was wholly unnecessary and you have an ultimately disappointing run.

[Octavi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cada vez mola más. Los personajes mejoran y todo el rollo voodoo de este volumen es cojonudo. El dibujo es perfecto para un noir.

[Craig Schorling · Rating 2 out of 5]

This volume lost me a little bit. I feel like this story is trying to do too many things and is suffering as a result.

[cloverina · Rating 2 out of 5]

What???

[Tjibbe Wubbels · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading Moonshine, Vol. 2: Misery Train, I concluded: "I enjoy this series but am not blown away by it. It's entertaining and real, but also ridiculous and far-fetched. So far I cannot rate it any higher than mediocre". But now, I am really beginning to get used to the nonsense and actually start to really enjoy it a lot.

I think this collection is better than the previous ones. The werewolves could still be drawn a little better, but the voodooing Jean-Baptiste is a stroke of genius. Or rather, he could have been: He is spooky and sinister-looking and you feel he poses a real threat, but he actually comes to his end fairly easily. I had hoped he would be more dangerous, darker.

All the supernatural stuff you can think of comes along in the series. I try not to take it too seriously and just enjoy the ride.

[Bill Coffin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Despite its intriguing premise (werewolves complicate a Prohibition-era moonshining racket) and powerhouse creatives (Azzarello and Risso), Moonshine never really lives up to its potential. Risso's artwork is amazing as usual, but Azzarello's script is unfocused and meandering, filled with characters that never really develop or make us care much about their outcomes. Each volume in the series so far (up to Vol. 4) feels neither self-contained enough to work well on its own, nor do they sufficiently advance the meta-plot. One imagines this series might not have much of a plan to it. What a shame, too.

[Yoshiro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Życie gangstera Lou Pirlo mocno zmieniło się od momentu, kiedy jego nowojorski szef wysłał go na odludzie załatwić pewną sprawę. Nic nie potoczyło się tak, jak było planowane, a Lou dopadła pewna „specyficzna” przypadłość. Na całe szczęście mógł on liczyć na pewną bliską mu kobietę. Delia postanawia bowiem wykorzystać swoje zdolności i „znajomości”, aby wyleczyć swojego ukochanego. To właśnie na tym głównie skupia się fabuła albumu Księżycówka #3.

Piękna i niebezpieczna niewiasta zabiera Lou do Nowo Orleańskich kapłanek Santerii, które jako jedyne mogą poradzić sobie z klątwą. Nic nie jest jednak nazbyt proste i wymaga naprawdę dużego poświęcenia. Kiedy sprawy się skomplikują, Delia będzie musiała wybrać swoją przyszłość. Nie będzie to również obojętne dla byłego gangstera, który w pełni zaprezentuje tutaj swoją „wściekłość”.

Brian Azzarello kolejny raz wykonuje kawał solidnej pracy, tworząc porywający i mocno angażujący scenariusz. Zabiera on czytelnika w podróż po Nowym Orleanie, gdzie szerzy się Voodoo i każdy nieprzemyślany krok może być tym ostatnim. W przeciwieństwie do poprzedniej odsłony tym razem kolejny raz dużo większą uwagę skupia on na Lou. Ponowne obsadzenie tej postaci w kluczowej roli jest doskonałym pomysłem. Widzimy więc, jak „klątwa” mocno wpłynęła na jego zachowanie i jak coraz częściej staje się on niestabilny i daje się porwać niekontrolowanym wybuchom wściekłości. Obok niego cały czas kroczy niezwykle pewna siebie kobieta (Delia), której uczucie jest gotowe przezwyciężyć wszelkie trudności. Obok tych bohaterów scenarzysta poświęca również trochę miejsca na inne ciekawe i nietuzinkowe postacie. Czytelnik, przewracając kolejne strony komiksu, może być więc pewien, że zaserwowana mu historia na pewno nie będzie nudna.

Opisując zalety albumu, nie można nie wspomnieć o świetnej oprawie rysunkowej. Eduardo Risso dba o to, aby zaprezentowany przez niego Nowy Orlean lat 30. zachwycał. Jego prace są niezwykle klimatyczne, oszałamiające i zarazem mocno tajemnicze i przerażające. Każdy kadr wypełniony jest po brzegi najdrobniejszymi szczegółami. Począwszy od charakterystycznej francuskiej architektury, przez detale epoki, mroczne zakątki nieprzebranych bagien, kończąc na mniej lub bardziej widocznych elementach kultu Santerii. Dużą zasługę w świetnym odbiorze oprawy wizualnej, ma tutaj również zastosowana paleta kolorów.

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[Matthew McElroy · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some exciting ideas in all of these collections. They explore the idea of hoodoo and santeria. They touch on the classic struggle between the country and the city. They illustrate the drama of man trying to contain his inner animal.

The problem is that all of it is done in the flattest, most basic way. The characters and plot have as much depth as those YA Avengers' stories. (Not Ms. Marvel. Her stories are wonderful!) I keep waiting for there to be a meaningful breakthrough where the origin of the lycanthropy is exposed, but nothing. After three books, (each composed of six comics) they have introduced a new bad guy and then moved on, with little cohesion. The only thread that continues is Lou Pirlo, Tempest, and the faceless Italian mobsters in designer suits fighting the backwards mountain folk in patched up overalls.

They are trashy enough to read, but I can't see picking them up again.

[RubiGiráldez RubiGiráldez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Volumen centrado en Lou en su refugio en Nueva Orleans con la bella Delia, quien parece prometer que sus "madres/hermanas" podrían contrarrestar la maldición licántropa que pesa sobre sus hombros. Nuevas fuerzas sobrenaturales ligadas al voodoo y la sempiterna presencia de organizaciones mafiosas no dejarán que Lou y Delia respiren tranquilos. MOONSHINE consigue con este volumen terminar de asentar su propuesta aunque haga cierto "parón" en su contexto general dando ciertos atisbos de "siembra" argumental desde la parte del clan licántropo original desligándose y la mayor entidad de Delia no solo como gran interés romántico de Lou, si no como una mujer que realmente sabe codearse con seres oscuros y salir sin mucho rasguño.

Eduardo Risso está en su salsa, pero me alegra que Azzarello haga añadir los elementos terroríficos como esos babeantes zombis haitianos a más de una nueva masacre lupina que aúpa este cómic noir en carrera ascendente.

[The_Mad_Swede · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picking up where the second volume of Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso's horror crime fiction comic set in prohibition era US, Misery Train , left the narratives of New York gangster-turned-werewolf, Lou Pirlo, and Appalachian werewolf Tempest respectively.

Lou is now in New Orleans where the woman Delia, who helped him escape Appalachia, tries to aid him further by enlisting the help of her mothers/sisters, who (perhaps like herself) are Santeria witches. But in the shadow is also Jean-Baptiste, who may have entirely different plans for Lou.

Tempest's story takes second seat here, but her story line at least progresses by her leaving Appalachia for New York.

All in all, it is another interesting instalment in the series, and I am curious where it is going.

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lou Pirlo has problems. A gangster on the run from, oh, everybody, he's settled down a bit with his new girlfriend in New Orleans, hoping her family can cure him of his problems. See, Lou is a werewolf who slaughters people left and right when the full moon rises.

Small problem: Lou's lady love has a spurned lover with some magical abilities of his own. When the guy who creates and orders zombies around takes control of Lou's hairier side, can anyone stop him?

Not quite as good as the same creative team's previous series 100 Bullets, but it does still have a nice, pulpy feel to it, even starting to suggest Lou might not want a cure for his condition after all, and that won't help out that much in the long run.

[Travis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Things I'm left wondering after this volume: are the ghosts Lou sees "real"? Or are they just hallucinations from all the boozing and trauma? What did Carolla know, or think he knew that he tried to strike a bargain with Jean-Baptiste? And what sort of deal was it supposed to be anyway? In the end, the whole thing felt a bit like the previous volume, with Tempest's deal with the creepy guy: a lot of skullduggery and treacherous dealings "resolved" by the simple expediency of killing one of the major actors and thus making most of the events up to that point largely irrelevant.

[Nuno Ferreira · Rating 5 out of 5]

A G Floy voltou a publicar Moonshine em Portugal; nos últimos anos tornou-se a minha leitura de Halloween, mas o verão também casa muitíssimo bem com esta história de gangsters e lobisomens com argumento de Brian Azzarello e ilustrações de Eduardo Risso. Este terceiro volume é o meu preferido de todos até ao momento; destaco a personagem Delia, que desenvolve aqui os seus contornos mais místicos, dividida entre as tradições e o amor.

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[Lucas Lima · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is was the best volume of the series so far, for me.

Love this southern american culture, with the magic, the swamps, the bayou and everything. Azzarello is sharp as ever, writing between the lines and making you trying to think about what you're reading.

As the art, Risso is just amazing as he always is. His scenarios, all the background, the people in it, it's just beautiful. Can't wait for volume 4.

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Moonshine continues to tell Lou's tale as we get to see where his adventures take him this time. The answer to that is New Orleans. I loved the setting and the inclusions of some voodoo elements but I missed the Holt family. They were around but not nearly enough. Delia and Lou's relationship needs explored but I didn't love how it was dealt with here. Risso's art continues to impress. His wolf scenes are intense. Overall, another good read with some shortcomings.

[Alex Sarll]

I used to be a sucker for stories about one supernatural critter which later start dropping others in, but nowadays it's so expected that I almost resented the addition of ghosts, zombies and witches to what had been a tightly focused tale of werewolves and gangsters. Still, you can't say Risso doesn't make New Orleans noir look suitably sinister and seductive.

[Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enter voodoo in this volume of Moonshine as Lou reaches New Orleans with the idea of getting help to end the werewolf curse. To raise money needed for this, he quickly comes under the spell of someone who's own manipulative approach is...not so fast - this actually makes Lou special. As usual with this series, it's a wild mash up that's hard to make any conclusions about. My rating is 4 stars.

[Oli Turner]

More glorious work from brian azzarello and Eduardo risso. 1929 gangster trying to rid himself of his werewolf curse with the help of voodoo in New Orleans. Such inventive work from eduardo risso with tremendous style and use of colours/lighting. The writing is so lyrical it almost benefits from being read aloud

[Simon · Rating 2 out of 5]

As much as I love Azzarello and Risso I really didnt enjoy this at all, it seemed to move away from the genre mashing beginnings to hit a massive road bump. I wonder if i would have even bothered with the fourth volume if i had not already got it on my shelf to read.

[Emmanuel · Rating 3 out of 5]

The weakest volume in the series so far. The story is just not as compelling, even if the characters are interesting. Lou is just too much of an idiot sometimes to be credible… Risso’s art is still great though.

[Robert Hudder · Rating 3 out of 5]

As one story recedes, another takes center stage and goes places. Part of me wonders if this is a thinly disguised story of marital breakup. Probably not but there is something about a Faustian deal of 'faithfulness' that seems to be creeping in.

The last two volumes will bear it out.

[Shannon Green-Kingery · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this third volume of Azzarello And Risso's graphic series "Moonshine", there are werewolves and zombies and witches--oh my! Stir in some New York mobsters and you have a supernatural powder keg all set in the bayous of New Orleans. I love this series!

[Martijn Van · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story, terrible coverart

[Will Cooper · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had forgotten a bunch from the time I read vol. 2, but I feel this volume stands on its own and is a quick, fun horror read.