King City #7

by Brandon Graham

 I loved the original King City volume, which was published a few years ago by Tokyopop, and was not happy to hear that the book was not going to be continued.  Luckily, Image came along, made a deal with the troubled manga publisher, and have been running the title, from the beginning, in its new 'golden age' format.

Issue seven is the first to publish new content, and the first that I've picked up.  To begin with, King City looks great in this format.  Having the extra space gives Graham's amazing art more room to breathe, and allows his little background gags the chance to be seen much better.

In this issue, our Cat Master has to break into a swank hotel to steal a woman's brains, I think to help Beebay and her Owl army to fight evil.  As usual, plot is more or less secondary to the sight gags and word play that Graham fills the book with.

It's great to be reading this book again, and I love that this format also allows for things like the two-page James Stokoe story at the end.