Book Review : Daisy Cutter - The Last Train
May 15th, 2008 by jeremy
Book nineteen in 52 books in 52 weeks
Sorry there was no review last week, I’ll do two this week to make up for it. Kazu Kibuishi started the great anthology series Flight, but took time away from that to write Daisy Cutter -The Last Train.
Daisy is a retired gunslinger, but she’s not very happy with her new life. She’s restless and ready for more excitement, and she’s not very happy with her ex partner who has become the towns sheriff. He wants her to become a deputy, but she says no. There’s great interaction between the two of them.
She loses a bet to Mr. Winters, and agrees to rob a train to pay him back, but of course something goes wrong, as it seems like Winters actually had other plans for her that he didn’t bother to disclose to anyone, and he doesn’t plan on letting her make it out alive.
Kibushi has created great characters full of personality and fun dialogue. His art is clean and clear. It’s cartoony but a great style. The world he’s created is full of robots and cowboys, very old and new at the same time. It’s a short read, and never gets boring or slow. The action is quick and the illustrations work well for the fast sequences.
Grade A
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Other reviews for the week
- Heliologue reviews Salamandastron by Brian Jacques and God’s Problem by Bart D. Ehrman
- Natasha reviews The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Jamie reviews Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erickson