Hawkeye #11 Review

HAWKEYE #11

by Matt Fraction and David Aja

Solve a murder. Kick ass. Eat pizza. All in a day's work for Lucky the Pizza Dog.

So, I was able to read ALL of Hawkeye two months ago, and started picking up single issues last month with Francavilla's great fill-in issue. This month, we get a look into Grill's murder and things to come, all from the perspective of the ever awesome Lucky. This issue has minimal dialogue, and Fraction tells a great story with it. You get to see all these events through the eyes of Lucky, and believe me, this is worth your cash. First off, we get to see into Lucky's mindset, and Fraction shows us this in some very clever ways. One of my favorite scenes was in the early pages, where Lucky solves Grill's murder, and later gets to kick Kel's ass. And then some sad stuff happens in this issue to. I like how Fraction wrote the dialogue in this issue, showing us that Lucky only pays attention to a few words like Kate, Hawkeye, eye, and of course... Pizza. 

David Aja is just as important to this issue as Fraction is. Aja helps tell the story with the rendering of Lucky's process of thinking, and drawing the cutest damn dog you will ever see in your life. His style is almost like a carbon copy of David Mazzeuchelli's art from Batman: Year One, but that helps lend to the book's incredible charm.

Hawkeye #11 is one of the most unique and well done comics you will ever read. And it's quite the emotional roller coaster too. It will make you laugh your ass off, and then cry your eyes out, and then both at the same time. Just buy it. 

STORY: 5/5

+ Lucky!
+ Clever presentation

+ Sets up some interesting stuff

+ Kel continues to be creepy as $#!@

ART: 5/5

+ Perfect storytelling

+ Very Year One-ish

VERDICT: 5/5