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FishKill
A love story wrapped in a modern noir that takes our hero down the conspiracy rabbit hole where he starts to question his own sanity.
FishKill is a love story wrapped in a modern noir that takes our hero, Detective Bart Fishkill, so far down the conspiracy rabbit hole that he starts to question his own sanity even to the point of wondering whether if he isn’t the villain in the first place.
FishKill is a love story wrapped in a modern noir that takes our hero, Detective Bart Fishkill, so far down the conspiracy rabbit hole that he starts to question his own sanity even to the point of wondering whether if he isn’t the villain in the first place.
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112 pages, Paperback
Published May 18, 2021
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July 14, 2022
This series from Heavy Metal ran four issues in 2021, and all are reprinted here. Unfortunately, this was only the first story arc, and this ends with a lot of plot threads left hanging and unexplained. It appears that there will not be a second volume, perhaps all for the best.
The first issue hooked me, and then it sort of went meandering around as it introduced more characters and subplots that were presented in a disjointed fashion. Bart Fishkill is an interesting character, a suicidal, Afghan war vet who may be suffering from PTSD who's been demoted to a menial position within the NYC police force because of anger/aggressions issues. A terrorist bomb explodes on his daily check of parking meters, and suddenly he's the number one suspect - -something that is never clearly defined except to reveal that there are forces that want to discredit and perhaps even eliminate him - why? Now he's on the run.
The book is described as a neo-noir love story and only part of that holds true. The love interest appears to be extremely one-sided (rescue infatuation, perhaps) and kind of creepy. Writers Dan Fogler and Laurence Blum show their homage to Frank Miller's SIN CITY throughout, but this just doesn't compare. There's more to showing your love for a classic work than just trying to duplicate the atmosphere and mood. In my opinion, they needed to tighten up and clarify that plot more.
What kept me going to the end is the incredible, stylish artwork of Ben Templesmith, who excels at pencils, inks, color and lettering on this title. His work here is award-worthy, but this may get passed over for consideration because the rest is kind of a mess.
The first issue hooked me, and then it sort of went meandering around as it introduced more characters and subplots that were presented in a disjointed fashion. Bart Fishkill is an interesting character, a suicidal, Afghan war vet who may be suffering from PTSD who's been demoted to a menial position within the NYC police force because of anger/aggressions issues. A terrorist bomb explodes on his daily check of parking meters, and suddenly he's the number one suspect - -something that is never clearly defined except to reveal that there are forces that want to discredit and perhaps even eliminate him - why? Now he's on the run.
The book is described as a neo-noir love story and only part of that holds true. The love interest appears to be extremely one-sided (rescue infatuation, perhaps) and kind of creepy. Writers Dan Fogler and Laurence Blum show their homage to Frank Miller's SIN CITY throughout, but this just doesn't compare. There's more to showing your love for a classic work than just trying to duplicate the atmosphere and mood. In my opinion, they needed to tighten up and clarify that plot more.
What kept me going to the end is the incredible, stylish artwork of Ben Templesmith, who excels at pencils, inks, color and lettering on this title. His work here is award-worthy, but this may get passed over for consideration because the rest is kind of a mess.
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