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Jason Hall and Matt Kindt need to get a hold of themselves. To get their graphic novella and comix debut, "Pistolwhip," published they made their own "mock" print run and shopped it around the San Diego comicbook convention. They also handed out P.R. giveaways like trading cards of the characters, a paperdoll cutout with outfits, and a novelty cigarette. Many people assumed the book had actually been published...
...Shelf, the Marietta, Georgia publisher, immediately signed them and has now put out this remarkable debut. But wait, there's more! They have also put out a slimmer, one-shot comicbook by Hall and Kindt, "Mephisto and the Empty Box," simultaneously with "Pistolwhip," for a double debut. Somebody tell those guys to calm down. The one book speaks for itself...
...comix cover. Flipping it open you expect to find a catalogue of radio parts, but instead get sucked in by the new-old-fashioned penwork of Matt Kindt. He relies on just a few, expressive strokes and flat blocks of black ink to create the art deco world of "Pistolwhip." Nearly abstract slashes and squiggles organize themselves into characters and place, often seen from wild points of view. One panel uses a briefcase perspective, a gigantic wrist at the bottom and a tiny head...