Gripping crime thriller, solid characters, amazing setting

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	• Whiteout Volume 1: The Definitive Edition (Whiteout (Oni Press)) Greg Rucka, Steve Lieber Oni Press, 2007 - 128 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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The Definitive Edition

"Whiteout" and its sequel stand out as classics of the independent comics scene from the late 1990s. U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko is on the trail of a murderer in Antarctica...and since it's a mystery, that's really all you need to know to start out. The original mini-series was Greg Rucka's breakout hit, leading to his great runs on "Batman: No Man's Land," "Gotham Central," and other notable DC comics.

The most notable change for this "Definitive Edition" is the new 6 x 9 inches digest size; the original series was printed at a slightly larger 10 x 7.5 inches. The artwork is also newly re-scanned and cleaned up. According to publisher Randy Oni, "We relied on a third party vendor to scan all the boards [originally]. As a result of not having a tight control over digital production, many of the pages scanned dirtier than we would have liked. Too many old pencil marks showed up... Some of the images were actually scanned at too low of a resolution. So, we rescanned the pages we could [for the Definitive Edition]. I then spent about 60 hours cleaning up every page, pixel by pixel in Photoshop... Also, Steve did some touch ups here and there." There's only one caveat here: this new edition does not include the Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Dave Gibbons, et al. cover illustrations.

If you haven't read the "Whiteout" series, now is the time to hop on board before the movie (starring Kate Beckinsale) and the third mini-series ("Whiteout: Thaw") are released in 2008.

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Gripping crime thriller, solid characters, amazing setting

I had heard that this was a good comic but was not expecting it to be as fantastic as it turned out to be. While reading this book I felt embedded in a previously unknown world: life on the bases of Antarctica. As his international crime thriller unfolds, Rucka introduces readers to the extremes of surviving the killer cold of Antarctica and its international politics. Lieber's art is perfect for bringing out the bleakness and harshness of "life" down there. And in Marshall Stetko we have a very strong, very believable, and very rare female lead.

Read it now before you see the movie!

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One of Oni Press' earliest and most acclaimed books returns in a brand new re-mastered and re-formatted edition! U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko has made Antarctica her home. In the vastness of The Ice, she found peace... Or at least that's what she thought, until someone commits a murder in her jurisdiction and the lawwoman is forced to use her detective skills once more or become another victim to this mysterious killer.