Okay, twisting back to Scout’s North Bend, we are now in issue 9: 
The CIA has recruits Brendan Kruge, a Seattle-based DEA agent. He’s supposed to test an experimental mind drug on some lucky contestants. As we know by now, this causes Kruge some trouble. Brendan now quits the program, rips out his connections and misgivings, and starts to find out what it’s like to be a Person Of Interest.
It’s interesting, all right. North Bend, the snappy and moody characters, the stoppingly close shaves for the folks involved, the constant gazing among the navel, the third eye, and the government. The looking over the shoulder to see who is catching up in the rearview compartment. It’s fun, haunting, and entertaining. Who do you root for when everyone has a bit of dirt on them?
Ryan Ellsworth plots this minefield carefully, placing story beats of explosive content next to tearful confessions and we regret nothing. It’s smart, it’s dangerous, it’s paranoid, and sensible.
Pablo De Bonis (with excellent colour by Paul Little, and beautifully expressive lettering from Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou) gives us the tired and weary, moonlit faces of those who just want to make things right. The environments, the body language, it’s not languid nor Langley, it’s somewhere in-between. I sure like this book, and no matter who’s listening, you can quote me on that.
Scout Comics, North Bend #9 (“season two, issue four), $3.99 for 29 pages of content. Mature
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