The killer chose his victims from the immigrant community that thrived at New Orleans birth.
In an almostX-Files-ian trick, the panel was usually far too small for an average man to fit through.
Whole chapters show how the community went from a comfortable easygoing neighbourhood to a place of fear and paranoia.
Friends viewed each other with suspicion.
Strange notes scrawled in chalk suggested who the next victim will be.
The black and white artwork makes the images more powerful.
There are no gloriously gory full page spreads of innocent shopkeepers with heads cleaved in.
The tale grips you from start to finish.
If only all police reports were done this way!
The book itself is lavishly presented in hardback, which gives it an even more adult look.
Whilst reading it, I imagined there being many British crimes that could be covered in the same format.
I guess comics are no longer just pecs and violence.
The Terrible Axe-Man Of New Orleansis out now andavailable from the Den Of Geek Store.
Rating:
4 out of 5
