Another one on target...

I really like Phil Hester's artwork, the thick dark lines that either he or Andre Parks work great in the slightly cartoonish style of the other. It's quality stuff.

In this the fifth collected volume from the new Green Arrow series - reborn with Kevin Smith's writing, which is why I've been following along, admittedly - the Emerald Archer (one of my favorite comic book nicknames, right there with the Big Red Cheese for Captain Marvel) finds himself trapped inside a city where he has to keep people from breaking the law - even the laws that his strongly liberal character often finds him at odds with.

It's nice seeing GA have to lead people, to have to be the strong hero that he's always shrugged off of his shoulders. The violence with Nigma in the jail cell seemed a little harsh but not entirely out of character for a character (hmmm) written as being right on the edge of losing his cool a number of times throughout the book. And his relationship with Mia is spot on.

Well written, well drawn...give it a hunt down...