Not an exceptional story but very emotionally striking. Good to read but I probably won't read it again.

It's refreshing to go back to this book and see how concise it all is. In the middle of the Great Depression, a mobster's hitman is betrayed and goes on the road with his son on a quest for revenge. That's the story Max Allen Collins wanted to tell, so that's what we got. No fifty book epic, just a single straight forward story told well.I remember when the movie adaptation came out and I learned it was based on a comic, it really opened my eyes to what comics were. Up until that point I thought...

Over the course of an evening I read this novel, and it was the first graphic novel I had actually read. I feel like this story is heavily influenced by Japanese Samurai culture. O'Sullivan, the main character alongside his son, was previously a soldier learned in the art of war, and coming from a lower class Irish family he finds little opportunity after the war than through the same art, working with the mafia. He is skilled in his profession and is apparently unmatched, while still focusing o...

I picked this up because I heard about on the Comic Tropes YouTube channel. Relatively straightforward story, but enjoyable. Historical fiction with a good number of real life people as characters -- many of whom I didn't know were real people until I read about it later. The art is very good, highly professional and accomplished... the outlines and composition are realistic (postures, proportions, expressions, environments, etc.) but the style is sort of scribbl-y I guess you'd call it? The art...

#ThrowbackThursday - Back in the '90s, I used to write comic book reviews for the website of a now-defunct comic book retailer called Rockem Sockem Comics. (Collect them all!)From the June 1998 edition with a theme of "Crime Comics II":INTRODUCTIONIt's time to return to the mean streets.Yes, let's get down into the gutter with the gray- and black-hearted souls that inhabit the world of crime comics. These are stories told from the criminal's point of view, be he a petty thief or a cold-blooded k...

Road to Perdition is the original story off of which the Tom Hanks movie was made. As with most things, the book is far, far superior. Michael O'Sullivan is a good family man. He served during World War 1 and was a good and decorated soldier. Mike O'Sullivan also happens to be a top level assassin for a mob boss named Looney. O'Sullivan keeps his work and family strictly apart. One day his young son sneaks into the back of a car to see what his father does and witness a mob execution- Mike O'Sul...

Just a plain old black and white graphic novel. WHOA! Hold it right there partner! That description does not even come close when we are talking about this book. The story line itself really was amazing enough. Now look in the back of the book at the blurb about the illustrator. It took him a total of four, that is correct, no misprint here, four long years just to do the illustrations for this book. I really love how my mind was able to actually bleed color and breathe emotion into each panel.

An excellent re-imagining of Lone Wolf and Cub. Gritty, bloody, cathartic.

Oh boy. Definitely gonna be spoilers in this one.Spoilers! Spoilers! Spoilers!With that caveat (x3) out of the way we can dive into the analysis. I’ve heard a lot of good things about this so, I was generally excited to dive into Collins’ work (later made into a Dumb Hanks movie). There’s definitely a lot of good here. But, there’s also a lot that falls more into the underwhelming category. The art alone (which is particularly gorgeous in its minimalist vision) pushes it toward the realm of a 4

Road to Perdition is a graphic novel published by Paradox Press (an imprint of DC Comics) written by Max Allan Collins and art by Richard Piers Rayner. Set in Rock Island Chicago in the early 1930s, Michael O'Sullivan is a husband, father, and chief enforcer for the Looney Gang. Known as the "Angel of Death," O'Sullivan has done work for famous gangsters such as Al Capone and Feank Nitti. On a routine job, O'Sullivan is betrayed by his boss and his wife and youngest son are murdered. Now the Ang...

I'm not too big on gangster stories most of the time, but framing this as a somber revenge actioner let me get behind it. It's a good story with a strong ending, fantastic detailed artwork, and attention to historical detail.

Random browsing among a rack of comics brought me to this book. The first thought that popped up in my mind was a long list of names : Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law and Daniel Craig ! And then like an obedient reader, I found myself a chair and sat down to read. The contents and the story line are not novel. Told from the point of view of a child, the story revolves around his father,a resourceful assassin who faces off against his former mentor in the 1930's America. The art work captures th...

After seen the movie, "Road to Perdition," I thought to read the book. I was not disappointed. I enjoyed the fact that the movie did not deviate from what the author wrote, as so many other movies tend to do.The 1920's and 1930's were a very different world from what we live in, however this story still has a grain of the truth that lies inside parents ... we don't want our children to fall into some of the traps we found ourselves entwined in.A well written novel that will keep you turning the

This was a quick read and entertaining enough. Ordinarily, I can't stand books/films about the mafia or the Prohibition era in the US but I've read good things about this book and thought I'd give it a go. While this is a story about vengeance for a depraved and unnecessary act of violence, carried out typically with further acts of violence, I can only have sympathy for the kids in it. I can't really sympathise with the protagonist, Michael O'Sullivan, who is, after all, a gun for hire who made...

Road to Perdition blends real people with fictional characters to deliver an emotional crime noir family drama.When Michael O' Sullivan, an enforcer for the Irish mob, is betrayed by his masters, he takes his son and flees while also planning revenge. The title of the books signifies more than just their escape attempt to Perdition, USA. It also signifies the downfall of the character, himself.The writing is amazing with realistic dialogues, and interesting plot. The artwork is very detailed and...

Thoroughly enjoyable. I read the new "expanded novel." It really doesn't add anything to the movie but good never the less. Collins owes something of the plot to Donald E. Westlake's "The Outfit." A Parker novel written under the Richard Stark pseudonym. Also I am struck by how prolific Collins is. He can crank them out with amazing regularity. Collins also wrote a sequel. "The Road to Purgatory." I think that will be my next book. I'd like to have seen Bob Hope and Bing Crosby do these Road Mov...

Picked this up on a whim while browsing the graphic novels in the local library. There was a popular film made from this graphic novel. Of course, the title was familiar to me from the film (which I can't remember if I've seen or not). I was in the middle of reading another crime/murder mystery book and felt like dipping into that genre in an easy to read format. This is highly entertaining and a quick paced gangster read. The detailed black and white graphics meld perfectly with the story and d...

I read this after I'd seen the movie, I do remember when watching the movie that it reminded of something, but I just couldn't place my finger on it.It all became clear once I read the Graphic Novel... this is an american interpretation of Kauzo Koike's Lone Wolf & Cub.And it's a damned good one too!Although the art did seem to focus more on the characters than the scenery... there are very few longshots, most of the illustrations are close-ups of the characters. I found this unusual, but tended...

Lives up to the hype.