Sex Criminals Vol. 6: Six Criminals

Title: Sex Criminal Vol. 6: Six Criminals

Author: Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky

Publisher: Image 2020

Genre: Comics

Pages: 136

Rating: 3/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Finishing the Series

Where I Got It: Library

The grand finale! The big finish! The climax! We speak, of course, about this, the end of the award-winning, boundary-pushing, taste-challenging SEX CRIMINALS. Suze and Jon have sex, stop time, and rob banks. The bank went after them. Now Suze and Jon finish off the bank, the Sex Police, and the bad guys all in one pop, hoping to dodge a huge load of trouble before it explodes in their faces.
Collects SEX CRIMINALS #26-30, 69

Finally this story wraps up and I am just really nonplussed about the entire thing. I loved the conceit and setup of the story, but then it just felt like we wandered around for many many issues. I just couldn’t seem to care about the characters. Oh well, I finished the series.

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Sex Criminals Vol. 5: Five-Fingered Discount

Title: Sex Criminal Vol. 5: Five-Fingered Discount

Author: Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky

Publisher: Image Comics 2018

Genre: Comics

Pages: 128

Rating: 3/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Finishing the Series

Where I Got It: Library

Suzie and Jon have that special something—when they have sex, they freeze time and do crimes. Well—they HAD that special something. In the aftermath of what would appear to be a breakup, where do our two love-crazy time-freezing sex-having bank robbers go? REBOUND AHOY! Also everything gets more dangerous and complicated? But it's okay. Collects SEX CRIMINALS #21-25

After the events of volume 4, I was a bit reluctant to continue the series. I was just a bit bored by the schtick. Suzie and Jon seem to be just wandering around the world completely lost. And this volume keeps at it. I just was bored with this. We get some movement of the big mystery plot, but I still felt like I was going through the motions with this one.

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Sex Criminals Vol. 4: Fourgy

Title: Sex Criminal Vol. 4: Fourgy

Author: Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky

Publisher: Image Comics 2017

Genre: Comics

Pages: 136

Rating: 3/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Finishing the Series

Where I Got It: Library

Everybody's favorite sex-having, time-freezing, bank-robbing crew of lovable love-misfits come together and ask themselves the big question: are we still into this? THE ANSWER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU (if you think the answer is no). Collects SEX CRIMINALS #16-20

I’m feeling very meh about this series right now. There are a few elements that I enjoy, such as the humor and comedy. But, I’m kinda bored with the main storyline. I feel like this story is getting too complicated and straying away from the clever premise. I’m still going to keep reading (there’s only two more trades), but I’m not super into it right now. I’m more interested in my manga series right now.

Sex Criminals

Volume 1: One Weird Trick
Volume 2: Two Worlds, One Cop
Volume 3: Three the Hard Way
Volume 4: Fourgy
Volume 5: Five-Fingered Discount
Volume 6: Six Criminals

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Sex Criminals Vol. 3: Three the Hard Way

Title: Sex Criminal Vol. 3: Three the Hard Way

Author: Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky

Publisher: Image Comics 2016

Genre: Comics

Pages: 132

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Finishing the Series

Where I Got It: Library

So it turns out Jon and Suzie aren't alone — other people around the world, like them, freeze time when they climax. A self-appointed group wants to regulate and control them through fear and intimidation. Jon and Suzie are falling in love and want their freak flags to fly, but if they're going to fight back they can't do it alone. And really, isn't that a metaphor for the whole series? That we might all be alone but we're all alone together? I think so. If you read only one comic with a semen-demon in it this year, please make it SEX CRIMINALS V3: THREE THE HARD WAY. Collecting issues #11-15.

Oh my goodness! The fairy! Absolutely killed me in this volume. To be honest, most of the storyline, I flipped through pretty fast. But I had to stop and laugh out loud at the appearance of the fairy. I did appreciate that Ana and Suzie made peace with each other. I must say that I don’t really care about Rach and Robert at all. But that’s okay. I will keep reading.

Sex Criminals

Volume 1: One Weird Trick
Volume 2: Two Worlds, One Cop
Volume 3: Three the Hard Way
Volume 4: Fourgy
Volume 5: Five-Fingered Discount
Volume 6: Six Criminals

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Sex Criminals Vol. 2: Two Worlds, One Cop

Title: Sex Criminal Vol. 2: Two Worlds, One Cop

Author: Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky

Publisher: Image Comics 2015

Genre: Comics

Pages: 128

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Finishing the Series

Where I Got It: Library

The second storyline from the Eisner-award winning SEX CRIMINALS finds the honeymoon to be over for Jon and Suzie. Once the thrill of new lust fades, where do you go? Come along and laff and love with Matt and Chip as they brimp back ceaselessly against the past. Collects SEX CRIMINALS # 6-10.

I’m still interested in this series, but my goodness, Suzie and Jon cannot catch a break. We get more information about some of the other characters, and meet more people that our main characters know. I appreciate the expansion of the world and cast of characters. But the best part was the ridiculous background art. It made me laugh multiple times. I just hope that we really make some headway in the storyline in the next volume.

Sex Criminals

Volume 1: One Weird Trick
Volume 2: Two Worlds, One Cop
Volume 3: Three the Hard Way
Volume 4: Fourgy
Volume 5: Five-Fingered Discount
Volume 6: Six Criminals

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Sex Criminals Vol. 1: One Weird Trick

Title: Sex Criminal Vol. 1: One Weird Trick

Author: Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky

Publisher: Image Comics 2014

Genre: Comics

Pages: 128

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Finishing the Series

Where I Got It: Library

Suzie's just a regular gal with an irregular gift: when she has sex, she stops time. One day she meets Jon and it turns out he has the same ability. And sooner or later they get around to using their gifts to do what we'd ALL do: rob a couple banks.

Another comic series that came up as a recommendation and I had to check out. We dive into a very weird story involving a lot of adult conversations and situations. And yet, there is a huge amount of humor and tongue-in-cheek dialogue. I loved see two misfit characters find each other and then discovery each other’s secrets. The sections where the main characters talked directly to the audience were such fun moments. I am interested to see what happens next in the story.

Sex Criminals

Volume 1: One Weird Trick
Volume 2: Two Worlds, One Cop
Volume 3: Three the Hard Way
Volume 4: Fourgy
Volume 5: Five-Fingered Discount
Volume 6: Six Criminals

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Road to Riverdale Vol. 3

Title: Road to Riverdale Vol. 3

Author: Mark Waid, Chip Zdarsky, Marguerite Bennett, Adam Hughes, Fiona Staples

Publisher: Archie Comics 2017

Genre: Graphic Novel

Pages: 136

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Graphic Novel

In the past two years, the little town of Riverdale has changed in a number of amazing ways. The entire Archie universe has been given a fresh coat of paint and it's only getting bigger and better from here. Road to Riverdale presents to readers all of the third issues of each of our new series so far, including Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, Josie and the Pussycats, and Reggie & Me.

All the third issues from the Archie universe collected for my reading pleasure. Just like the first two, this collection was a lot of fun. I enjoyed following the various storylines, but my favorite was again Betty and Veronica.

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Road to Riverdale Vol. 2

Title: Road to Riverdale Vol. 2

Author: Mark Waid, Chip Zdarsky, Marguerite Bennett, Adam Hughes, Fiona Staples

Publisher: Archie Comics 2017

Genre: Graphic Novel

Pages: 136

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Graphic Novel

In the past two years, the little town of Riverdale has changed in a number of amazing ways. The entire Archie universe has been given a fresh coat of paint and it's only getting bigger and better from here. Road to Riverdale presents to readers all of the second issues of each of our new series so far, including Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, Josie and the Pussycats and Reggie & Me, timed to the Season One Finale of the brand new CW series Riverdale. This volume also contains a new story based in the show's universe as a bonus for viewers!

Another fun collection of issues featuring the inhabitants of the Archie Universe. I really enjoyed the Josie and the Pussycats storyline in this collection. And it was fun to see the one-shot story that sets up for the first season of Riverdale.

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Road to Riverdale Vol. 1

Title: Road to Riverdale Vol. 1

Author: Mark Waid, Chip Zdarsky, Marguerite Bennett, Adam Hughes, Fiona Staples

Publisher: Archie Comics 2017

Genre: Graphic Novel

Pages: 144

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Graphic Novel

In the past two years, the little town of Riverdale has changed in a number of amazing ways. The entire Archie universe has been given a fresh coat of paint and it's only getting bigger and better from here. Road to Riverdale presents to readers all of the first issues of each of our new series so far, including Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, Josie and the Pussycats, and Reggie & Me, timed to the release of the brand new CW series Riverdale.

I picked up this volume (and the next two) because I’ve really enjoyed watching Riverdale. I was hoping for some more fun stories from the same world. Thankfully, I enjoyed this collection of first issues from the newest Archie series. I liked all of them, but my favorite is the Betty and Veronica series. Love those frenemies.

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