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| Cover by Dave Johnson |
100 Bullets: First Shot, Last Call (2000)
Writer: Brian Azzarello
Penciller: Eduardo Risso
Colorist: Grant Goleash
Letterer: Clem Robins
This was lent to me by a co-worker. After I finished it, I told him I had two questions:
1) Was I supposed to understand what was going on?
2) Was I supposed to like this?
Those questions have still been unanswered. Supposedly, 100 Bullets in a masterpiece in the comic world. Maybe it is and maybe I don’t get it. The idea itself is interesting enough: you are given 100 untraceable bullets and a gun and the ability to right whatever personal wrong you have experience with absolutely no legal consequences. What would you do?
I would like to think that I would immediately run away, call the police and inform them that a crazy person is going around giving away bullets and guns for free but I suppose that wouldn’t make for an exciting graphic novel. Though to be honest, I didn’t really find First Shot, Last Call all that exciting either.
