This was pretty damn good, but very dense at points. The thing is I love black and white format. I read plenty of Manga. Grew up on it. So it's no problem. But when you have a lot of action/characters you have to make sure your artist does good on details. I believe this might have had two artist because the style seem to change. Half is really good, other half is not as good. That's pretty much my negative. Hard to tell what and who is who sometimes. But the actual story here feels real. The pl...

Amazing first 2 stories but the last one dragged a little

Really enjoyed this series. I will be picking up the rest of the Definitive Editions later. It was more serious spy stuff, post 9/11, from the British perspective, but not over the top like James Bond stuff (which is enjoyable in it's own right). The artwork was interesting, usually more cartoon like initially, but each book within the book had a different artist so it changed as it went. That was an interesting twist, which was nice and not at the same time, since I had to get to know the new v...

This book compiled into graphic novel form the first 12 comics from Greg Rucka's "Queen & Country" series. As you might guess from the title, the book -- though written by an American living in the U.S. -- centers on a very British view of the world. We follow several high-level intelligence operatives based in London who are sent out around the globe to protect their country's interests when things get messy. It's a James Bond/Borne Identity type of world, with lots of intrigue, shooting, car c...

I'm giving the 3 stars for the first two books in this omnibus. I hated the last book - more for the drawing then anything. I have no patience for the two inch waist and watermelon breasts. I also didn't enjoy how the men were drawn. I might enjoy Fernandez's drawing in a different context - I admired the technique - but in this one.

2.5- Greg Rucka's Queen and Country is an espionage graphic novel centering around the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom. The writing and art is pretty solid throughout this first volume, but unfortunately it just wasn't my cup of tea. I don't find secret service, James Bond-ish stories particularly interesting, and this didn't change my mind. If you do like spy thrillers, I recommend giving it a try.

Gritty, b&w storytelling. Nothing we haven't seen in a dozen disaffected cold war spy stories before. Tara Chace isn't really the main character here. She's a double-O for sure, but we're really following her equivalent of "M" and the hoops he has to jump through, as well as the hoops he avoids altogether, in order to get operations approved.I would pick up more of these if I found them cheaply enough, but this wasn't original enough to make me chase them.

Sometimes I like to put on my big boy pants and read a grown-up comic that doesn’t feature people in codpieces laser eyeing each other in the gravity-defying bosoms. Queen & Country is one of those books that people who used to read superhero books but don’t anymore and want to feel superior to their infantile funnybook-reading brethren like to tout, so I figured, snobbery of those few detestable individuals aside (*sniff*), I’d give it a shot.Turns out it’s solid. More than solid, in fact. Desp...

The weirdest thing about Greg Rucka is I always forget how good he is. Usually when a good writer slips into "I always forget" territory he's quite good. But Rucka isn't. Rucka is insanely good. It's nuts that this came out 15 years ago (ish) and holds up like made crazy. Rucka is a fantastic thriller writer and a fantastic spy-story teller. I can't wait to read the rest of these this year.If you haven't read Rucka I'd recommend starting here. Or with Alpha. Because Alpha was dope.

3.5/5This edition contains the first three vols of Queen & Country, the first two are great, the third is a disaster (mainly because of Fernandez's ridiculous art).Still, I enjoyed this black & white spy thriller and intend to read the whole series.

I am a Greg Rucka fan and a fan of the Queen and Country novels (all 3 of them). I decided to give this Definitive Edition a shot. Glad I did. They remind me a bit of the Strikeback cable series. A woman minder (assassin) is a tad different type of character from over 17 years ago. The art seemed all over the place, from cartoon like to big noses and big breasts later on. Still the stories were all realistic. Already have the Def Edition Vol 2 on hand, and will order Vols 3 & 4 soon.

Queen and Country. A look into SIS, their operations and their agents, better known as Minders. The series focuses on Tara Chace, aka Minder Two. Book one was a good introduction to the characters and the inner workings of the team.

3.5. I took off half a star for Leandro Fernandez's art. I wish Steve Rolston could have pencilled more of the book instead. As far as story goes, it kept me entertained though.

I enjoyed this a lot. It's pretty standard spy-agency fare, but the drawings really made the journey enjoyable.

A nuts-and-bolts espionage comic that has the strange distinction of starting just months before 9/11. Reading it now, after 15 years of war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, etc., it's hard not to be distracted and irritated by Rucka's political naivete. He implicitly makes cases for Western intervention in both Afghanistan and Iraq, while showing a lack of interest in context or consequences. This comic is dated in another way that has nothing to do with global geopolitics. When it debuted, the com...

Loved this.It’s a pretty grounded political drama, reminiscent of le Carré. Not the most glamorous version of espionage fiction, but still quite exciting and interesting with in-depth, conflicted and intriguing characterizationsThe art fluctuates a bit. It’s all serviceable, but the last arc of the volume, Operation: Crystal Ball was my favorite, in both illustration and story. A badass series, and I’m just getting started! So stoked for volume 2!

Very cool spy adventure with a strong and flawed female lead by Greg Rucka. Will be reading the rest of the series.

An interesting series that is definitely one of those post 9/11 comics where you can already tell all the bad guys are gonna be brown people.It's interesting insofar as the art and writing style can be at times captivating, and at other times off-putting. I think it's the inconsistency in the style that's sort of turned me off a bit. That and the shoe horned love story between two characters I just met. I don't think I'll pick up any of the other volumes of this just because it's a long series a...

Really enjoyed the story, as I always do when Rucka is writing. However, I did find the change in art slightly jarring. Especially Tara, I can't say I enjoyed her 'enhancements' in the last arc very much.