Jonny Double

Rating:
Summary: Strong Story Killed by A weak Ending......
Review: Jonny Double marked the first collaboration of the 100 Bullets team of Brian Azarello & Eduardo Risso, and it's easy to see why DC/Vertigo greenlighted that series after reading Jonny Double.

The story follows aging beatnik/hipster Jonny Double, a former Cop, now sleazy P.I., as he takes the case of a missing girl, sought by her worried Father. (Anyone who has ever read a mystery or seen a noir film knows these cases are never so easy...) He soon becomes enmeshed in a cyber-crime plot to clean out an old bank account of Al Capone's, and (Of course) things go horribly awry.

I was hooked by the quirky art and the tense story, but in the last 10-15 pages it all fell apart. The twists were telegraphed a mile away, and the switch in narrative at the end really felt forced. If this were a movie, the audience would have been screaming for a refund.

Overall, Jonny Double is a fun read, and I'd like to see more of him, but the ending left a sour taste in my mouth. Mild recommendation.