You
might have seen the excellent Sam Mendes movie Road to Perdition,
starring Tom Hanks in an uncharacteristically violent role.
It
turns out that this was adapted from the graphic novels by Max Allan
Collins, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and Josef Rubinstein.
I found some of
these at a comic fair in Manchester, but was missing the first
instalment. I managed to find it on Amazon, but when it arrived at
work it was buried in a drawer somewhere for a month or so. By the
time I'd found said opening book, I'd already found Road to Perdition
2, a sequel with all the 3 sequel books in one. So I've got somewhat of a pile
of 1930's crime dramas to chug through.
The
opening story, 'Oasis,' is a grabber- mob enforcer Michael and his
son Michael Junior are forced to flee their world after a betrayal
and the murder of their son / brother and wife/ mother. The
monochrome layout matches the noir theme, the sharp-suited gangsters
and the bitter loss of their family all add to this.
Can't
wait to read the next one.
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