When Bendis jumped to DC he was able to start his own line "Jinx" which not sure if co-published by DC or just his own, but it was his own work getting published. I was actually pretty excited for this as I usually enjoy Bendis own work even more than big two sometimes. Cover was the first one I read and enjoyed it a lot, so I decided to pick up Pearl next.

It starts off simple enough. A girl name Pearl is an awesome tatto artist. However, her life gets mixed up with the Yakuza. When her life spirals out of control after a certain someone dies, she goes on the run. The first volume mixes a crime story with some drama about Pearl's past and how she became who she is.

This was pretty good. The art was fantastic most of the time and the vivid world was something special. I also liked Pearl and her relationship with the guy in here and her father was pretty great. Everything else though, the actual story, was a bit jarring in it's storytelling way. I also thought the pacing needed to be worked on.

Overall, good, but not great. I'll still check out volume 2 though, if for nothing else, the art is awesome.