Panini · 2020
The creative tandem formed by screenwriter Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips had already demonstrated their complete mastery of the genre noir in works like Criminal o Fatale, the latter with some delirious touches lovecraftianos. The Fade Out It is another good example of their know-how. The investigation of the death of a movie star helps the authors to create a portrait of the Hollywood of the blacklists and the communist witch hunt. from the late 1940s and 1950s. The careful research work, the constant references to the greats of the genre and the absorbing plot, make this, maybe, the best work of the authors, which is saying. ALEX MOSQUITA
