For years you’ve been hearing me rant and rave about Complex City, and you’ve probably been hmmm-ing and haaaa-ing about, thinking "I’ll pick it up later when it comes out in trades." Well no more excuses, Complex City the Trade is now available. In fact the rest of Complex City is going to be coming out in roughly annual trades. The perfect yearly gift for yourself or some comic lover close to your heart. It’s new, fresh and original, which aren’t things you see all that often nowadays. First thing about this trade is that it’s been streamlined. The references to the lovable, bumbling superhero Bulletproof have been taken out. This absence, however, doesn’t detract from the story. It merely focuses the story on detective Bulldog Malone and his case. Complex City is a city with aliens, vampires, a vigilante urban myth come to life, and an anthropomorphic head detective. Poor Bulldog has a really shoddy day or two in this trade. He’s has to deal with the local aliens, who have an immense amount of social rules, the local vampires, who resent him coming in and asking nosey questions, the mysterious appearance of urban legend Crazy Quilt, who has some very startling news for Malone, and the bizarre disappearance of a book guarded by one of the aliens. This book is Complex City at its best. It’s honed down and concentrated on one major story arc. It’s by far one of the most original comics to date and the storytelling is amazing and captivating. Some of the original art has been redone, so it all looks highly consistent. It’s an amazing book, and I think everyone should give it a shot. It’s worth buying even if you have the original books, because it takes the story further than the original four books did and the story is more tightly woven. It also has a gallery of guest artists’ interpretations of Bulldog and other characters. I think that even those people who don’t normally read comic books would enjoy this book. You should all go do what I’ve been urging you do to for years and go buy this comic right this minute. www.bettercomics.com has all the information you need to order a copy for or someone you love.

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