Review - Sex Criminals, Vol. 1 TP: One Weird TrickReview by Paul Fiander
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If you have the ability to annoy Apple then you really must be on to a winner. Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky have managed to create one of the best received comics in recent years. Sex Criminals is in essence a sex comedy and the humour that comes off pretty much every page is paramount to the stories success. However it is the moments of tenderness that have set this story part. The first episode especially where we get Suzy’s story is perhaps the best first issue I have read. It caught me by the throat and so far the story has yet to let go.
We reviewed each episode of the first arc (which makes up this volume) and you can read the individual reviews below; Issue 1 Issue 2 Issue 3 Issue 4 Issue 5 The trade itself is very well put together you jump pretty much into the story but the back matter is great to read. Unfortunately in the trade you lose the very funny letters pages but instead you are given an array of covers, the making of a comic and an interview with the creators. However it’s the thought that has been put into the Matt and Chip’s Sex Moves page that really makes you laugh. The page is full of made up sex moves that were once part of the reckoning to make it into the first episode. It defiantly is a walk on the crazy side and it’s a lot of fun trying to figure out what each move would entail. Sex Criminals is a great read filled with linguistic and visual comedy. It has moments of gold intermixed with a growing and intriguing story. With Chip and Matt at the helm this generation has a great sex comedy that it can call it’s own. Issue Rating; 4.5/5 |
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