Sam Noir
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Sam Noir is a comic book miniseries written by Eric A. Anderson/Manny Trembley and illustrated by Manny Trembley, first published in September 2006. Rendered in grayscale, the comic is a fusion of hardboiled noir fiction and a samurai adventure tale. While originally a three-issue miniseries, the comic's popularity and critical acclaim caused it to continue, with another 3-issue "Ronin holiday" mini-series getting published by Image's Shadowline imprint (the last page indicates another mini to be published in June 2007) [1]
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[edit] Plot
Sam Noir, a ronin detective, is paid to track a young woman named Jasmine, and after watching her for a while begins to fall in love with her. After Jasmine's murder by ninjas, Sam starts to look for "Master Fuyu", the man who ordered her assassination.
[edit] Reception
Silver Bullet Comics calls Sam Noir's art "fantastic", but the story "more than a little derivative".[2] Broken Frontier stated that "Anderson knows his hard-boiled style ... [making] the reading itself compelling—not to mention witty at times," while the art's "lyrical framing, evocative panel constructions, light and shadow effects [are] so well executed they’re like characters in the story".[3]
Conversely, The X-Axis found the series "frustrating", stating that "it feels like there are two completely different, and better, comics struggling to get out - one which is much more funny, and one which takes [itself] entirely seriously".[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ The Samurai Detective Goes On Vacation. IGN. Retrieved on December 7, 2006.
- ^ Sam Noir: Samurai Detective #1 Review. Silver Bullet Comics. Retrieved on December 7, 2006.
- ^ Sam Noir: Samurai Detective #1. Broken Frontier. Retrieved on December 7, 2006.
- ^ Sam Noir: Samurai Detective #1 Review. The X-Axis. Retrieved on December 7, 2006.
[edit] External links
- PandaXpress! Anderson and Trembley's ongoing webcomic
- Comic Book DB page
