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Executive Assistant Iris (Collected editions) #1
Executive Assistant Iris Vol. 1
She's a secretary, bodyguard, and assassin all rolled into one! Meet Iris, a loyal and ruthlessly efficient subordinate to her powerful, corporate boss Mr. Ching. In the modern, cutthroat corporate world, today's CEO needs an intimidating edge to stay on top, and Iris is more than well-trained to oblige the demand of her employer -- including murder. However, Iris discovers the man she has dutifully served for most of her life is far more corrupt than the people she is sworn to protect him from. Now torn between her loyalties to the only person she's ever served, and the new life she realizes she's ready to explore on her own, she must make a choice that could ultimately lead to her demise. Iris' treacherous journey for redemption is set in motion as the entire first volume of the critically acclaimed action-adventure series is collected here for the very first time!
200 pages, Paperback
First published July 5, 2011
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November 20, 2018
The story of a woman raised to be an assistant and an assassin. She takes care of things behind the scenes when her boss doesn't get his way in business deals. Like most things to come out of Top Cow and Aspen, the comic is over-sexualized with lots of female assassins in skimpy clothing and sexy poses.
March 12, 2019
2,5/5. Everything's great... except the plot. I mean, it's well illustrated, the main character is bad-ass and sexy, full of clichés, but good enough to be entertaining and it has good and strong action. Unfortunately there is mostly no plot just a bunch of idea/concept/action scene put together with some «back-story» to make it look deep. It was still a brain-off entertainment, but nothing to make me want to know more about the character or to continue the series.
April 22, 2015
In honour of Administrative Professionals Day, and because I have recently taken up the position of Executive Assistant again, I decided I should finally read this.
And throw in a little cosplay:
And throw in a little cosplay:
August 25, 2017
The artwork is a bit on the darker side, but still highly detailed and simply beautiful. It's an enjoyable, fast-paced ride with its moments of planning. You can't expect a great deal of depth from an action-oriented story, but this one is a pretty good intro for a deadly character that can make you crave for more, especially given the cliffhanger at the end.
Iris, is a specially trained, deadly assassin, totally dedicated to her master in mind, body and spirit. Her master and employer is Ching, a shrewd businessman with a company spread over six continents. This expansion has led his closest business associates, men of not-so-legal means, to attempt to assassinate him when he refuses to give them more money. Iris must find the men who made the attempt on Ching's life. The task is made more challenging with the men's protection being guaranteed by girls who received the same training she did. The last to die is the one who trained them. Several of his former trainees band together to take down his so-called school for executive assistants.
Iris, is a specially trained, deadly assassin, totally dedicated to her master in mind, body and spirit. Her master and employer is Ching, a shrewd businessman with a company spread over six continents. This expansion has led his closest business associates, men of not-so-legal means, to attempt to assassinate him when he refuses to give them more money. Iris must find the men who made the attempt on Ching's life. The task is made more challenging with the men's protection being guaranteed by girls who received the same training she did. The last to die is the one who trained them. Several of his former trainees band together to take down his so-called school for executive assistants.
May 2, 2019
Thanks to netgalley.com, author David Wohl and Diamond Book Distributors for the advance ARC PDF file for my honest review.
Really liked 'Executive Assistant Iris Vol. 1' a lot, the writing's decent, the graphic's are amazing, really vivid and definitely will keep reading the rest of the Iris volumes.
I don't read many graphic novels but when I do it's for the change of pace from reading words and need to read them more often than I do. Find it especially helpful, when I'm in a rut of reading several books that are flat, lost interest in them and guess I just need to set them a side.
Iris is pretty cool, she's likable even if she's just following orders and by the end you, realize she's got a good side to her and be fun to see what happens in volume 2 with her character.
Really liked 'Executive Assistant Iris Vol. 1' a lot, the writing's decent, the graphic's are amazing, really vivid and definitely will keep reading the rest of the Iris volumes.
I don't read many graphic novels but when I do it's for the change of pace from reading words and need to read them more often than I do. Find it especially helpful, when I'm in a rut of reading several books that are flat, lost interest in them and guess I just need to set them a side.
Iris is pretty cool, she's likable even if she's just following orders and by the end you, realize she's got a good side to her and be fun to see what happens in volume 2 with her character.
June 9, 2019
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Rating: 3 Stars – not exactly setting my world on fire but I liked it
Thank you to Netgalley for providing a copy in exchange for an honest review.
Rating: 3 Stars – not exactly setting my world on fire but I liked it
Thank you to Netgalley for providing a copy in exchange for an honest review.
November 10, 2015
Executive Assistant Iris Vol. 1 came in last month's Comic Bento Box. I had never heard of the title nor had I heard of Aspen comics, but the plot sounded interesting. Iris is the executive assistant to a high profile guy into some shady mafia type stuff in their "modern, cutthroat corporate world." Mr. Ching doesn't need a regular Executive Assistant/Secretary who files papers, answers phone calls, make appointments, makes coffee; Iris is something else. Iris was trained to be, basically, a personal assassin/bodyguard. She also sleeps with Mr. Ching, though I'm not sure if that is part of the job or she really wants to. Either way, Iris has always thought of Mr. Ching (that feels a little more racist each time I type it) as the good guy, or at least one of the better bad ones, but some events unfold and now she begins to doubt that. While it's not an entirely new subject, Executive Assistant Iris makes some interesting plays that keep it fresh. It's nothing groundbreaking, but it wasn't as cliched as I expected it to be. The like the plot and the writing was okay, but the art was a little to sexual for me. Iris is a beautiful woman, but she has so much more going on that it felt wrong to see her pouring out of her clothes in every panel. It wasn't a huge deal, but it definitely seemed over-sexualized. The art was fine otherwise. Even though it is an action title, it doesn't have that bright, fun look of the average super hero comic. It is a lot more reserved, but not necessarily more realistic. Executive Assistant Iris Vol. 1 was a good first outing that gave me a good sense of the world, the characters, and the conflict that will fuel future issues. The action scenes got a little con fusing and I wasn't always entirely sure who was attacking who, but I got the basic idea. I am interested enough to pick up the next volume, but I'm hoping the next one is less pulpy and has a little more depth.
September 7, 2015
I'll be frank, I wasn't impressed. The plot feels like a bad knockoff of O-Ren Ishii from Kill bill (which is itself a knockoff of a million plots beforehand). Nothing here felt new, nothing felt amazing.
The art style is fine, though it tends to fall into the "less clothing is more armored" category of female warrior design.
I bought this because it was cheap, I'm not especially surprised at what I got.
The art style is fine, though it tends to fall into the "less clothing is more armored" category of female warrior design.
I bought this because it was cheap, I'm not especially surprised at what I got.
April 30, 2011
Good old comics about nice secretary who makes not only tea but also kills with enthusiasm and seeks her true self. Right?
March 8, 2019
Cheesecake, Violence, Redemption?
So, we take a bunch of orphan girls, train them up to be soulless assassins, give them all push-up bras and throwing stars, and then sell them to international bad guys to be "personal assistants". One of them, our heroine Iris, is happy to kill her boss's enemies, (although if the victim is a devoted family man she tries to make it look like he died of natural causes, because that's easier on the surviving family). SPOILER. Iris does have a change of heart eventually, (somebody has the nerve to kill someone she likes a lot), so I guess that's, you know, a good lesson learned.
I'm all for cheesecake kick-butt heroines, but it's just more fun if they are actually heroic. Red Sonja for example. Switching tropes from the hooker with a heart of gold to the damaged psychopath with a heart of something like gold is a bit of a stretch. This might all work better if Iris killed people ironically or with a suave James Bond psycho-twinkle or bon mot, but most of the story is played straight and all of the assassins are a humorless lot, which made it all much harder to swallow. Iris generally has the same demeanor whether she's slitting a throat or clearing a jammed paper copier, which leaves the reader at something of a loss.
That said, the creators try to establish a legit backstory of mind control and behavior modification to explain these executive assistant killers, and if you keep that in mind the story works a little bit better.
The art is interesting. Good lines and inking and color, with nice detail. Action is a little hard to follow because it's very much of the Pow! Wham! Ninja skilz variety, but that's generally O.K.. The characters never project much in the way of expressions, which works during the cold-blooded killer segments, but not so much when any other emoting is called for. (Many variant covers are included, and they are especially interesting - some in a cheesecake way and some just as examples of how differently characters like these can be interpreted.)
Volume 1 collects issues 0 through 6 of the comics series. Volume 1 was first issued in 2011. It has been reissued "now at a lower price point" in 2019, I guess with the intention of rebooting the franchise for a new wave of readers. I could see how if they can reboot this with a more modern and complex set of heroine executive assistants, and with a bit more knowing humor, this franchise could have potential.
(Please note that I received a free advance will-self-destruct-in-x-days Adobe Digital copy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
So, we take a bunch of orphan girls, train them up to be soulless assassins, give them all push-up bras and throwing stars, and then sell them to international bad guys to be "personal assistants". One of them, our heroine Iris, is happy to kill her boss's enemies, (although if the victim is a devoted family man she tries to make it look like he died of natural causes, because that's easier on the surviving family). SPOILER. Iris does have a change of heart eventually, (somebody has the nerve to kill someone she likes a lot), so I guess that's, you know, a good lesson learned.
I'm all for cheesecake kick-butt heroines, but it's just more fun if they are actually heroic. Red Sonja for example. Switching tropes from the hooker with a heart of gold to the damaged psychopath with a heart of something like gold is a bit of a stretch. This might all work better if Iris killed people ironically or with a suave James Bond psycho-twinkle or bon mot, but most of the story is played straight and all of the assassins are a humorless lot, which made it all much harder to swallow. Iris generally has the same demeanor whether she's slitting a throat or clearing a jammed paper copier, which leaves the reader at something of a loss.
That said, the creators try to establish a legit backstory of mind control and behavior modification to explain these executive assistant killers, and if you keep that in mind the story works a little bit better.
The art is interesting. Good lines and inking and color, with nice detail. Action is a little hard to follow because it's very much of the Pow! Wham! Ninja skilz variety, but that's generally O.K.. The characters never project much in the way of expressions, which works during the cold-blooded killer segments, but not so much when any other emoting is called for. (Many variant covers are included, and they are especially interesting - some in a cheesecake way and some just as examples of how differently characters like these can be interpreted.)
Volume 1 collects issues 0 through 6 of the comics series. Volume 1 was first issued in 2011. It has been reissued "now at a lower price point" in 2019, I guess with the intention of rebooting the franchise for a new wave of readers. I could see how if they can reboot this with a more modern and complex set of heroine executive assistants, and with a bit more knowing humor, this franchise could have potential.
(Please note that I received a free advance will-self-destruct-in-x-days Adobe Digital copy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
March 14, 2019
Pretty good, but not above average. I actually didn’t realize that this was written by David Wohl when I first opened it up. I like his work, especially on Aphrodite IX. Realizing it was him, I definitely drew some parallels. That said, this trade is a good introduction to the world of Iris (and all the other flower names). The story is nothing incredibly original. In fact, it is quite predictable at points, but it is entertaining nonetheless. There is a good mixture of current events and flashbacks for world-building. The multitude of flower names (Iris, Lily, Violet, etc.) for the Executive Assistants are clearly in juxtaposition of their lethality, which is a classic noir technique. The ladies of this world are very femme fatale.
Speaking of which, the art is excellent, of course. In going along with the noir element, there are frequent times where the female lead is shown to be using her body as a weapon of sorts (in the risqué sense, not the assassin sense), which doesn’t sit well with a lot of modern audiences, but it makes sense in this context. That said, there are many renderings of the female body in a provocative way that is strictly for eye-candy purposes (beautiful art by Eduardo Francisco!). It doesn’t bother me because I understand that a master assassin would be in peak physical shape and sexiness (especially used as bait) is definitely a quality of the femme fatale archetype, but I can see why other readers might be “offended”. I do find it ironic though, because there are elements in the story of human trafficking in terms of servitude and prostitution, yet the art depicts the female body as strictly visual stimulation at various times. So, do we have respect for the female form or not? It is an interesting paradox and not sure it was intended.
Moving on, this trade is a complete story arc that feels pretty well wrapped up until the last panel. I have a good guess as to who was speaking to Iris and if I am correct, it speaks again to the predictability of the writing. Still, this series is worth a read if you like strong, well-drawn, female leads accented with a splash of blood, coupled with subservience-turned-vengeance, and topped with a penchant for justice.
***I received a free copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review***
Speaking of which, the art is excellent, of course. In going along with the noir element, there are frequent times where the female lead is shown to be using her body as a weapon of sorts (in the risqué sense, not the assassin sense), which doesn’t sit well with a lot of modern audiences, but it makes sense in this context. That said, there are many renderings of the female body in a provocative way that is strictly for eye-candy purposes (beautiful art by Eduardo Francisco!). It doesn’t bother me because I understand that a master assassin would be in peak physical shape and sexiness (especially used as bait) is definitely a quality of the femme fatale archetype, but I can see why other readers might be “offended”. I do find it ironic though, because there are elements in the story of human trafficking in terms of servitude and prostitution, yet the art depicts the female body as strictly visual stimulation at various times. So, do we have respect for the female form or not? It is an interesting paradox and not sure it was intended.
Moving on, this trade is a complete story arc that feels pretty well wrapped up until the last panel. I have a good guess as to who was speaking to Iris and if I am correct, it speaks again to the predictability of the writing. Still, this series is worth a read if you like strong, well-drawn, female leads accented with a splash of blood, coupled with subservience-turned-vengeance, and topped with a penchant for justice.
***I received a free copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review***
April 8, 2019
This comic has a lot of potential!
It really is a pity that this comic was so lackluster. It promises a dark, intense comic, filled with action, violence and suspense. At least that was what I thought I was getting myself into when I picked up this.
I actually quite liked the concept of this graphic novel. When I first started it, I was not in the right head-space to finish it, but after taking a break and going back just over a week later, I saw it from a different perspective. The upbringing of these executive assistants are the cause of their less than stellar personalities. They are walking robots, killer machines because that is what they were brainwashed to be. They were punished harshly if they were anything but perfect. They were not even able to form bonds with one another, as they had to compete with each other in order to stay in the good graces of their teachers and had to be as ruthless as possible to achieve this. Friendship had no opportunity to blossom in this environment.
I like Iris. She is a little bit bland as a character, but I am hoping that as the comic progresses, she will develop more as a character and display a little more emotion and personality.
Her employer is extremely boring and annoying. I was hoping that the first issue was just establishing the and the background for how the rest of the story was going to progress. Which was in part correct, but that did not save this comic.
What I got out of it was a lot of characters with so much promise that ended up being wasted, as they were introduced and never really seen again after one issue. The encounters Iris has are just as pointless. She doesn't seem to do much except do her employers bidding, which I admit is her job, but she doesn't show a lot of agency or personality. Not until the end. But even then it seems to come out of nowhere. Maybe she just does not know how to be "normal" because of how she was raised and then how she spent the rest of her days under the rule of her employer.
Full Review: https://tinkerpad.wordpress.com/?p=257
It really is a pity that this comic was so lackluster. It promises a dark, intense comic, filled with action, violence and suspense. At least that was what I thought I was getting myself into when I picked up this.
I actually quite liked the concept of this graphic novel. When I first started it, I was not in the right head-space to finish it, but after taking a break and going back just over a week later, I saw it from a different perspective. The upbringing of these executive assistants are the cause of their less than stellar personalities. They are walking robots, killer machines because that is what they were brainwashed to be. They were punished harshly if they were anything but perfect. They were not even able to form bonds with one another, as they had to compete with each other in order to stay in the good graces of their teachers and had to be as ruthless as possible to achieve this. Friendship had no opportunity to blossom in this environment.
I like Iris. She is a little bit bland as a character, but I am hoping that as the comic progresses, she will develop more as a character and display a little more emotion and personality.
Her employer is extremely boring and annoying. I was hoping that the first issue was just establishing the and the background for how the rest of the story was going to progress. Which was in part correct, but that did not save this comic.
What I got out of it was a lot of characters with so much promise that ended up being wasted, as they were introduced and never really seen again after one issue. The encounters Iris has are just as pointless. She doesn't seem to do much except do her employers bidding, which I admit is her job, but she doesn't show a lot of agency or personality. Not until the end. But even then it seems to come out of nowhere. Maybe she just does not know how to be "normal" because of how she was raised and then how she spent the rest of her days under the rule of her employer.
Full Review: https://tinkerpad.wordpress.com/?p=257
May 15, 2019
I received a copy of Executive Assistant Iris through NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Executive Assistant Iris is one of those series that has an absolutely fantastic core concept. Think about it; an assistant that was trained to do basically everything. Iris can be anything from secretary to bodyguard, all the way to assassin (which sounds a bit more proactive than usual, but no complaints here). Unfortunately the series so far hasn’t had the best follow through on that core concept. It’s been interesting and fun to read in that there has been lots of exciting fight scenes. But those scenes don’t really have any impact because I haven’t been given a reason to care too much about Iris or those around her.
I do think that this series is still worth watching, because the concept is sound and there’s always a chance that things could turn from okay to absolutely amazing. Personally, I’m rooting for this one.
For more reviews check out Quirky Cat's Fat Stacks
Executive Assistant Iris is one of those series that has an absolutely fantastic core concept. Think about it; an assistant that was trained to do basically everything. Iris can be anything from secretary to bodyguard, all the way to assassin (which sounds a bit more proactive than usual, but no complaints here). Unfortunately the series so far hasn’t had the best follow through on that core concept. It’s been interesting and fun to read in that there has been lots of exciting fight scenes. But those scenes don’t really have any impact because I haven’t been given a reason to care too much about Iris or those around her.
I do think that this series is still worth watching, because the concept is sound and there’s always a chance that things could turn from okay to absolutely amazing. Personally, I’m rooting for this one.
For more reviews check out Quirky Cat's Fat Stacks
March 17, 2019
Mediocre drama where weaponised geisha woman turns from duffing up all the people who wrong her fat, slobby boss, to – well, that would be telling. But it's not exactly ideal, either. Hum-drum action scenes, with woman with implausible hair and implausible wardrobe managing to kill people? That's about your lot, really. The episode near the middle where she takes a revenge more connected to her backstory is perhaps the biggest let-down, for being muddled and too quickly resolved, but I can see the whole race and gender politics of the piece being a bit whiffy, too.
March 30, 2019
A subservient woman becomes an assassin. Smart move gurl.
The artist’s rendering of faces is weird. Why do they all look bizarre, grotesquely human?
Oh, slut shaming, joy ☹ And the women all boobs and ass, ug.
Is this a geisha fantasy?
All the women look alike. Can I even finish this?
And we have woman on woman violence. Please make it stop.
As an intelligent female, I am not the target demographic for this. Ladies, don’t waste your time on this male fantasy cheese.
ARC provided by Edelweiss+ in exchange for an honest review.
The artist’s rendering of faces is weird. Why do they all look bizarre, grotesquely human?
Oh, slut shaming, joy ☹ And the women all boobs and ass, ug.
Is this a geisha fantasy?
All the women look alike. Can I even finish this?
And we have woman on woman violence. Please make it stop.
As an intelligent female, I am not the target demographic for this. Ladies, don’t waste your time on this male fantasy cheese.
ARC provided by Edelweiss+ in exchange for an honest review.
April 19, 2019
It gets one star because the art is actually quite beautiful, if filled with fan service and T&A on every single page. The issue is there is no real story aside from some white guy's wet dream of an Asian woman. Yes, Iris is a powerful fighter, but she only fights for the man who literally owns her and has control of every aspect of her life, including her sexuality. It's just so gross. Then again, it is by the guy who brought us Witchblade, which is all tits and ass all the time, so it's pretty expected of male fantasy comics trying to pass themselves off as empowering for women.
March 21, 2019
Iris is the executive assistant to Mr. Ching, a busy man who launders money from criminal organizations into legitimate businesses. Iris serves tea and acts as assassin as requested by Mr. Ching. Flashbacks reveal her training and what set her on her current course of becoming aware and independent. A very interesting cliff-hanger of an ending leads the reader to look for volume 2 of Executive Assistant: Iris.
Thanks Netgalley for the opportunity to read this volume.
Thanks Netgalley for the opportunity to read this volume.
March 5, 2021
IRIS
I choose this rating because I hated the small print and the necessity to jump from box to box to continue reading the story.The time and necessity to jump around and occasionally correcting a jump backwards was very irritating.Thankfully the storyline was interesting enough to continue on. Awaiting the next book.
I choose this rating because I hated the small print and the necessity to jump from box to box to continue reading the story.The time and necessity to jump around and occasionally correcting a jump backwards was very irritating.Thankfully the storyline was interesting enough to continue on. Awaiting the next book.
June 25, 2018
I enjoyed this graphic novel. Interesting storyline, beautiful artwork. Lots of scantily clad asian women, which is never a bad thing. If you like Shi comics, you'll like this.
March 28, 2019
It was a fairly standard story. There were a few surprises, but seemed formulaic. The artwork was outstanding.
October 19, 2022
My 12 yr old self is LIVING for this! 🔥💄💪 🗡️
Minus page 20 🤢🤮‼️
Minus page 20 🤢🤮‼️
February 17, 2017
This was just OK. Mediocre story and art bordering on bad at times. There's a really good chance I won't be picking up Vol. 2.
June 14, 2019
Combining volumes #0-#6 of the popular and violent comic series, Executive Assistant: Iris Volume 1 tells the story of the uniquely beautiful and efficient secretary/personal assistant Iris, loyal to the end to her employer Mr. Ching, a notorious global businessman and criminal. Also doubling as Ching's bodyguard and assassin-for-hire, Iris has been groomed since childhood to kill - but when her boss sends her out to take care of some extracurricular "business" to swing negotiations on a big business deal his way, Iris inadvertently starts a chain of events that for the first time, will have her questioning both loyalties and lifestyle. Violent and bloody, the dark, moody artwork of this graphic novel fits the subject matter perfectly, as Iris cuts a bloody swath through her boss's enemies - artwork good enough that the superfluous, almost offensively silly objectification of nearly all the female characters (and what little clothing they wear) is intrusive and unnecessary; even annoying, marring an otherwise seriously juicy revenge tale with a seriously kick-ass heroine. 3/5 stars
Note: I received a free ARC of this title from NetGalley and the publisher, in exchange for an honest review.
Note: I received a free ARC of this title from NetGalley and the publisher, in exchange for an honest review.
August 3, 2016
Executive Assistant Iris is about a woman who was brainwashed into being a corporate executive assistant/assassin/bodyguard/concubine for a CEO who bought her. This is one of the most racist things I've read. It's sexist and objectifying to its protagonist. The character is Chinese and despite the fact that she's an assassin, she still plays into the subservient asian woman stereotype. Eventually, she manages to free herself, but only because she falls in love with a random white dude for no obvious reason. We don't even see them fall in love. First she's like "he's disgusting, I hate him" but she is ordered to string him along. And then they go on a couple of dates which are covered in like six panels in the comic total and then all of a sudden, she's in love with him and willing to disobey her boss and risk death. They didn't even bother giving the guy a personality.
Despite the fact that she's the star and narrator of the comic, her emotional depth displayed is minimal. She doesn't feel like she's an actual character as much as just a stand-in who does what's convenient to move the plot along.
This whole thing reads like somebody's fetish fantasy without actually being pornographic. So if you're into enslaved asian women and violence and you're not old enough for real pornography, maybe this is the right graphic novel for you. Otherwise, I strongly recommend against it.
Despite the fact that she's the star and narrator of the comic, her emotional depth displayed is minimal. She doesn't feel like she's an actual character as much as just a stand-in who does what's convenient to move the plot along.
This whole thing reads like somebody's fetish fantasy without actually being pornographic. So if you're into enslaved asian women and violence and you're not old enough for real pornography, maybe this is the right graphic novel for you. Otherwise, I strongly recommend against it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 29, 2011
I read the single issues.
3.5
Art was nice but not always consistent. The same could be said for the story. The endings of some of the issues left the reading with a raised eyebrow and a question mark when we returned to the next issue as if nothing had happened.
Like most of Aspen's work, the heroine suffers tragically both in her past and in her present which leads to the final showdown with her employer.
There are six issues and then the Hit List Arc
3.5
Art was nice but not always consistent. The same could be said for the story. The endings of some of the issues left the reading with a raised eyebrow and a question mark when we returned to the next issue as if nothing had happened.
Like most of Aspen's work, the heroine suffers tragically both in her past and in her present which leads to the final showdown with her employer.
There are six issues and then the Hit List Arc
November 17, 2015
Some lush art and noir atmosphere highlight this so-so, seen it all before girl assassin story. It tries to walk a thin line between female empowerment and exploitation and doesn't always succeed. A bit too many sexy and sometimes anatomically challenging poses for the female characters here. And the story is somewhat shallow and repetitive; kill a rival of her boss, face a girl assassin whom she was trained with. Nothing really new here, still manages to be an okay time waster.
December 27, 2012
It's sexy body-guard graphic novel. These women kick some ass. Even though they begin from oppressed lives, they turn on their boss-mess & learn to bond together. Lots of sexy, tattooed, multi-colored hair action!
October 18, 2015
This book came through Comic Bento; I doubt I would have picked it up on my own, but I was surprised by how I got into the story of a secretary/assassin. It ends with a kind of cliffhanger, so beware - you might need to go on to the next volume.
November 12, 2015
This story had a straightforward tale, no real surprises. No real in depth look at the main character or her motivations. Just a few flash backs. It seems this comic stands on its portrayal of sex and violence.
May 31, 2020
This had such an interesting premise but this was not for me. The art style had moments where it looked really good but a majority of the book did not look very nice as the art style was a bit too messy for me.
I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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