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Gotham Central, Book Three: On The Freak Beat (2010)

by Greg Rucka(Favorite Author)

4.3 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1401227546 (ISBN13: 9781401227548)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

DC Comics

series

Gotham Central

review 1: I can't believe I put off reading this simply because I don't dig Batman that much. It's not about Batman at all. Or Catwoman. Mostly (for me) it's about Renee Montoya, a cop with a bad attitude and anger management issues who also happens to be queer. The queer elements play a part of the story without making her into an after school special. Can't wait to read the older Gotham Central books now...and Rucka's Stumptown.
review 2: On the Freak Beat takes a slight step down in quality from the first two Gotham Central HC volumes. Plots remain reasonably compelling, and the characters remain strong, but there are some missteps along the way, especially in the later episodes. Michael Lark bows out after "Lights Out," and is replaced by Stefano Gaudiano and, in the... more title story, Jason Alexander. Alexander's art is an awkward fit, and is especially poor at communicating appropriate facial expressions. Characters often look stoned or drunk, when they should be conveying curiosity or intelligence. Gaudiano's work on "Keystone Kops" is more akin to Lark's, but Rucka's storyline is uncharacteristically weak. In essence, it is an extended rip-off of The Silence of the Lambs, complete with "quid pro quo" and a daring, in-transit escape attempt. Really amateur stuff, surprisingly. Rucka works in one or two nice moments involving Renee Montoya's strained relationship with her father, but it's too little to salvage a shoddy plot. less

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