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Innocent: 2006-2007 Collection

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I've been a fan of this writer's work for years and with this volume he's pushed himself to an even higher level of craft. The story blends those wonderful elements of darkness, art, and drama. It's both entertaining and thought provoking. Can't recommend it highly enough.

It's a real page turner! The visuals are vivid, the story is exciting and engaging. I'm really looking forward to seeing more from this publisher.

Part Captain Britain, part Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and part Highway to Heaven (in a weird, brutal, absurd kind of way), Innocent is the story of a fallen angel who teams up with a bald, burly sociopath to set the world right. Yet where the divine duo of the early-eighties morality drama rarely found it necessary to parse the shades of gray that linger between good and evil, the basic tension that drives Innocent forward is that the title character is anything but that which his name implies. Yes, he can sniff out evildoers with uncanny precision, but his methods for bringing said evildoers to justice borders on... well, evil. As the fallen angel eventually laments, "It's hard to fathom peace while looking through bloody eyes." Wry commentary on American foreign policy, perhaps? Equal parts magic and mayhem, the book reads like a frenetic walking tour through the graphic styles of classic indie comics from the late-eighties and early nineties.