Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2117283 in Books
• Published on: 1998-09-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 152 pages

Customer Reviews

Cool beans!
Stray Bullets is absolutely ace, ever since I picked up a copy in my library I've been desperate to read more. I'm not a big fan of crime in general, but I do like good comics, and these are some of the best I've read. David Lapham's art and narrative are marvellous, conveying so much meaning. Not a word nor line is out of place.

Each story stands alone, so they could easily be read out of order, or seperately, but strands and characters are related, creating a bigger picture. This volume collects the first 7 comics, comprising one story 'arc'. The publishing quality is very nice, and the book has a pleasant weightiness to it.

I have nothing bad to say about this book.

Hard-boiled fun
David Lapham is unparalleled in his field. There is no one in the crime graphic novel genre who can come close to what he does. This volume colects the first four issues of Stray Bullets and introduces the reader to many of the characters who will go on to become the protagonists and antagonists of the series. Each story feels unrelated and makes for fine reading on it's own, and this is true for the rest of the series. However, as the reader gets drawn further and further into the overlapping storylines, details and seemingly insignificant previous happenings take on a fresh signifigance. A word of warning: Be aware that buying this book WILL lead to you buying everything else Lapham has produced to date (which, sadly, isn't nearly as much as I' like)! For fans of the crime genre (even if you aren't familiar with the comic medium), this is well worth looking into.