The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde

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Today marks the 80th anniversary of the ambush of Bonnie and Clyde…

… [the] Depression era Romeo and Juliet. Brandishing high-powered machine guns and driving the newly invented Ford V-8s, Bonnie and Clyde are mythologized as Robin Hoods for the poor and destitute who had been failed by the American political and financial institutions…

If you’d like to know more about Bonnie and Clyde here are a couple of excellent sources:

10 All Time Most Baffling Unsolved Mysteries

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Distractify recently posted 10 of the Most Baffling Unsolved Mysteries of All Time.  Here’s are the four that I would love to see solved …

The Disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley:  Amy (in the red striped shirt) disappeared on March 24, 1998 at the age of 23 from Royal Caribbean International cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas. She was last seen with a member of the ship’s band, Blue Orchid, known by the alias “Yellow…”

Craig: No family should face the uncertainty of a missing child.  You would think this would be the most solvable of the mysteries listed.

The Roanoke Colony: One of the first settlements in America completely vanished. All evidence of 150 colonists vanished at some point during the Anglo-Spanish war while their mayor was detoured in England retrieving supplies To this day there has been no conclusive evidence as to what happened to the colonists…

Craig: I remember hearing about this colony in elementary school and wondering what happened.  I still wonder.

The Dyatlov Pass Incident: They set out to go on a ski hike, but days later the mysteriously orange-tanned, half-naked bodies of 9 hikers were found near their demolished tent and a note that read: “From now on we know there are snowmen.” Many of the poor souls also had crushing wounds, and it’s been reported that the bodies were slightly radioactive. And, strangely, one woman was missing her tongue…

Craig: The note “From now on we know there are snowmen” is creepy enough, add in the “crushing wounds” and slightly radioactive corpses and we have a real mystery.  I want to know what happened!

The WOW Signal: On August 15, 1977 Jerry R. Ehman on August 15, 1977 quite possibly detected a sign of intelligent life in the universe. The signal came from deep space almost 120 light years away. It lasted for the full 72-second window that Big Ear was able to observe it, but has never been detected again. Scientists say that if the signal came from extraterrestrials, they are likely to be an very advanced civilization because their transmitter would have to be much stronger than any we currently have on earth.

Craig: Discovering intelligent life on another planet [I’ve given up looking on this one] would be THE story of the century.  CNN would probably even stop their round-the-clock coverage of the missing flight to cover it.

Z-View: Undertow #2

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Undertow is an on-going series created by Steve Orlando & Artyom Trakhanov published by Image.

Writer: Steve Orlando

Artist: Artyom Trakhanov

Cover Artist Shown: Artyom Trakhanov

A Sea Locust: thirty feet of armored spines, claws that strike at the speed of sound. And it’s devastating Ukinnu Alal’s team by the second. They’re talking mutiny on the Deliverer, and Bau Zikia’s the only one standing between them and Uruku’s sword.

*** Beware – minor spoilers are found below ***

The Good

  • Trakhanov‘s art continues to impress.
  • Orlando‘s story expands to bring in more characters.  We learn more about their motivations and it becomes clear that not everyone is totally on board with Redum Anshargal.

The Bad:

  • This isn’t a comic one can read in five minutes.  Some readers won’t like working for their story.
  • The coloring is better this issue, but some panels are still a bit dark.

The Ugly:

  • I am not a fan of the cover at all.

I liked Undertow #2 even better than the first issue. Bring on issue 3! Rating: 4 out of 5

Z-View: The White Suits #2

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The White Suits is a four issue mini-series created by Frank Barbiere & Toby Cypress published by Dark Horse Comics.

Writer: Frank Barbiere

Artist / Colorist: Toby Cypress

The White Suits, scourges of Russia’s underworld, have declared war on New York’s organized crime. But NYC’s crime overlords have their own army of Russian mercenaries hunting the Suits, with FBI agent Sarah Anderson and the former Suit known as Prizrak certain to be caught in the crossfire!

*** Beware – minor spoilers are found below ***

The Good

  • Frank Barbiere’s story requires you to think and Toby Cypress’ art makes you pay attention.
  • The White Suits is a crime comic that encompasses a mystery or two or three but never at the sake of action.
  • Cypress’ art  this issue is not quite as loose but still unique.
  • The black and white art with a splash of color works!
  • The huge Russian merc is a woman!

The Bad:

  • The jumps in time aren’t spelled out.  To those who complain, pay attention to the art, colors, word balloons, etc.].
  • Cypress’ art is loose… and won’t be to everyone’s taste.
  • The position Anderson and Pizrak are in on the last page of the issue.

The Ugly:

  • The big Russian female merc when you insult her… and even when you don’t.

The White Suits is not for all audiences since it contains adult language and violence.

 

Rating: 3 out of 5