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Review: Sisco Vol. 2: Shut her up!

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Sisco Vol. 2: Shut her up!

When it comes to politics, opposition research is part of what comes with the territory. The latest season of Ray Donovan has shown politics definitely does get dirty. In this season he ends up working for both sides of the city’ mayoral race, first because he was hired, the second because he was threatened. When he worked for the aspiring mayoral candidate he went after the Mayor. He created a several manufactured storylines to put the sitting mayor in a bad light.

Through a series of unfortunate events his family gets entangled into his dealings and vice versa. Along the way a certain videotape catching the Mayoral candidate in a compromising position leads Ray to do some despicable deeds. As we eventually find out, the videotape was only the beginning. In the second volume of Sisco one such damaging “sabo” is part of a bigger nest of troubles for the current administration.

The volume opens on Sisco and his team tracking a person of interest, a reporter, one that may be at the center of the French President’s current predicament. As Sisco apprehends the woman in question he soon is double crossed by someone on his team. That person seems to be taking orders from someone else. We soon find out that the corruption is higher than Sisco and the reporter expected leaving both of them on the run and making Sisco public enemy number one. By book’s end, not everyone makes it out alive but Sisco revails and uncovers the one person behind all his trouble.

Overall, an engaging potboiler of a story which employs action tropes in entertaining ways. The story by Benec is smart and action packed. The art by Thomas Legrain is simply gorgeous. Altogether, an excellent story that proves this team are expert storytellers.

Story: Benec Art: Thomas Legrain
Story: 10 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.4 Recommendation: Buy

Review: Sisco Volume 1 Shoot When You’re Told

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Sisco Volume 1 Shoot When You're Told

As a fan of movies I’ve seen just about every film by some of Hollywood’s greatest actors. Take for instance Robert Redford, who has been one of the silver screen’s brightest stars. His movies have always been consistently good. Who can deny the re-watchability of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid? Few of his peers can match his consistency nor his longevity excluding those exceptional few.

One of those actors, who has been doing good work almost every outing is Clint Eastwood. Just like Redford, each movie has consistently gotten better. One of my favorites by him is one where’re he played a veteran Secret Service agent in the movie, In The Line Of Fire. In Benec and Thomas Legrain’s Sisco, we meet one Secret Service agent, with quite a reputation, one that gets him in trouble, in this first volume.

We meet Sisco Castiglioni, a government bodyguard, who thought he was going on his typical boring day, until he gets a special assignment, that changes his whole day, and possibly, life. He goes to meet a colleague of the President, his business becomes messy quickly, as he must find a witness who may make Sisco’s work, a national scandal. Eventually his coworkers get involved, in what becomes a deadly cat and mouse chase, which could leave another dead body. By book’s end, he finds out that the people he works is more corrupt than he initially thought and he must now decide which side of morality is he on.

Overall, an excellent comic that feels like the TV show Boss, but with a few more bad eggs. The story by Benec is action packed and intriguing. The art by Legrain is beautiful. Altogether, a great first volume to what looks to be not your typical political thriller.

Story: Benec Art: Thomas Legrain
Story: 10 Art: 9.2 Overall: 9.5 Recommendation: Buy