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Story by: Andy Diggle
Art By: Jock
Price: $2.99
Price: $2.99
Diamond ID: MAR130590
On Sale: May 01, 2013
MINISERIES CONCLUSION!
It all ends here as the awful truth behind a multi-million dollar conspiracy is revealed, with deadly consequences. If young Jake is to survive , what kind of man must he become? And is it worth the price?
After three issues of this riveting series, I had to wonder just what was left for Jake to endure. Short answer: a lot.
Picking up from the point of being beat down and bloodied up at the hands of Keller, the assassin whose phone Jake found, the comic book clerk seemed destined for a bullet in the brain. He and Callie had somehow managed to discover Keller's secret facility in the middle of the woods, a prison of sorts housing many of the people Keller had been hired to kill yet now serve him for financial gain. That's a really big secret that Keller can't afford to let loose.
Too late.
In the first few pages of this fourth and final issue, Keller lets Jake and Callie know that things are going to go very, very bad for the people whose lives he spared as soon as his employers discover the truth. Keller might be the bad guy, but his bosses who have sent a ruthless and efficient team of mercenaries to capture the lot of them are even worse.
The only person on the outside who might be able to help Jake and Callie is Detective Grey, who has been piecing things together bit by bit ever since Jake showed up in his precinct with that phone and a wild story about an assassin and faked deaths. But even with Grey on the hunt for his prime suspect (Jake), it's not clear just how prepared he is for the rabbit hole he's about to fall down.
Andy Diggle and Jock wound up offering an ending that was as unexpected as it was satisfying. Nowhere near where I thought it was heading, but looking back at all four issues, it seems like this is where it was heading the whole time. This fourth issue is a bit rushed compared to the previous three, but the action is so high-octane and the revelations offered so rapidly that it's astonishing a 32-page comic can contain it all.
Snapshot is a clever, cruel, tragic, tremendous comic series that really needs to be read to be appreciated. If hunting down single issues isn't your thing, pray for a graphic novel, because this is a must-read either way.
review of Snapshot #1
review of Snapshot #2
review of Snapshot #3
4 1/2 Sheep
It all ends here as the awful truth behind a multi-million dollar conspiracy is revealed, with deadly consequences. If young Jake is to survive , what kind of man must he become? And is it worth the price?
After three issues of this riveting series, I had to wonder just what was left for Jake to endure. Short answer: a lot.
Picking up from the point of being beat down and bloodied up at the hands of Keller, the assassin whose phone Jake found, the comic book clerk seemed destined for a bullet in the brain. He and Callie had somehow managed to discover Keller's secret facility in the middle of the woods, a prison of sorts housing many of the people Keller had been hired to kill yet now serve him for financial gain. That's a really big secret that Keller can't afford to let loose.
Too late.
In the first few pages of this fourth and final issue, Keller lets Jake and Callie know that things are going to go very, very bad for the people whose lives he spared as soon as his employers discover the truth. Keller might be the bad guy, but his bosses who have sent a ruthless and efficient team of mercenaries to capture the lot of them are even worse.
The only person on the outside who might be able to help Jake and Callie is Detective Grey, who has been piecing things together bit by bit ever since Jake showed up in his precinct with that phone and a wild story about an assassin and faked deaths. But even with Grey on the hunt for his prime suspect (Jake), it's not clear just how prepared he is for the rabbit hole he's about to fall down.
Andy Diggle and Jock wound up offering an ending that was as unexpected as it was satisfying. Nowhere near where I thought it was heading, but looking back at all four issues, it seems like this is where it was heading the whole time. This fourth issue is a bit rushed compared to the previous three, but the action is so high-octane and the revelations offered so rapidly that it's astonishing a 32-page comic can contain it all.
Snapshot is a clever, cruel, tragic, tremendous comic series that really needs to be read to be appreciated. If hunting down single issues isn't your thing, pray for a graphic novel, because this is a must-read either way.
review of Snapshot #1
review of Snapshot #2
review of Snapshot #3
4 1/2 Sheep
Guest Reviewer: Gef Fox
