Written by Marc AndreykoArt by Paul Lee
Reading this second Sam and Twitch arc by Marc Andreyko brought up two important questions:
1. Why isn't Andreyko a bigger-name writer?
2. Why isn't this series getting the trade treatment?
Skeletons is a taut political thriller, involving some old friends of Sam's from his prep school days (who would have thought that Sam once ran in such circles?). Senator Sean Halloran is making a run for the White House, but is being dogged by rumours of his homosexuality. His father, a political heavyweight in his own right sends out a bodyguard to dispose of one of Sean's ex-lovers. When he botches the job, the ex, Pete, runs to Sam for help.
The story avoids much of the regular features of a police procedural, as Sam and Twitch work this case off the books. It's cool to dig into Sam's past (he was friends with both Sean and Pete, and knew of their relationship even back then), and the story maintains a good momentum.
This arc was printed in black and white, and Paul Lee's art is terrific. He draws in an Alex Maleev vein, and it's the type of style that works best with this book. What else has Lee done? It seems that he, like Andreyko, should have a much higher profile these days.
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