Smoke
IDW.
Smoke (3-issue mini; w Alex de Campi; a Igor Kordey). [From IDW: In a futuristic London run by a government both morally and financially bankrupt, an ex-soldier-turned-government-assassin must contend with a crisis in London, an unusual terrorist group and their even more unusual demands, and a vindictive ex-girlfriend, even as he tries to rebuild his own shattered life. A violent, blackly comic thriller.] Book of the Week 12/14/05: If your only exposure to Igor Kordey's art is the rush-job pot-boilers he did for the New X-Men, this book will be a revelation for you. The man can draw. And newcomer writer Alex de Campi is one to keep an eye on; this dystopian story of a near future Britain where it's hard to tell whether the terrorists or the government agents who fight them are worse, reminds me of Warren Ellis at his best. (And despite her name and subject matter, de Campi is an American woman, not an English man.) She has both a keen ear for satire and a propensity for over-the-top violence that keeps the story moving along nicely, with the occasional outburst of gunfire and explosions punctuating the social commentary. I hope this series continues, as de Campi has suggested it might. 