Whiteout [Paperback]

Greg Rucka (Author), Steve Lieber (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 24, 2001

You can't get any further down than the bottom of the world - Antarctica. Cold, desolate, nothing but ice and snow for miles and miles. Carrie Stetko is a U.S. Marshal, and she's made The Ice her home. In its vastness, she has found a place where she can forget her troubled past and feel at peace... Until someone commits a murder in her jurisdiction and that peace is shattered. The murderer is one of five men scattered across the continent, and he has more reason to hide than just the slaying. Several ice samples were taken from the area around the body, and the depth of the drilling signifies something particular was removed. Enter Lily Sharpe, who wants to know what was so important another man's life had to be taken for it. But are either of the women prepared for the secrets and betrayals at the core of the situation?

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Oni Press; 1st edition (April 24, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966712714
• ISBN-13: 978-0966712711
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,257,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Character, Story & Setting, April 1, 2002

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A. Ross (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whiteout (Paperback)

This cinematic graphic novel rises above the herd with its excellent characterization, gritty crime plot, and the fascinating setting of research bases on the South Pole. The central character is US Deputy Marshal Carrie Stetko, who has been exiled to McMurdo Station after having killed a prisoner in her custody. As a rare year-round woman resident of the pole, Stetko has to be tough as nails to fend off the advances of the rough men. When a body is found, and five other men are missing, she is called upon to investigate. The investigation takes plenty of twists and turns, with plenty of action and suspense. Stetko emerges as a character you want to meet again (fortunately she does, in Whiteout: Melt), and the artwork transports you to a unique setting that oozes with danger.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great cop story!, June 1, 2000

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T. Waltz "Writer/Editor" (San Diego, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whiteout (Paperback)

I walked by this graphic novel many times at my local comic book store and grew ever more curious about it each time. It wasn't until I read Rucka's fantastic "No Man's Land" novelization, however, that I finally decided to buy "Whiteout." Well, all I can say is that I'm glad I did. "Whiteout" is a gritty, hardnosed, suspenseful cop story with true to life artwork (so much so, in fact, that I actually felt cold looking at some of the stark, icy drawings filling the pages). Rucka and Lieber are wonderful talents, without a doubt. I'd love to see their female Marshal teamed up in a crossover story with the Tommy Lee Jones Marshal from the Fugitive someday. "Whiteout" is highly recommended!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost as good as Q&C, May 1, 2005

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Robert E. Davis "21south" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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It will be, of course, hard for Rucka to top the characters and excitement he puts forth in Queen and Country, but Whiteout is an excellent shot at doing so. The blurbs and other reviews all give the basic plot without revealing the gist of the story so I'll skip that and say the art is tight, well done and gives one a hint (as only possible) to what it may be like at the bottom of the world in the coldest on the planet. While the art seems as if drawn with a scrim over it perhaps the stylistic device is meant to approximate the light in Antartica. It may also be meant to save the reader from some of the murderous gore in the book. As for Rucka's writing, it is nearly perfect (And has anyone noticed that Rucka is extremely sympathetic to female characters?). I say nearly perfect because one of the characters reveals (is shown) his true nature too early after the first body is found. The character's action would never have been revealed in a cinematic expression. It may also be too obvious that this character is somehow involved in the larger plot; he is a bit stereotypical in my estimation, but not so much that I didn't read this book very quickly. I recommend this as an intro to Rucka's writing and look forward to Whiteout: Melt.