It is very interesting how different the comic market in Germany is to that of the rest of the world. While (rare) native German comic artists are lurking to the far east to do the next "Manga style" strip or are producing (artificially uninspired) socio-critical strips, the independent US artists do more and more successful graphic novel stunts. For example "Fatale" or the widely acclaimed "SAGA" series, to name a few. Some graphic novels are indeed very "odd" superhero stories, think of "The Strange Talent of Luther Strode" or the Eisner Award-winning comic series "Chew".
And then there is Robert Kirkman’s "Thief of Thieves" - some sort of a "Oceans Eleven" mixed with lots of additional ingredients that premiered 2012. The result is a very interesting and thrilling story about a master thief who wants to get out of his business but is stuck in his very complicated life, an ex-wife, a mature son that is a bag of hurt and a...
Thief of Thieves
