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Back To Brooklyn Volume 1

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1. If you like stories about the Mob
2. If you like The Sopranos
3. If you like books about Brooklyn
4. If you like gritty crime drama
5. If you like the books of Donald Westlake/Richard Stark
6. If you like Clint Eastwood Movies
7. If you are old enough to buy comics with violence and strong language(or can get your mom/dad/older brother/creepy older kid who hangs out by the dumpster behind 7-11, to buy it for you)
8. If you can READ . . .

If any of the above describes you, you are gonna love "Back to Brooklyn!"

Why are you still reading this, click the button and buy the book already!

Having loved The Pro, which also teamed up Ennis and Palmiotti, I knew I had to check out Back to Brooklyn. Turns out this was a good move on my part.

This book has it all; great dialogue, great story and a great amount of violence. Don't take that violence part the wrong way though. This story is smart and has a couple of excellent twists and turns to keep both comic fans and non-comic fans thoroughly entertained from the first issue until the last.

Additionally, after you're done with the comic, there are a pair of articles penned by Palmiotti entitled "What Brooklyn Did to Me." The brutal honesty of these articles are as enjoyable as the comic itself.

If you're looking for a great read and want to know that you're purchasing a book you'll read on more than one occasion, this is the book for you. In case you couldn't tell, I strongly suggest Back to Brooklyn!

BACK TO BROOKLYN is aptly named. This is not the hipster Brooklyn of Williamsburg, nor the stroller-derby that is Park Slope. This is the Brooklyn of families, and none is more screwed up than the story's crime family. Lots of action, lots of love and lots of betrayal. Plus, the art is gorgeous.

Like the majority of Garth Ennis' writing, it's a page turner. Don't buy it if you are looking for some sort of enlightenment on the human condition. Just some very solid, very violent, entertainment. My only small complaint would be the references to Sariavo and Robert E. Lee. None of the characters in this story strike me as people with a likely interest in world politics or history. Those two references took me out of the story a bit. Still, a very solid read.

Bob Saetta would like to make a deal with cops and feds, meaning by that selling his whole mafia family. But his big brother, Paul the Wall, call him to say hello (and that he has Bob's wife and son), the young Saetta asks a week-end to get his family back. Cops and feds accept but still wonder why Bob xould sell his Family ?

Back to Brooklyn is a hardcore thriller about mafias in Brooklyn. It's also a love declaration from Palmiotti to his neighboorhood even if it's a special one, covered in blood. But actually, Back to brooklyn is about payback of course but also about love, fidelity, loyalty, and what you're ready to accept in the name of those.

So if bloodbaths don't scare you (ah, by the way, Mihailo Vukevic's art si really superb) and you like dark thriller, then don't hesitate and buy this book, you won't regret it.

This is a sweet read. I don't even know comics all that well but I came across this cool book and just read it cover to cover. It was intense! Really cool story. Great bad guys. Great set up and all around fun read. Big recommend.

I love those good stories that use NYC as a backdrop when done right. Most times, people who guess at what NYC is come off as forced and fake. With Back To Brooklyn, both Garth Ennis and Jimmy Palmiotti know what NYC is all about. This isn't a easy go lucky tale of a scorned family. This is a twisted family with an even more twisted tale. That's what is great about it. A clever tale using unique characters. Mihailo Vukelic's art gives you the gritty look you'd expect out of a tale like this. It was great to sit back and try to figure out where the story was headed. Pure fun!!!

but I'll be darned if I don't go back after reading this fine piece of graphic lit.