Brubaker and Phillips' newest hit series, The Fade Out, is an epic noir set in the world of noir itself, the backlots and bars of Hollywood at the end of its Golden Era. A movie stuck in endless reshoots, a writer damaged from the war and lost in the bottle, a dead movie star and the lookalike hired to replace her. Nothing is what it seems in the place where only lies are true. The Fade Out is Brubaker and Phillips' most ambitious project yet!
Collects THE FADE OUT issues #1 to #4
Review:
I got this ebook from Netgalley in return of an honest review.
Entering this book is going through film History in a whole other way, like a room we are pulled into and come out on the other side with a completely new vision of Old Hollywood, seeing the darkness behind the glitter.
As always, I will start by saying that the art was absolutely exquisite, completely different from anything I had ever experienced. It was definitely one of the main factors that lead to why I found myself entirely submerged in the story. It set the tone for the plot and its twists and turns, and remained consistent in its somber beauty and enchantment.
The story itself was almost impossible to predict, keeping us guessing until the very last page.
If there is something else to say about 'The Fade Out', is that it shows a reality mixed with the fiction of what happens backstage, when the cameras stop rolling. There's nothing better than to be able to believe what we are reading a true story disguised as fiction, especially when there are references to real actors and events. It adds to the ambience of what has the potential to become one of the best graphic novels of the year.
The characters and their lives will stay with us, and keep us guessing until the authors finally decide to yell 'Cut!'
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