Streets Of Paris, Streets Of Murder: The Complete Noir Of Manchette and Tardi Vol. 2 by Jean-Patrick ManchetteMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder Volume 2 collects two tales written by Jean-Patrick Manchette and illustrated by Tardi.
I bought the two Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder in a slipcase edition after seeing a good price on it a couple months ago so here we are.
Volume 2 contains two stories. One features a hitman wanting to go straight after one less job with an eye toward marrying a woman he left behind a decade earlier. The other features a botched kidnapping involving an aging hitman and a woman fresh from a mental institution.
Manchette's love for crime noir burns brightly in both stories. Double dealing deception is the norm and no one gets out unscathed. Fortunately, the bad guys get what's coming to them in the end.
Tardi's art continues to remind me of a fusion between Moebius and Mazzuchelli. The minimalist art makes the violence hit that much harder. Tardi gets to draw a lot of wilderness scenes in this volume, along with cabins and a mountaintop Moorish fortress. It all gets washed with blood by the end.
Streets of Paris, Streets of Murder Volume 2 wraps up a powerful noir collection by two masters. Five out of five stars.
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