A review by mizzelle
Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics by David Lapham, Stefano Gaudiano, Jeff Lemire, Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá, Alex de Campi, Eduardo Barreto, Rick Geary, Ed Brubaker, Diana Schutz, Brian Azzarello

2.0

I found this a mixed bag of stories with some good some bad. Most seemed to prefer the twist/shock ending where you think you have everything figured out until... The art styles vary widely. Most favor either what I think of as more indie art style or the more realistic style. Hugo Petreus' art really stuck out in a bad way for me. I really liked "21st Century Noir", Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips' Criminal story and "Trustworthy" by Ken Lizzi and Joelle Jones. What surprised me was how I much I loved Brian Azzarello's "Bad Night" -- it handled the twist very cleverly -- it seems like an simple crime setup on the surface until/unless you start to recognize the pop culture reference, a nice nod to the superhero fans.