Story: Daley Osiyemi & David Bircham
Writer: Alan Grant
Artist: David Bircham
Publisher: Pulp Theatre Entertainment
This TPB will be released in September and collects Issues #1–6 of Brodie’s Law
Brodie’s Law is quite frankly one of the most exciting and best comics to come out of the UK in the last 10 years.
Jack Brodie is a hard arse, a guy whose name precedes him. You don’t mess with Brodie unless you are a double hard bastard on a death wish. Kill his ex-wife, kidnap his son and frame him for the murder… you got to be onto something big. Well the bad news is Jack ain’t dead, trying to kill him failed and he now has the formula for PM13 that you want… and he is willing to do whatever it takes to get his son back.
“What would the law mean if everyday had a different face?”
Remember that tag line because this will be big.
Alan Grant offers up a likeable rouge, a tormented soul, and a father who will go to any lengths to get his son back. David Bircham is amazing; his talent shines throughout this book and his love and energy for the project shine out of every page.
It’s fresh, fun and filled with some of the best action scenes to grace a comic. It’s a movie ready to happen (if they took the pages and filmed them frame for frame a la Sin City) this would be sweet. If I had one complaint (and it’s a small one) it would be that some times the action is so intense I found myself skipping panels to move with the pace of the characters; but that makes for good fun when I read it a second time.
The action is excellent, but that is not what makes Brodie’s Law a winner: it’s the struggle that Brodie goes through to get back his son; the emotional journey he undertakes and the relationships he builds to find a way to his son; his inner struggles with his own personal demons and his relationship with his former childhood friend Detective Harry Wade. The plot does not suffer for the intense action, it all works in harmony.
The story was great first time around in the six issues, but together in this trade – it’s a non-stop adventure from the 1st page to the last. Once in a while a comic comes along that actually is this good: The Dark Knights Returns, Watchmen, Kingdom Come. Brodie’s Law is up there with them as a ground breaking comic. Throw in a striking cover by the incredible Simon Bisley, a rousing introduction from Filmmaker Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2 was cool and so was Cliffhanger) and you have the deal of the year.
David Bircham will be attending loads of US events in September. If you haven’t read this book yet make sure you do. When Brodie flies make sure you are on his side, because you won’t want to be on the receiving end after you read this!
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