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    <body><![CDATA[I've only ever read one other Bendis book, and that was the first of the Powers series (vol 1, Who Killed Retro Girl?). I liked the writing in Powers, but not enough to buy vol 2, so I figured I'd give Torso a shot since it is a.) dark noir, b.) true crime and c.) was illustrated very interestingly....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68225041">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In the comics/graphic medium that I love so much, I have always said that good art can save bad writing but bad art can ruin good writing,...well here is the exception. The art is not that bad to be fair,... in terms of pacing, layout ancdcomposition it is really pretty good for black and white, but...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58189055">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excelente graphic novel!<br/><br/>A mistura entre os desenhos e as fotos de época ficaram muito boas, combinando perfeitamente com a história. O estilo de narração e os desenhos também são únicos, criando uma atmosfera bem peculiar para a novel.<br/><br/>Cito o prefácio do Greg Rucka, so...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81649551">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko, Torso (Image Entertainment, 1997)<br/><br/>Sometimes it seems like every city wants to claim a serial killer. Look at the number of municipalities who seem almost proud that Jeffrey Dahmer spent a portion of his upbringing in them; Akron, Ohio, just down the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13167923">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Apparently, I just can't stop reading graphic novels. This one is a true crime story about the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Torso_Murderer">Cleveland Torso Murderer</a>. Brilliantly written and executed. Unlike Azzarello's <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94510.100_Bullets_Vol_01_First_Shot_Last_Call" title="100 Bullets Vol. 01  First Shot, Last Call by Brian Azzarello">100 Bullets: Vol. 1</a>, I found the period dialogue endearing rather than off-putting.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70703376">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Reprints Jinx:  Torso #1-6.  Eliot Ness leaves Chicago for Cleveland to clean up the crime and encounters a serial killer that threatens to destroy his name and career.  Torso is an interesting graphic novel in that Bendis makes a good historical fiction case for the identity of the Torso while tell...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46810759">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was very excited to read this since it is a combination of two of my favorite genres (true crime and graphic novel). It was quite good, though the way it was drawn was problematic at times as it was often difficult to tell the characters apart. Also, there were some typos in it, which was distract...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40917184">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i read this book everyday on the train back when i was working for Ziff Davis. but i became intimately familiar with the case (that of the &quot;Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run,&quot; who terrorized Cleveland in the 30s, during Eliot Ness's time as the city's Public Safety Director) back in 9th grade, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16844800">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Troo crime...dude that busted Al Capone tries to find the torso killer....mentions the city I was born...Youngstown, OH. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Usually, true crime novels leave me a little cold -- the facts in the cases are interesting, but as novels they usually leave a lot to be desired in terms of character involvement and plotting. This is a notable exception; it works both as a true crime account and as a horror story. My only problem ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14649553">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[That was fun. I'm a big True Crime buff, and Bendis' style is very different than the comics I'm used to. I very much enjoyed the book. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just to prove that not everything Brian Bendis craps out is a golden cow, my review of this book.  This is one of his more celebrated books, and it's not bad by any means.  But the art really bugged me.  He was going for a realistic/gritty noir feel, but everything is just too sparse, too dark.  It ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30719693">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutely loved this. Picked it up to finally read, and read it all the way through in one sitting. The combination of artistry, storytelling and history satisfied me on so many levels. Can't think of another graphic novel quite like it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty taught story of the Torso killer in Cleveland during the 1930's. I think that the story is being prepped for a film by David Fincher as a sort of follow-up to the Untouchables. If I recall correctly, this is a true story of one Elliott Ness. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book, with lots of awesome art depicting my adopted home town, as well as a twisted compelling story, with large chunks of the type of history that gets swept under the rug. <br/><br/>Fascinating and compulsively readable. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great dark story about the first american serial killer....I liked the black and white artwork even though sometimes the page readability is made difficult by some graphical effects that I tought unnecessary. ]]></body>
    
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