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Hawaiian Dick
Hawaiian Dick Volume 2: The Last Resort
The Eisner-nominated series collected at last! In the second Hawaiian Dick collection, it's gangsters, guns and ghosts as Byrd is caught between warring gangs in a beautiful Hawaiian bay turned red with blood.
144 pages, Paperback
First published November 8, 2006
About the author
B. Clay Moore
166 books32 followersB. 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.
He lives in suburban Kansas City.
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.
He lives in suburban Kansas City.
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December 15, 2017
A bunch of mobsters are trying to open a hotel in Hawaii and some strange things are happening. The Italians think the Irish are sabotaging them and vice versa. So the mobsters hire Byrd to find out what's going on. Hawaiian ghost make another appearance. Byrd at least attempts to do some detective work in this one.
I thought this story was tighter and better written than volume one. The art has improved as well.
I thought this story was tighter and better written than volume one. The art has improved as well.
May 6, 2024
Re-read from 2006
Hawaiian Dick: The Last Resort is a fun, fast, and rather uneven read albeit with cool, watercolor art by Steven Griffin.
Clay Moore sets up a decent, if ordinary, story about rival gangs - the Italian and the Irish - estabilishing underground casinos in their resorts across the street from each other. Ghosts of Hawaiian ancestors, apparently unhappy with the construction on their once-upon-a-time sacred lands, get involved and have no problem in killing the living. But Byrd, Kahami, and Mo Kalama all get involved... and the caper wraps up rather suddenly.
Fun action but with a lot of unused story potential.
Hawaiian Dick: The Last Resort is a fun, fast, and rather uneven read albeit with cool, watercolor art by Steven Griffin.
Clay Moore sets up a decent, if ordinary, story about rival gangs - the Italian and the Irish - estabilishing underground casinos in their resorts across the street from each other. Ghosts of Hawaiian ancestors, apparently unhappy with the construction on their once-upon-a-time sacred lands, get involved and have no problem in killing the living. But Byrd, Kahami, and Mo Kalama all get involved... and the caper wraps up rather suddenly.
Fun action but with a lot of unused story potential.
January 10, 2021
***Review is for the first 4 volumes of the series, read in one sitting***
A nice combination of post-war period detective story and island supernaturalism. A bit choppy with the backstories and stingy with the explanations, but still a good time.
A nice combination of post-war period detective story and island supernaturalism. A bit choppy with the backstories and stingy with the explanations, but still a good time.
February 19, 2009
Simply put...THE SHIT! I don't think there is much more to say about this captivating and addictive series. Oh, and the colors are so pretty!
October 16, 2016
The second graphic novel for the Hawaiian Dick. Good art, smart story. The characters of Byrd, Mo & Kahami are well done. On to the third collection.
May 15, 2021
I love comics. I like trying to share that love of comics as well. So when I get a chance to gift a comic to someone, I jump at the chance. That being said, there are a lot of people in my life who don't read comics and most will never read any superhero comic I give them. It's why I love comics like this and make a point to add them to my collection. It's a clear, well told, story that is a visual delight. It is also the type of comic that can open up someone's understanding of comics, the variety of stories they can tell, and perhaps persuade them to read more.
This volume of Hawaiian Dick was a lot shorter than I was expecting, but I really enjoyed it. It certainly helps to have read the first volume, but you don't HAVE to do that by any means. It helps, but it works as a perfect stand alone. Moore and Griffin make a great team and pick up right were they left off from the first volume. From what I understand, this comic had a terrible track record as far as being on time, so I'm kind of glad I found it in TPB format. That being said, if I come across any issues in a dollar or quarter bin, I'll be busting a rescue mission.
Great art, and a fun, quick read, with some decent laughs. Most definitely for anyone who enjoys Hawaii 5-0.
This volume of Hawaiian Dick was a lot shorter than I was expecting, but I really enjoyed it. It certainly helps to have read the first volume, but you don't HAVE to do that by any means. It helps, but it works as a perfect stand alone. Moore and Griffin make a great team and pick up right were they left off from the first volume. From what I understand, this comic had a terrible track record as far as being on time, so I'm kind of glad I found it in TPB format. That being said, if I come across any issues in a dollar or quarter bin, I'll be busting a rescue mission.
Great art, and a fun, quick read, with some decent laughs. Most definitely for anyone who enjoys Hawaii 5-0.
June 1, 2021
This series is a good idea done in by its execution, and annoyingly backed up by bonus materials that sometimes run as long as the main story. Hawaiian Dick is in love with itself as a premise, but the art rarely serves the narrative well, and the writing’s strange jog into supernatural territory never quite distract us from how soft-boiled this noir really is. Alas.
June 13, 2013
I agree with some of the other reviews. This book has really beautiful, inspired artwork. It's a really refreshing style to combine the feel-good, tropical look of Hawaiian tackiness while juxtaposing it with the standard contrasting, angular, and purposefully ugly style of dark crime. The control of the loose style this artist demonstrates in this book is spectacular. I picked this book up because of the art.
I'm a bit let down by the story. It's pretty shallow and typical for a crime plot. The characters don't flesh out, there isn't really a sense of time or atmosphere, and the pace is pretty uniform. The phantom subplot is interesting, and the dialogue is clever. That's it. There is also just too much sitting around and doing nothing. The artist really brings a tonne to the table to uplift this story to be something satisfactory, and I find it unfortunate that the writing doesn't complement the art.
I'm a bit let down by the story. It's pretty shallow and typical for a crime plot. The characters don't flesh out, there isn't really a sense of time or atmosphere, and the pace is pretty uniform. The phantom subplot is interesting, and the dialogue is clever. That's it. There is also just too much sitting around and doing nothing. The artist really brings a tonne to the table to uplift this story to be something satisfactory, and I find it unfortunate that the writing doesn't complement the art.
October 14, 2011
I was hovering here between 3 and 4 stars. This title felt like it was coasting a bit after the excellence that was the first collection. I still find Byrd and friends charming, and can't help but love the time and place that the book is set in. And the art choices are excellent, both the inks and the colors and the overall production work of the book. The quality of writing, art and the inclusion of lots of interesting back matter elevate what ends up being an average story. That earns it the extra star.
If you like the first volume, give this one a try. It feels like spending time with people you love, even if not much happens.
If you like the first volume, give this one a try. It feels like spending time with people you love, even if not much happens.
August 19, 2016
Awesome second trade from one of my favorite crime drama comics! I picked this up at a local comic convention last week, and finally got a chance to read it today. You really don't see too many comics with this tropical setting or with a paranormal slant nowadays, both set this book apart from almost every other crime book on the market right now. Yeah this has mob bosses fighting and stuff blowing up, but it also has ghosts attacking people which is awesome.
I actually enjoyed this volume more than the first, and can't wait for more.
I actually enjoyed this volume more than the first, and can't wait for more.
July 7, 2014
The art-style this trade I enjoyed more then the prior trade, though the story felt a bit lacking.
Maybe it's me but you can almost feel as though Moore hates writing the true-crime type stuff and just wants to go whole hog into the supernatural stuff. I honestly would prefer he delve into the supernatural stuff more as I think he can work it better having a 3/4s supernatural, 1/4s true-crime story then the other way around.
This trade, again, is loaded with extras at the end
Maybe it's me but you can almost feel as though Moore hates writing the true-crime type stuff and just wants to go whole hog into the supernatural stuff. I honestly would prefer he delve into the supernatural stuff more as I think he can work it better having a 3/4s supernatural, 1/4s true-crime story then the other way around.
This trade, again, is loaded with extras at the end
October 2, 2009
The art on this book is beautiful. I liked the story but thought it didn't flow as smoothly toward the end. The supernatural aspect of the book felt like kind of a crutch to get the heroes out of some jams at times. Overall I found the characters appealing and as said before, the art is absolutely gourgeous.
February 9, 2015
Great setting and decent story idea, but it doesn't feel like the heroes actually did anything that had any impact on the story.
What would have happened differently, if the PIs hadn't wandered around?
Like the low-key creepiness of the supernatural elements and it's use of place and history, but this story just seemed to meander around and then end.
What would have happened differently, if the PIs hadn't wandered around?
Like the low-key creepiness of the supernatural elements and it's use of place and history, but this story just seemed to meander around and then end.
April 13, 2009
Hahaha... If yer a fan of Jack Lord or Thomas Magnum... this is for you.
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July 21, 2011volume 2
April 27, 2012
such a visually stunning book
August 18, 2016
Not as good as the first, a different artist as well. Still beautiful. A great advert for Hawaii.
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