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5 Is the Perfect Number

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Igort's 5 is the perfect number blows the lid off the american graphic novel scene by showing how good gritty italian comic noir can be. Imagine a surreal, poetic, cinematic grand vision not unlike The Godfather movies and infuse it with stunning visuals, pithy dialogues, gut-wrenchingly real characters and a crackling plot. What you get is the beginning of this graphic novel work of art.

The story is deceptively simple. Retired Hitman for the Mafia has to take to the gun again as his dear son, who followed in his footsteps, is killed by the very men who employed him. But through stunning Duotone graphics (blue & shades of grey) Igort paints a masterful series of pictures that drive this fast plot ahead.

Although i am not much of a graphic novel fan, i would definitely be addicted to them if each one was as beautiful and stunning as this one is. This is about as close as Graphic novels can get to sublime beauty.

I'm not in agreement with the first reviewer about the use of language. If it's about gangsters, yeah. They're going to curse. But, I think that part of the problem here is that the translation from the original French is atrocious. It was like somebody lifted verbatim Google translations, which are so literal, that it takes the life out of it. I recommend learning French and reading the original instead. It's much better. Unfortunately, Amazon USA doesn't carry the French version, so you'll have to pay cross-Atlantic shipping charges when you buy it from Amazon.fr.

Igort's book is a book that shows what the genre can convey at its best. The two-color style really brings out some of the themes very well also. Interesting Italian take on Italian crime, the author's nationality lends some credibility to the story.

I was blown away by this book. The artist creates a mystery atmosphere with his use of duo tone. The art is incredible,it is not a complicate story but it is so "noir". I would definitely recommend this book as an out of the box comic.

Just could NOT get into it. It was trying to be all philisophical and show the life of crooks and revenge, but it was the swearing that turned me off. I mean, come on, who needs five swearwords every two pages ranging from D*mn to f* and worse? Totally unecessary. I realize the author was trying to keep the criminals "in character", but it was just disturbing instead with a plot that wasn't seeming to go anywhere for my trouble after twenty-five pages of sheer, boring torture.

I should have known better than to buy this, but it was on sale for five bucks so I figured I didn't really have anything to lose. I like buying things on a whim every once in a while because sometimes it turns out really good and I like discovering new authors. Unfortunately, I think I'll probably be avoiding him from now on. It will be gathering dust in my closet until I figure out if I want to go to the trouble of selling it or just chuck it in the trash can.