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4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
by Matthew Rosenberg
4 Kids Walk Into A Bank is everything you want in a story. You'll laugh, be in shock, maybe even cry a bit. The story strives to tell a compelling tale about kids doing things no kids should even be THINKING about but the reasoning is what makes it so powerful.
So 4 friends meet 4 grown up assholes who begin to harass them. Paige, the main character, tells them to basically fuck off. When the story grows and start to see the link to her father and family the story just expands in wonderful ways. The four friends are on a mission to safe Paige's father's life in a lot of ways. With twist and turns, a lot of humor, and a ending that'll leave you in many different emotions, 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank is a roller-coaster of a ride.
Good: The humor is some of the best this year. I'd honestly say I don't think I've laughed this much in a comic in a very long time. The way the kids talk to each other feels so REAL but they don't try to sugar coat the themes. This is a story about robbing a bank, obviously, and of course other illegal things come with it. The humor, the story, the excellent pacing, and the ending all deliver in ways I can only hope most stories do. Oh and the art is freaking perfect. For this style of like young and fun yet still gloomy and dark, it flows perfectly with the themes and story being presented.
Bad: Nothing. I loved it all.
This is easily top 10 comics of the year for me. Every once in awhile you read a issue and you know the rest of the story is just going to suck you in and not let go. That's what this did and I'm very glad it did. Matthew Rosenberg has hit it out of the park on this one. A 5 out of 5.
So 4 friends meet 4 grown up assholes who begin to harass them. Paige, the main character, tells them to basically fuck off. When the story grows and start to see the link to her father and family the story just expands in wonderful ways. The four friends are on a mission to safe Paige's father's life in a lot of ways. With twist and turns, a lot of humor, and a ending that'll leave you in many different emotions, 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank is a roller-coaster of a ride.
Good: The humor is some of the best this year. I'd honestly say I don't think I've laughed this much in a comic in a very long time. The way the kids talk to each other feels so REAL but they don't try to sugar coat the themes. This is a story about robbing a bank, obviously, and of course other illegal things come with it. The humor, the story, the excellent pacing, and the ending all deliver in ways I can only hope most stories do. Oh and the art is freaking perfect. For this style of like young and fun yet still gloomy and dark, it flows perfectly with the themes and story being presented.
Bad: Nothing. I loved it all.
This is easily top 10 comics of the year for me. Every once in awhile you read a issue and you know the rest of the story is just going to suck you in and not let go. That's what this did and I'm very glad it did. Matthew Rosenberg has hit it out of the park on this one. A 5 out of 5.