Murder Book is a collection of short crime comics written by Ed Brisson and drawn by a number of artists. Some of ‘em are good, some are meh and overall it’s not a bad read!
I liked Skimming The Till where a couple of meth-head robbers have the tables flipped on them by a coked-up shop owner - very nihilistic, funny ending too. I also enjoyed Fathers and Sons where a couple of enforcers sent round to collect basically have the worst case scenario happen to them.
None Between Us was a twisted tale of young love as a teen boy murders his teen girlfriend’s parents so they can be together - but the girl has other plans! Point Taken was a fine closing story where a couple guys set off into the woods to bury a corpse - or is that all that’s in the cards for them?
A fair number of stories are unmemorable but I wouldn’t say any of them were bad either. There’s also some great art from the likes of Johnnie Christmas, Michael Walsh and Declan Shalvey.
Murder Book was a decent read and anyone who enjoyed Ed Brisson’s other, better book The Violent and/or David Lapham’s Stray Bullets will probably get a kick out of this one too.
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