 Meet Glory, a young woman raised off the grid in a convoy of truckers, the last men and women fighting for true freedom on the American open road. Now, in order to pay for her dying father's surgery, Glory has three days to pull off four dangerous cross-country heists with mob killers, crooked cops, and a psycho ex-husband all out to bring her in or die trying. Hey everybody, welcome to another exciting episode, another edition of A Week in Geekdom here on YouTube and this time we're talking about one of my most anticipated trade paperbacks of recent memory and Yeah, this came out a while ago I finally had a chance to sit down and read it and gosh all over it. Of course I am talking about Death or Glory from Mr. Rick Remender and Bengal. I I Look, I'm gonna be completely honest with you guys. I absolutely adore this book It is awesome, badass, fierce, and just riveting and action-packed to read. It is a wonderful story about, you know, one, it's a modern Western story, two, it's a revenge flick if you will turned into a comic book and three, it's a heist story said in the American West and it is It's lovely. It is a story about Badass people doing amazing things. Of course the circumstances are a little bit tragic We do meet the character of Glory and she is a badass and as as you keep reading you find out her story I won't necessarily spoil things on this review, but I'm just gonna say the character has had a rough But interesting lifestyle This is a story about people defying the system in living free lives and Get unfortunately sometimes getting entangled with the wrong people and the consequences of those actions The character of Glory as I mentioned she is strong fierce Determined and she follows her own path. Of course. She had a very interesting upbringing There is a point in the book in the middle of the book where you get this beautiful Exposition that otherwise in another story that wasn't done by remainder it would have slowed the pace of the story, but in the case of This book it actually enhances the story and gives you a much needed backdrop now If it would have started with that explanation, maybe it would have been a little bit boring But the way the book starts it drops you off Right into the action you get quick introductions to everybody the story starts very the story starts fairly simple with the character of Glory trying to save her dad from a disease and and trying to acquire the money needed for an operation now as the story moves along and you Start learning about her character. You realize that she is going to have to do impossible things to acquire set money and There are cars involved and mafia mobs There are action-packed scenes and a lot of dark subject matter that does get explored in Hollywood movies all the time, but I found it refreshing to read it in a comic book because You can do so much in a comic and I can also attribute that to one Remenders impeccable skill and just a knack for writing these realistic grungy characters that get thrown into the wildest mix and and and they have to survive or get with it, you know and number two Bengals artwork one of my favorite comic book artists. I love Love his artwork so much. It is sort of this perfect Aesthetically pleasing blend of everything that I'd like it's bright and colorful and and everybody has wonderful expressions and it sort of mixes a Contemporary comic book feel with I don't know with like Japanese manga influences. It's wonderful man I'd love his artwork so much one of my favorite writers and one of my favorite artists Yes, please and this story pulls no punches. It shows you the the grim and grittiness of The American West but it's set in a contemporary setting. It's not necessarily an old tale But you could very well say that it belongs to a different era by the way the characters behave and and there's not a Real reference point to a timeline so you can play around with that and Re-envisioned the series as you'd like that is pretty cool the story itself plays out by the way like a frickin movie It starts out with small details like I said at the beginning and then it progressively gets more hectic The action is jam-packed and and full of kinetic energy, especially with the car races especially with the car scenes the velocity and turning of the of the cars are really Awesome and really well done and when you're reading it It gives you that sense of fluidity and motion that you come to expect when you're reading something like this that involves, you know Cars and chases and stuff the action reminded me of a Coen Brothers movie or Modern Western stuff like that where it's you know, there are outlaw characters But you know, they're breaking the rules, but they are after something the story is Pretty wonderful, and I think if you're into those things you're gonna have a fun time in my honest opinion When there's a car chase you feel it for example stuff like this that you can see here if the camera can focus Yeah, like I said, it just has a sort of slick Fluid motion to it that it's just very pleasing to read in my opinion plus The frickin characters man the the illustrations that Bengal does It's just superb look at the character study right there. It borders on the Grim and gritty and then occasionally it goes into the comical Scene depend well, you know depending on the panel in the situation It's most it's mostly a drama a straightforward drama, but on the occasion it does sort of Have a few laughs here and there some quick Visual gags and stuff, but it doesn't It doesn't steer you away from the seriousness and the action-packed nature of the story also Colors, I mean look at this. This is this is beautiful to behold. I Absolutely love this. It's so awesome I usually wait for reminder books to come out in oversized hardcover, but I couldn't say no to this man And I will probably upgrade when when they announce a library edition or something or the Luxe hardcover Middle of the book. This is five issues long. The story isn't done. We are gonna get more but for now it ends on a On a cliffhanger, you know You know where the story might take you and but you still want to keep reading and you still want to find out what Happens, but the way it ends like like yeah, I'm dying to find out But at the same time like all right, it sort of felt like a season finale if you will on a cliffhanger but here is the Middle issue that I was talking about Where you get the exposition With the character flurry explaining all her life what she's been through Being raised on the highway the American Highway if you will with a convoy of truckers and all that stuff and living that freed lifestyle and eventually Meeting some people that you know, they're not as they seemed at first and it get it goes into dark web territories and do characters of dubious nature dealing with crime drugs and all that stuff and It's not necessary. It's not her fault, but she gets entangled in it and now Due to the circumstances of her father having this illness. She's having to confront those demons Because they're away from the system because they've you know, they wanted to Have the perfect life for them and it's sort of backfired in a way If you want to look at it that way and so she has to go back Into a world that she cast out I'm trying not to spoil it but she makes some decisions that You know set the pace for the rest of the book Let's just say that so yeah, I mean if you like this the high octane thriller that has a roller coaster of emotions Slick visuals great characters wonderful beautiful artwork. I wholeheartedly recommend death or glory Volume one from image you can find this anywhere. It's it's it's a wonderful read. It's a fun Fantastic read. I cannot wait for volume two and I cannot wait for the oversized Version of this. Have you read death or glory? 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