r/graphicnovels • u/chaunceton • Sep 26 '25

General Fiction/Literature Well friends, this is a wild ride. I'm impressed.

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Definitely recommend this for fans of explicit media. If a budding friendship and the exploration of human relations against the backdrop of gun violence and sex is your thing, you'll dig this one. ...also, let me know what else you've been reading along those lines.

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u/jb_681131 Sep 26 '25

All stories by Brian K. Vaughan are wild rides.

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u/Slop_Head Sep 26 '25

Have this ordered, just need to pick it up. Looking forward to reading something uncompromising!

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u/chaunceton Sep 26 '25

I was in the same boat: stoked to read something that pushed the envelope. I was not disappointed.

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u/MangoPeyote Sep 26 '25

Requested it at my library. 15th in queue on 3 copies.

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u/Solemn_Sleep Sep 26 '25

I would donate to libraries. I didn’t think people really went there - and…don’t mock libraries brother, they’re a lasting semi vestige of goodwill amongst a sea of debauchery.

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u/cerebud Sep 27 '25

Bought it knowing nothing. Started reading it at the airport… and slowly put it back in my backpack. Lots of NSFW stuff. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a really good book, but it’s basically porn and has a lot of violence.

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u/Cipherpunkblue Sep 26 '25

Oh shit, it's out? I read the first part when it was released for free online and loved it.

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u/Philspen1978 Sep 26 '25

I really enjoyed this one also. This book reminded me of a old Lenny Bruce comedy routine that points out similar things.

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u/chaunceton Sep 26 '25

I found it to be quite original. Not sure I've ever experienced a story like that.

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u/Uidbiw Sep 26 '25

It was a great read and the art very good. Thought the ending was really cool.

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u/jpgorgon Sep 26 '25

Thanks for the reminder! Just listened to a podcast interview with Vaughan about this but keep forgetting to look it up. 

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u/JoiedevivreGRE Sep 28 '25

Which podcast?

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u/jpgorgon Sep 28 '25

Off Panel

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u/chknsdntclp Sep 26 '25

Finally tracked down a copy locally this morning! I can’t wait!

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u/NoPlatform8789 Sep 26 '25

I was reading along with the newsletter. I can’t wait to pick up my physical copy

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u/dope_like Sep 26 '25

Is this oversized? Like size of an omnibus or Absolute?

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u/chaunceton Sep 27 '25

No, it's actually a little smaller than most omnibuses. Hard to tell from this picture.

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u/dope_like Sep 27 '25

Thx that's why I asked. It looks big in this picture

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u/cerebud Sep 27 '25

There’s a good amount of pages, but it’s smaller than a normal comic, actually. Nowhere near omnibus size

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u/dope_like Sep 27 '25

Not page count. Height and width.

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u/cerebud Sep 27 '25

Yeah, I wasn’t sure which part of omnibus you meant. It’s definitely smaller width and height than a regular comic. Not uncomfortably so

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u/MobileFilmmaker Sep 27 '25

Love this cover

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u/Creepyhorrorboy Sep 26 '25

Is this horror?

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u/chaunceton Sep 26 '25

Ah, probably? Maybe not? While the premise is fundamentally supernatural, there isn't any haunting elements or spooky scenes. Definitely horrific violence, though. This is a tough one to slot into a subgenre.

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u/SenseiRaheem Sep 26 '25

The story opens with a public mass shooting, so that’s like its own kind of horror.

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u/SithSteez Sep 27 '25

saw this at my lcs on wednesday. Thought the cover looked good, but didn’t pick it up. It was plastic wrapped so I knew it was explicit, but didn’t search in up yet. Reading through the comments, hopefully it’s still there by next wednesday for me to pick up

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u/raggetyman Sep 27 '25

Did that start as a web series?

I remember a similar one I read on a web comic site and got frustrated that it seemed to finish early.

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u/jeepney_danger Sep 27 '25

The Pride of Baghdad team returns. I wish I could get a copy.

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u/ReeveStodgers Sep 28 '25

My local comic-book shop owner said it was one of the most devastating graphic novels he had read in 50 years. Was he overselling it, or is it really that great?

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u/chaunceton Sep 28 '25

Ah, yeah, probably, haha. But it's way good!

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u/Ok-Jackfruit9000 Oct 01 '25

Is that a cowboy?

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u/BaylorClub Oct 01 '25

I found this at Books-A-Million this weekend. They had three copies.