The Crow Skinning the wolves is going to be today's comic discussion. Well I picked this up at random being an old school crow fan. I grow up on the first graphic and even read it before the movie. So yeah I was shocked to see James O'Barr's name on this comic and pumped like a mad man. I figured it would let me down and not be fitting in the style of the crow. I was right and then I was impressed with the content of this comic.
To start with the shock first was the art more traditional comic book then the first crow which felt like a painting. But that went away after a few pages of this great graphic novel. The next thing that hit me was truly the lack of love or care just that this man throw himself into his work with great zeal. Now that would normally bother me given that the crow is almost a love song normally. But this is Nazi Germany and well that calls for a different style of crow. I LOVED the way they handle this matter with gusto and balls and touching on the horrors of this time period in a way that was still fun to read. Now I'am not saying that this was not a horrible and great awful thing but if I wanted that feel I would re-watch Schindler's List or read Night or Maus. There is enough story that tells us the horror this is the story with hope in a weird kinda of way. It was a victim striking back at one of the truly most horrible events in human kind and well it made me do a sick chuckle at times. I truly think this is a great comic. Only three issues meaning it fits nicely into one trade paper back and a great intro by James O'Barr leading into this comic. GO BUY IT if you like over the time action and a great time!
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