Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Image Comics (2001), Edition: Gph, 272 pages
Description
After years away, con man David Gold returns to the city he once called home and finds nothing as it was. But the man known as "Goldfish" has come back for one reason, and one reason only: his son. This enigmatic grifter returns to his old haunts to find his old flame practically running the city's underbelly. His oldest friend and ex-partner in crime a police detective. The town itself seems to have turned on him. With everything going against him, how can Goldfish reclaim the only person that he still cares about? Written and illustrated by the legendary New York Times best-selling author Brian Michael Bendis, Jinxworld and Dark Horse release an all-new edition of one of his grittiest works ever!.
User reviews
LibraryThing member stephmo
Film Noir in comic form. It's not required, but if you're a fan of a long-lost era of black and white film shot mostly in shadow where you knew good knew better than to even think about showing up to this particular end of bad's town, you'll go in fully prepared to enjoy everything about this
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story. Bendis captures the noir of this story of a soured love between a low-end con man and his hard-as-nails dame gal who has risen to the heights of the criminal underworld since their split nearly a decade ago. In this story of a revenge-fueled reunion that sprawls out to include an entire crime empire, a power-hungry district attorney, an old partner, a secret and a few dames that may or may not be in distress you find panels drowning in black ink to create the perfect blend of story and mood. Just don't expect anyone in a white hat to show up and you'll do just fine. Show Less
LibraryThing member Lucky-Loki
The artwork is less hit than it is miss, unfortunately, but it does occasionally have some very effective pages. The writing, though, for my money, is quite good, and in the end, that's what truly matters to me. One can easily see why Bendis since ended up getting a career as a comic writer, not a
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comic artist. I found the story satisfactorily entertaining, going in surprising directions and coming together very well at the end. If you like a bit of gritty noir crime and don't mind having to re-read the occasional half-page when the artwork isn't very clear (sadly does happen a few times here), you could do a lot worse than Goldfish. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1998
1994 (Original 5-issue Publication)
Physical description
272 p.; 6.6 x 0.8 inches
ISBN
1582401950 / 9781582401959