From Harvey Award-Winning Best Writer Ed Brubaker, and Scream Award-Winning Best Artist Sean Phillips comes the first collection of Criminal, one of the best reviewed comics of 2006. Coward is the story of Leo, a professional pickpocket who is also a legendary heist-planner and thief. But there's a catch with Leo, he won't work any job that he doesn't call all the shots on, he won't allow guns, and the minute things turn south, he's looking for any exit that won't land him in prison. But when he's lured into a risky heist, all his rules go out the window, and he ends up on the run from the cops and the bad men who double-crossed him. Now Leo must come face-to-face with the violence he's kept bottled up inside for 20 years, and nothing will ever be the same for him again. Collects Criminal #1-5.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ed Brubaker's writing has always had a kind of laconic grit to it. His best work, be it his autobio stuff or the more fantastical run he had on CATWOMAN, has always been down to earth and set in a modern, semi-urban environment. CRIMINAL is his return back to the crime genre, this time on the harder side of it, dealing with bad guys and bad consequences. Sean Phillips is an able collaborator, meeting Ed's no-nonsense script with a similarly straight-up artistic approach. Both men deal in only the most essential details, and that keeps this first volume in the series gripping from start to finish.
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By S. Penrose
Format:Paperback
I'm a huge Brubaker fan and I was really interested in reading this volume of Criminal. I don't know what I was expecting but I think I was expecting more. This seemed like I was watching a movie panel by panel. That's not a bad thing but usually not my cup of tea. Phillips art works really well for this story style I just wished the storytelling wasn't as predictable. Just an okay read.
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"Coward", a crime-oriented graphic novel, reunites writer Ed Brubaker and illustrator Sean Phillips, creators of the stunning superpowered spy saga, "Sleeper." I gotta say, I really like this creative team - Phillips really captures some intangible element of Brubaker's writing, and the results are quite delicious. The forlorn, downbeat (or beat-down) sensibilities of Brubaker's savvy antiheroes comes through in every panel, and the mood they set oozes out of the pages. I was thoroughly engrossed by this story, sorry to see it end so soon (and also sorry about the finality of this particular plotline...) Looking forward to "Criminal", v.2, though! (ReadThatAgain book reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A Heist Story with Numerous Faults. Better as a Novel or Movie?
CRIMINAL, VOL. 1: COWARD by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips is the story of Leo, a pickpocket and heist-planner. Leo's success is the product of his rules. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Eric Christensen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Crime Fiction
I am more of a fan of realistic crime fiction than I am of graphic novels; in fact it has been several years since I have read a graphic novel. Read more
Published 8 months ago by T. Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars
Criminal is genius, but you aready knew that.
Well it turns out that in comics it's a small world. When I read my copy of "Batman: The Man who Laughs (I knew I liked it more than other Batman books for some reason, that was a... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Scott Fobes
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book!
I just started reading Brubaker's FATALE. So I wanted to go back and read some of his earlier work. Coward is a great read. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Redhood
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brubaker at his best.
the "Criminal" series, written by the great Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Sean Phillips is nothing short of a masterpiece in the crime noir genre. Read more
Published 14 months ago by beremy
4.0 out of 5 stars
Here's something new, unexpected, and fun to read: crime/noir comics!
Name: Criminal Vol. 1: Coward
Publisher: ICON/Marvel
Writers: Ed Brubaker
Artists: Sean Phillips (pencils, inks), Val Staples (colors)
Collects: Criminal... Read more
Publisher: ICON/Marvel
Writers: Ed Brubaker
Artists: Sean Phillips (pencils, inks), Val Staples (colors)
Collects: Criminal... Read more
Published 14 months ago by N. Beitler
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dying is harder than killing
The first book in writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips' noir series "Criminal" gets off to a blistering start with the excellent "Coward". Read more
Published on April 2, 2011 by Noel
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good stuff !
I'd agree with the other positive reviews here... but since they've covered this in such detail I really have nothing left to add other than to agree with them :P .. good stuff ! Read more
Published on November 11, 2010 by Andre
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brubaker's and Philips's Best
I started reading Ed Brubaker with the excellent Sleeper series from Wildstorm. When I heard he was going to reunite with his Sleeper teammate Sean Philips, I was very excited and... Read more
Published on February 11, 2010 by E. Ossi
5.0 out of 5 stars
a comic book that could make a terrific film
ED BRUBAKER comes highly recommended pertaining to anything he writes . thank gosh he wrote this way above average book . Read more
Published on October 18, 2009 by Benstarbuck
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