A review by iffer
The Sheriff of Babylon, Volume 1: Bang. Bang. Bang. by Tom King

4.0

Really good. This book has the effect that certain films and documentaries do, of a seemingly hands-off, detached approach that somehow communicates the complexity of humans how f***ed up things are. I honestly don't know much about what it was like in the Green Zone post-toppling of Saddam Hussein, but I find this believable because of Tom King's characterization and the lack of blatant good guy/bad guy propaganda (and Tom King's time working for the CIA). The art and writing complement each other perfectly, taking full advantage of the contrapuntal possibilities of graphic storytelling. The text advances the plot while the images depict scenes that convey the tone most of the time, except when a conscious choice was made to emphasize something by having the text and images in sync. The layouts are relatively simple, but the rectangular panels convey a minimalist documentary style.