It's a story of a sexy femme fatale, who likes to wear tight fitting, revealing clothing, almost as much as she likes flying around the world and getting up to all sorts of violent shenanigans. Ultimately Gun Honey plants the landing by the final pages and readers get what amounts to a twisted Jane Bond type story. But when a gun smuggled into a high-security prison leads to the death of dozens and the escape of a brutal criminal, Joanna Tan is suddenly forced by the U.

So, like the other Hard Case graphic novel I read this week, Normandy Gold, women/women action occurs in the book. There was an attempt to give her character more edge than the usual temptress who can handle her guns, but this reads more like a pervy guilty pleasure comic book than anything else. However, it's a perfect excuse for some well-drawn, almost cinematic, action scenes with gun fights. No wonder they took to hard boiled crime novels and authors so avidly, even giving film noir it's name. How, pray tell, does the US government arrest, convict, and sentence someone to life in prison when they cannot identify who he is?Stephen King's pulp imprint is starting to venture into comics, and "Gun Honey" is as pulpy as it comes. One thing I hope to see in the future is a detailed visual representation of how she does what she's good at. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

The story is a violent little crime story with a few twists and turns that veteran readers won't be surprised by, but still is a fun story.Created by the award-winning Hard Case Crime co-founder Charles Ardai and drawn by breakout artist Ang Hor Kheng, GUN HONEY is a fast, sexy thrill ride for lovers of classic pulp and fearsome revenge thrillers.

She is spotted by a man from his yacht, who we can assume to be a rich and powerful individual, and is invited to join him. According to the back of the book, the author got the idea for this book through talking to someone about pen names, and about how his pen name is a rearrangement of his real name's letters.is an unexceptional pulp noir thriller introducing the world to Joanna Tan and her valuable and pronounced assets.