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...Three shots fired; three bodies fall in Kindt and Hall's "Pistolwhip...
...with additional writing and layout assist given to Jason Hall. In a move as striking as the artwork Kindt and Hall structure the book backwards, starting with a triple, simultaneous shooting, and then telling each character's backstory in a separate chapter. Taking place in the 1930s or so, "Pistolwhip" uses the conventions of film noir (private detectives, femme fatales, mysterious old men) in its own goofball way. The mastermind's henchmen all inexplicably wear pirate outfits, for example. Or else a woman asks a musician what happened to his band, "The New Ideas." "Eet is a mistake," he says...
...near-bonus comic, fully titled "Pistolwhip Presents: Mephisto and the Empty Box," has little to do with the larger work, though it seems to take place in the same universe. A man's wife disappears into a magician's box when the magician dies onstage. Awash in confusion and grief, the man begins studying the tricks and putting on his own show in hopes of creating her again. At $3.95 it makes for a nice introduction to these guy's unique style, if ponying up $14.95 for the 120-page book seems too much too soon...
...Pistolwhip" gives you plenty for your money. The design alone outclasses many books put out by more experienced comix creators. Matt Kindt and Jason Hall should be watched, if they don't exhaust themselves first...
...Pistolwhip' can be found a superior comix shops and ordered through the publisher's website and Amazon.com