I am curious what people here think of this series. I've been a big fan of Greg Rucka's work on Detective Comics so I just ordered the Q&C trade and #7 from my sub service. I figure it's got to be good work but I'm looking for some feedback. Thanks.

[ 01-14-2002: Message edited by: Spoonman ]

This is a Good book. More the espionage/spy genre with plenty of political maneuvering mixed in, but the story is intense and the characters are well defined. I am enjoying it.

"Queen and Country" is a solid read. Personally, I would pick up "White Out" first if you don't already have it. It's where the main character for Q&C is introduced and there is some beautiful artwork by Steve Lieber.

It's a really good read. My suggestion would be to hunt down #5, which came out a few weeks ago, since #7 will be the middle of the storyline that starts here.

Picking up Whiteout isn't too bad of an idea. Neither is getting Whiteout: Melt, the big bad sequel.

I don't like that it's a bi-monthly

But I thought Pete Woods' wife (?) would be drawing the current arc. At least I thought I read that a few months ago, her preview artwork looked pretty damn good too. Won't hear me complain about Brian Hurtt though.

It's been a great read and though I didn't like the delay, I forgot about that once I got 5 a few weeks ago. You can Rucka loves the subject and does his research, yet with that said the story is great and he's done a good job with characterization. The cartoony art takes a little getting used to but I don't mind it and I think they may be changing artists anyway.

Just so as not to confuse a new reader...

The character introduced in "White Out" is not exactly the same character in Q&C, although it's probably some kind of in-joke that they are really SUPPOSED to be the same woman. The one in "White Out" had a different name, though.

Nonetheless, "White Out" is certainly worth the read.

- Larry H

Absolutely by far the best work of Rucka's comic book career. This book is just amazing in every aspect. Rucka gives us yet another strong female lead character with a great cast. Tim Sale on the first 4 issues probably drew the 4 best covers of the year. And the minimilist(sp?) art on the interiors, without words in some panels, conveyrs more thought & expression that people like Bendis can convey with a page of wordy dialogue.