Amara Bishop is a newly single mother with a long-buried past. Raised by an alcoholic father in a rundown trailer, Amara was a child when she learned to kill. And she hasn't killed anyone since she was thirteen. When her aging mentor is murdered, and her daughter is threatened, that will soon change...
B. Clay Moore has written comic books for virtually every major publisher, including Image Comics, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, WildStorm, Oni Press, Valiant Comics, Aftershock Comics, DSTLRY and Ignition Press.
Upcoming projects including LAST FLIGHT OUT OF WICHITA, from DSTLRY Media in 2025, in collaboration with Mack Chater. This is the first of two books from Moore and Chater, who combine to work under the Dead Echo Press imprint. Following that will be BLOODLAND.
Hollywood has spent a lot of money optioning Moore's work.
Prefect mix of Miami martini pink beauty & schlubby grit to characterize our MC and all she's up against. Good for novice secret agent readers, in the vein of someone who likes Marvel casually. Ironic how superhero ripped she is and how beer belly her ex hubby is (though he's one of my fav chars, such a poor punching bag). MC has Harley Quinn's sassy humor and trigger-happiness--though she's even more selfish, always talking about herself when others are dying or her kid's dealing w/ divorce and some neglect, dangerous situations. The art style is shaded very nicely but the expressions are often creepy when they don't mean to be--unless we're hammer-fisting the foreshadowing.
Consistent action, the expected back and forth secret investigation scenes. Good diverse cast, not just in race but memorable faces and styles, all distinct and calling to mind nostalgic characters from other things like inspirations from GTA, Archer, Breaking Bad, etc. Chapters end on really good cliffhangers you wouldn't expect and the chapter title artwork is screensaver-worthy.
Too many characters have similar names. Calder and Carver, Alea, Allen, and Amara, Moses and Marco. I guess it's so you remember them in pairs but at least make one name longer to recall who's who. Maybe unrealistic these agents wouldn't wear bulletproof vests or something more than a tank top and gloves!
Hope this'll come to Kindle soon. Reading on the now obsolete Adobe DE makes it too hard to access and zoom in or scroll properly.
About 60% and things haven't gotten any more realistic as far as the kid goes: the mom leaves her alone too willy nilly and she's so unfazed, despite not knowing her mom to be in this world, even has an appetite after seeing a bloodbath? Just a little silly. Love the algae green color theme panels, though. The MC's childhood is most interesting so I hope the next issue is just about that. Beautiful teal and magenta aesthetic in the dusk scenes.