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    <body><![CDATA[A brief story that can be summed up as a hyper-violent collision of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2052.The_Big_Sleep" title="The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler">Raymond Chandler</a>, Philip K. Dick, Paul Verhoeven, and General Electric.  This bizarre and entertaining yarn is lushly illustrated by the obviously obsessive compulsive Geoff Darrow to wonderful affect.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19949743">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh Frank Miller how I love thee. <br/><br/>Say what you will about the man but there's no such thing as a half assed Frank Miller Book. He writes for one man and that one man is Frank Miller. He swings for the fences every...God damn....time. <br/><br/>And this time he sends it straight out of t...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This graphic novel is anything but subtle, thats for sure...I like the story of course, but its the brilliantly detailed artwork by Geoff Darrow that completely endeared me to the book as a whole...check it out folks...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I admire the artwork here by Geof Darrow immensely, just for the sheer complexity of it. However, the disturbing level of violence is something I'm less and less willing to dig through with each passing year of my life, in this book and others. It didn't bother me nearly so much when the book was re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42807870">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Honestly, if you're looking for blood, sex, and Frank Miller, this would be an awesome read. Otherwise, if you're not into senseless over the top violence, don't bother. The story sucked ass, and the entire story was over the top ridiculous.<br/><br/>Then again, with the name &quot;hardboiled,&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64131611">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In the grand tradition within in the comic book industry of filthy, foul depictions of futuristic society (and critique of modern day) this may just be the cake-taker of desensitizing tales. Worth losing what's left of your innocence for--a mind-trip masterpiece.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is Frank Miller's cyberpunk narrative, which is great fun, but all too short. This reads like a less playful Transmetropolitan. Miller is obviously a little more bitter than Ellis.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A wild, in your face, mind blowing summer action movie of a sci-fi story. If Michael Bay and Philip K. Dick had gotten together.<br/><br/>Beautiful, jammed with details art and a fairly clever story combine in the tale of Nixon, a regular guy who lives in a surreal future city and may not be quite...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50980607">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Similar to the Preacher series in how ridiculously over the top everything is.  Great details in the art and fun ending.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Awesome book, even if the SF elements are very familiar.  Awesome art.  Detailed.  Cinematic.  Amazing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this amazingly brutal, violent, sexual book is the opposite and complementary book to frank miller's big guy and rusty. a very japanese story (think akira, humanoid robots, loss of identity) set in art more reminiscent of american cyber punk (think blade runner, otherland, dark knight returns, the m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13840745">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ok, I get it.  He is a robot that could fight the man or give in as long as the Man restores his memory to make life liveable.  I wish I could have the 30 mins this book took to read back--or--have the Man remove this book from my memory so my life will be liveable.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hands-down one of the most impressive science fiction &quot;graphic novels&quot; I have encountered. The art in this series by Geoff Darrow is extraordinary and well worth seeking out. The books are ultra-violent, gritty and keep you guessing. A real page turner for me! ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The art in this book will have you staring at each page just to catch all that is going on! Absolutely a must read comic! Great visuals, great story...this is what happens when the great writing meets great art. Geoff Darrow is da man! ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story is classic sci-fi gold, the art is exquisite! Can't recommend this one enough. The book is even over-sized so you can enjoy the art to its utmost.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[some great art. the crowd scenes remind me of an ultraviolent where's waldo.  a little over the top with the creepy sex, drugs and violence for me though.]]></body>
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