To Pull or Not to Pull!

\* Crowbound 

\* By Jeff Lemire 

\* Art by Dustin Nguyen 

Lemire and Nguyen team up again after giving us the classic Descender/Ascender. Lemire's sci-fi writing works perfectly with Nguyen's light water colors. The juxtaposition of Lemire's heavy subject matter blends perfectly with Nguyen's style. It worked before, it'll work again. 

Lemire is a top 10 comic writer of all time in my opinion so he knows how to start off a first issue. Gets the reader hooked with the main protagonist falling to her death with her throat slit longing to save her daughter. We then get sent back in time to learn about our main character, Rosie, and her daughter, Ava, living in a sci-fi dystopian world. Rosie works at the factory under an authoritarian rule while Ava goes off to school. Ava never comes home and Rosie breaks the law to go find her. We then get the explanation of the beginning at the end and that kicks off our story. 

I guess a big trope for writers right now is parents going through impossible lengths to save their kid. (See Daniel Warren Johnson with the Moon is Following Us). And you know what, I'm all for it as a father. I know by issue 4 or 5 Lemire will have me in tears. Was this book good, sure. Am I hyped about it as I was Hammerfist or If Destruction Be Our Lot? No. I trust this team and believe this story will be worth the read. I will keep reading but it wasn't Stop What You are Doing and Read This Book! (See Hammerfist). 

Verdict: To Pull 

\* Rating: B+

To Pull or Not to Pull: Crowbound