Coolest Comic Page of the Week

Ed Brubaker is a genius of the crime genre and is in my opinion the best writer to do Daredevil since Frank Miller who is (sorry) second to him. Issue #116 has a stand alone Kingpin story that reminds us that while he is a dangerous unrepentent killer, the Lord of Crime is also one of the most tragic characters in comics. Sure its tragedy of his own making but to make him into a sympathetic character after all we have seen him do is the result of a comic creator at the top of his game. When the art is a match to the dialogue then you get something truly rare and special. This page harkens back to the best of Sterenko's work in the 1960s. The page is set in the mind of the Kingpin and in no way resembles the art in the rest of the issue and that is what sets it apart. Jaring juxiposition to hammer the point home. Neither hero or villian is free from the consequences of what they do. I almost shed a tear for the big guy...almost.