So it goes.

Thanks, Ben! I think I've joked about doing light comedy, but what I have in the pipe is some dark satire, actually. More on that soon.

Excellent! A substantial, affecting and effective piece of work.



Take a bow Kevin Colden.

Nice ending!!

It revealed itself slowly and ended all too soon. Well done.



--sam

well done man, very well done



that quote from emerson was a great way to end it too



can't wait to see what you do next

Bravo.



A truly stellar yet harrowing account.



I look fwd to your next opus.

Glad it's over. - I will miss it!!!

Great job, Kevin. This was one excellent comic.

Is that the ending? What's next for Mr. Colden?

Hope the print version turns out nice!



It's a good ending, as many have said before me.

Great end. Explains the whole comic as basically a retelling /flashback and clears up any mystery. Wonder what their sentence was, though... Will there be a foreward or afterward in the printed version about the real case?

Right on, brother. Congrats on finally wrapping it up. Champagne for all!

Kevin,

Finally got around to finishing this. Brilliantly executed. The facial expressions, the use of color, and the way you utilized the comic page to create tension was really well done. It's good to see artists like you pushing the boundaries of comics, and creating works that can make people think. I'm glad I got a chance to profile early chapters at the Pulse and look forward to catching up with you at a future convention.



Take care,

chris beckett

http://fishtown.us/node/11362



I stopped here at the very beginning of this. I didn't realize you were actually going through with the story in this in this fashion.



I expected some kind of fictional version of the story with the actual details masked in fiction. This hits too close to home for too many people already in anguish. People are not happy about this at all.



I consider this story a personal attack on my neighborhood, my home, and neighbors. Fishtown is very poorly represented here. If you were going to use the name of the neighborhood and the likenesses of those involved in this tragedy, you should have done more research and contacted the families personally. I consider your limited research and exploitation of this crime to be selfish and irresponsible.



You're not welcome in Fishtown, in spite of the fact that you will probably make a lot of money exploiting this tragedy and soiling the memory of Jason Sweeney. Don't ever come here. Good luck with your book.

Congratulations brother!:) Much deserved!

Kevin- I just found this today- read it all in one setting...great art style AND story-telling (far more literate than almost any main stream comic I can think of at the moment - The actual killing sequence reminded me of the "Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith" Ausie film where the main character finally snaps and walks in on an unsuspecting family in the Outback and casually kills them all... (Of course- Jimmy B. was driven to his act by enduring the racial scorn directed at Aboes over many years- These #%#%%^!! kids on the other hand didn't have any kind of moral excuse to do what they did in your "noir-like" graphic novel...I don't know anything of the actual history of what this story alludes to- but you seem to have hit all the right keys here- The mean streets backgrounds added a lot - and the Emerson quote brought the ending right up there to what may very well be true literature....Well done ,Sir !!!!

This story was absolutely amazing. I'm not sure what more I can say because, I'm quite at a loss for words. That's how good it is. Thanks for the read. I can't wait to see what else you do!

...can't wait for the movie man.....awesome graphic novel....a testament to today's dissolute youth. best,eugene.

this is seriously amazing!