Like most everyone else with an XBox and a little free time, I’ve been playing through L.A. Noire
So today, I’ve written up a list of eight great noir comics, from super-heroes to straight up crooks and all the way into true crime. Get that snap-brim on and check ’em out, ya palookas.
(Why oh why did the word “palooka” ever drop out of style?)
(Why oh why did the word “palooka†ever drop out of style?)
That’s of the great linguistic mysteries of our time. I think we should all do our part to bring it back. Which mostly means I expect you to use it in concert with jabroni and cretin.
Since, as someone on CA pointed out, you probably don’t read the comments there anymore: I’d like to imagine that there’s an alternate universe Chris Sims who is more of a PC man who made a list of comics inspired by the Witcher 2.
You mean The Witchest?
Witcher 2: Which Witch is Which?
Witcher 2: Any Witch Way But Loose
I don’t know, is Fell really a book with such a noir-ish feel to it? To me it seems just typical Ellis with MODERN depravity,squalor and outright perversion all around.
I think with it’s more serious subject a book like Incognegro maybe should have gotten a spot here.
Then there is Terminal City, a book not with a noir look, but art deco design. Yet it’s main characters seem to be straight out of a Chandler story. Also, Stray Bullets, maybe still Laphams best work ever.
Thanks for the pointer to She Died In Terrebonne — I’ll give it a shot. And a great list — I’d argue the 2 Parker books are in the running for top 10 graphic novels, period.
Also thought of Dean Motter’s and Michael Lark’s Nine Lives as a bookend to Gotham Noir; but I agree that Gotham Noir is the better book.
Incognegro is a great book, but I wouldn’t classify it as a noir story.
I was, however, a little surprised not to see Scalped. All in all, though, it’s a damn good list.