Imagine that life has to give back. It is not that hard, every minute it happens to someone, as you read this someone just throw your life away, do not be surprised, there are hundreds of ways to do this, take a bad decision, you just go with the nerves , who does not trust you or are simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, no matter, just have a bad week for all what you call life becomes history. Imagine living your life without any hope, imagine that you have established in a nasty neighborhood, imagine that you are tied to a job you hate but that is all you need. Not as bad as you think, you get used to everything, even to live without hope, to seek solace in bars, and accept that every day from now on will be equal.
Now imagine that one day you come across an old, elegant type, someone who in no way fits into the neighborhood. You do not know of anything but him and he will pay attention to returns, sits down with you and tells you what you've always wanted to hear that the blame for what is happening to you is not yours. Possibly not the first time you hear it, is likely that what you have told the nuns at the hospice, or social worker, or perhaps some drunken companion at a time when the tender was, in fact easiest thing is that I have heard many times that phrase does not mean nothing for you. But this time is different, this type calls you by your name (when do you tell?), This guy seems very sure of himself and carries a briefcase, a briefcase that he says belongs to you, a briefcase containing irrefutable evidence that what he says is true, you did not have guilt, had another, someone with the name and mailing address, someone with a face, someone who gives a great life while you rot in stream, imagine, just for a moment, suddenly all your pain is felt but not that to you I would have liked.
Printing discover everything you remain in a state of shock, it is normal, is human, but sooner or later would fix your attention on the gun's in the bag, a big gun, heavy (or at least it seems to you ), accompanied by a hundred bullets, the old man tells you they are yours, they are clean, they are inscrutable, any cop who finds the bullets stop immediately its investigation, you have carte blanche to do whatever you want, no consequences at least for you. Imagine, just for a moment, you suddenly wake up one morning and your pain has a source and you have a gun to remove that source as if it were a tumor. Can you imagine? Yes? Then you know how the characters feel 100 Bullets.
The comic thriller made
The scene you just read is repeated regularly in 100 Bullets , Agent Graves, the elder who talked in the introduction, comes to a city and crosses the life of a person, usually a loser, whose life has changed radically, and not necessarily for the better, when the mysterious old man leaves the city. This pemit original starting point to enjoy a variety series gender-atypical plot black. Yes, there are small-time gangsters, hard men and women willing to go forward against all odds, and a common premise, Graves and his briefcase, but everyone is different, each has its problems and their particular vision of what to be the vengeance and justice. This variety makes 100 Bullets in a series of black genre that appeals to those who normally do not feel excited by these stories.
Surely by now think that I'm trying to sell the bike because just because you list the virtues of the series the whole story falls through a simple question, where does the old man these "Magic bullets"? And why would anyone want to go giving strangers the opportunity for revenge?
A puzzle within a puzzle
In 100 Bullets do not talk much about the characters who know the answers to these questions would not comment on them, some because they are so logical and normal to not feel the need to mention it out loud, others because they are simply afraid of what hides the answer. The truth is that once there was a character who made these same questions, and came close to the mystery surrounding the Graves agent, but one day made the suitcase, he left the United States and now lives half a world away alone and sputtering strange theories about the official history of the country where he was born.
The series created by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso is one of those strong flavors that did not initially go well in the body but as you play with them you are catching, but still is not made for all tastes. The pace of the series is all too often extremely slow and requires the reader to be parked around the mystery doubts that looks from afar to enjoy the carousel of characters and situations that passes through the series, having to do, Sometimes, true acts of faith to trust that those arcs in which seemingly nothing happens will have a special relevance later.
reader 100 Bullets not begin to understand the motivations of Graves to the second story arc of the series, but each track is in its path leads to more questions, and the puzzle pieces are not only precisely ordered but sometimes are conveniently hidden, and that is one of the great things that have made this series, discovering that much of the characters are connected by a complex pattern or some of the protagonists of the arches found weaker numbers come back later to play an important role in the plot make reading 100 Bullets an original experience.
Delving into the world of 100 Bullets is to discover a world of ambition, betrayal and conspiracies that reach the highest levels, a world identical to ours so that you can not approach the darkness that hides under his coat without feeling, but for a moment, the question about why it is not happening under our very noses.
on the English edition
100 Bullets has been edited by Norma Editorial prestige format first (which grouped two or three numbers per volume USA) and later volumes. The Standard edition has reached USA number 50 spot from which to resume its Metro edition, it is not advisable to approach it if you're not willing to take adventure to make you a good number of back issues. Anyway, Metro has already announced its intention to re-edit the library from the beginning at two episodes per issue USA English.
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