Criminal is a series of self-contained crime stories set in the same city, with recurring characters and locations, and each one is a small masterpiece of noir. The first, Coward, is about a pickpocket who plans the perfect heist and always has an exit strategy, until a job goes wrong.
Brubaker is the best crime writer in comics, and the British artist Sean Phillips is the best crime artist, and together they have produced a string of acclaimed books. Criminal is their finest work, and the best crime comic of its era.
