Reviews for Kane, Volume 6: Partners

The average rating for Kane, Volume 6: Partners based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-09-07 00:00:00 Lionel Midford This book collects the first five issues, and two promotional short stories, of Mike Barr's whodunit romance. I'd read the original issues years ago, so I knew the killer for most of these tales (all done-in-one, for you compression fans), although I didn't always remember the motive behind the killing or how they were discovered. Each issue has a parlor scene finale in which our heroes, Jen Mays (head of the PI firm, Maze Agency) and her boyfriend, amateur sleuth/true-crime writer, Gabe Webb, finger the culprit and explain how they deduced his/her identity. It's a charming ending that asks the reader to play along and see how close s/he came to predicting the killer. Some of the clues would be very hard for the reader to recognize, but the clues are there! Jen and Gabe's romance is the book's real strength, setting it apart from standard mystery stories. Each character's backstory comes in drips and drabs, which can be frustrating, because so much of it impacts on the current stories. But that aspect makes the series intriguing - just as Jen and Gabe are re-constructing crimes with the clues given, the reader is putting together the history of the protagonists. Adam Hughes does some of his earliest work here - he's already a strong illustrator, and he makes huge leaps as a storyteller during the course of the book. The early chapters are hard to read due to awkward panel arrangements (compounded by poor word balloon placement), but by the final stories, Hughes is already showing signs of becoming a first-rate comic artist. I wonder what ever happened to him?;)

Review # 2 was written on 2009-06-20 00:00:00 Jonathan Southard I just thought that this was a really classy project, from the characters, to the mysteries, to the art. Very clearly a labour of love in the writing, each mystery is fast paced from one reveal to the next and I thought that they gave you enough to keep you interested without giving the game away, which is always hard to do. Love the art, which seemed like it justifiably gave hughes his chops. Very stylish but still excellent story telling.