Moustafa and Special are Couriers, somewhere between regular bike messengers and full blown soldiers-for-hire. They work together out of New York City, often for the anonymous Hot Sauce (so called because he orders takeout five times a day with extra extra hot sauce). They are totally badass, expert in weapons, stunt driving, hand to hand combat and more. In the first book, they are called on to deliver a biologic, a girl. Now normally that isn’t their thing, having some kind of a moral compass, […]
One moment followed by another moment and then there was a last moment
What a splendid novel, an extremely thought-provoking treatise on life and death, war and the Fall. The Todd family, and in particular, Teddy, feature prominently in this book. Born to a well-to-do family of bankers and artists, Teddy is his mothers favorite. An inquisitive, sensitive yet extremely competent boy, he grows up to become a pilot in the RAF during WWII, participating in the strategic bombing offensive. Like many pilots, as the war carried on, he reconciled himself to the very real possibility that there […]
Cool beans
One of the things I wanted to do with my first CBR was delve into genres and series that are completely new to me. I went to my local comic shop and stocked up on titles that looked interesting or that I had heard of but had yet to try. That’s how I came to read the excellent All You Need Is Kill, my first manga ( There is no such thing as a battlefield where no one dies ). Next on the stack is Stray Bullets Volume […]
The bastard child of America’s runaway entertainment complex
Sean Murphy is mad as hell and he’s not going to take it any more. Punk Rock Jesus is an absorbing read. Set in the not-too-distant future, an American media corporation comes up with the idea for a new reality show: J2, the second coming of Christ. As in, we’ve isolated DNA from the Shroud of Turin and we’re going to make a Jesus clone, carried to full term by a virgin, then raised to be Our True Lord and Savior, and streamed LIVE!!! This cunning […]