Thursday, September 22, 2005

Daisy Kutter: The Last Train by Kazu Kibuishi

Daisy Kutter is a notorious gunslinger decides to call it quits, settles down and gets busy living a legit (in other words, boring) life. Unfortunately, unforeseen circumstances and the persistent exhortations from other individuals force the gunslinger to perform “one last job.” does just that.

Instead of being gruff, grizzled and squinty-eyed, the retired gunslinger in this story is a gruff, “girl with the curl” (quite literally), carrying a shotgun whose length and power really qualify it as portable artillery. Instead of enjoying the charms of a virtuous town school teacher, Daisy Kutter has to suffer the unwanted romantic determination of her ex-partner-in-crime Tom, who’s turned his life around and become the town sheriff. His square personality is emphasized by his squarely-drawn head. Instead of being situated in 19th century Tombstone, Arizona or Deadwood, South Dakota, Daisy Kutter takes place in some unspecified time and place, where telephones, radios, security guard robots, holographic machines and enormous Mechanized battle armor occupy the expected wide-open Western genre vistas, saloons, general stores and gambling halls.

What is amazing to me is how much is expressed with so few words. Rather it is her expression or how things are reflected around her that portray her thoughts and emotions. This is truely an amazing comic or graphic novel whatever you want to call it. I think I enjoyed it so much because it had it's own flair with combining the Western & Sci Fi.