If you've seen my DCC pick ups post, then you saw that I grabbed two graphic novels and got them signed by Steve Lieber; Whiteout and Whiteout: Melt. I read these two books a couple nights ago, and WOW, was I impressed. I had a feeling it was going to be good since Greg Rucka is the writer, but I had no clue that it was going to be REALLY good. That's one of the fun things about comics and also about random pick ups. You never know what you're going to get. Now, in all seriousness, with random pick ups you tend to get mediocrity but when you get those unsuspecting ones that are good, it makes you feel like you're some kind of fortune teller and you know which ones are good from the bad(when in reality, you have no fucking clue).
Whiteout is about a US Marshal named
Carrie Stetko that works in Antarctica. She was thrown there due to a
previous, sketchy assignment she had stateside that went wrong, so
her punishment was duty on the Ice. In the first volume, she
investigates the murder of an unknown victim found left in the snow
which then turns into a twisting and turning investigation that leads
to more murders, a British secret intelligence officer, betrayal,
danger, and more. The book is pretty much a detective story/cop
thriller. Whiteout: Melt is more spy oriented, where Carrie Stetko
helps her country find some Russian special soldiers that stole nukes
from a hidden bunker at a Russian station left behind from the Cold
War.

Now, after I got done reading these, I
thought to myself, “one of these stories should be a movie.”
Well, low and be hold, they did make a movie in 2009 which starred
Kate Beckinsale as Carrie Stetko. I haven't watched it yet, but based
on what I've read, it's a real shit stain. Don't you hate that? You
get an idea and find out that it is real but it just sucks? I mean, I
guess I shouldn't be too rash, I probably should watch the
movie(which I will, trust me) but I'm not hyped. I even read the
story from Wikipedia and it doesn't sound anything like the books.
Seems more like its own thing....which is probably a big reason why
it sucks. So hopefully after I finally watch that, you'll get another
post about the movie and my thoughts.

Frank Miller and Kevin Smith would be impressive. Adding Brian Michael Bendis is mind-blowing. I'm looking for it Tom!
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