Writer's Block: Best book ever!

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Sunday Trade: Nixon's Pals

Nixon's Pals written by Joe Casey, art by Chris Burnham, letters by Rus Wooton

Nixon's Pals is about one of those simple high concepts that you can't believe no one thought of before. In this case its this, Nixon Cooper is a parole officer for super-villains. Of course coming up with the concept is just the start. Casey and Burnham deliver a sharp bit of supers/crime mash-up fiction. With characters that have realistic motivations and problems and that are visually striking to boot...

And Nixon is perfectly done as an old-school crime/noir hero. Battered, pushed about and then battered again. But never broken no matter how much it piles on...

Choke

Sex Addiction! Greedy Nuns! Crazy Old Ladies! Choking Scams! False Messiahs! Dirty Sex in a Bathroom! All this and Colonial America Re-enactors!

Which adds up to an ok enough movie. Though I have to say I can't recall a movie where I don't like Sam Rockwell. Even when he's as despicable as he is here...