Gun Honey

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With weapons expert Joanna Tan, the legendary “Gun Honey,” off the grid, recuperating from her last job, a vengeful rival takes her place – and frames Joanna for murder. She is spotted by a man from his yacht, who we can assume to be a rich and powerful individual, and is invited to join him.

On the run from Malaysia to Milan, from Montana to Monaco, can Joanna catch up to her ruthless enemy.This is an excellent example of creating a femme fatale the right way, and it’s incredibly effective. I keep seeing the phrase “classic noir” thrown around but for the sake of comparison, maybe just say exploitation. At the time, I was thinking of romance novels, but it could just as easily apply to the first collection of Gun Honey. Created by the award-winning Hard Case Crime co-founder Charles Ardai and drawn by breakout artist Ang Hor Kheng, GUN HONEY is a fast, sexy thrill ride for lovers of classic pulp and fearsome revenge thrillers.

The characters are drawn larger than life in this graphic novel, especially Joanna who is, let's just say, buxom.There were a few moments where one had to evoke the "suspension of belief" clause one signs when reading a book but it IS a graphic novel after all so just sit back and enjoy the ride. If you’re a fan of crime thrillers, hardwired pulp, and edge of your seat grindhouse action then Gun Honey is a five star experience you can’t miss out on. Ultimately Gun Honey plants the landing by the final pages and readers get what amounts to a twisted Jane Bond type story.

She's amoral and yet has a code of ethics that she might have a hard time explaining, but the reader can see. So the story gets darker, moving from the daring set up of the opening pages, where she poses on a beach to catch the eye of a tycoon as part of a job, to an attempted infiltration of a crime syndicate.On the run from Malaysia to Milan, from Montana to Monaco, can Joanna catch up to her ruthless enemy…or will she catch a bullet first? The indie comic I would like to spotlight today is Gun Honey 1 by Charles Ardai and artist Ang Hor Kheng. The thing is, I think it depends on what your tastes are and your willingness to somewhat suspend belief.