Small Justices by Steve Smith. $30, 330 pages, black and white. ADULTS ONLY

I cannot recommend this enough, although I have to say it's not for everyone, as there is a lot of graphic sex and violence here that many may find too intense. There are so many crime and sex comics out there, but so few that actually portray things as well as Smith has done here.Nothing here is oversold for cheap shock effect, quite the opposite in fact. There's quite a bit of mayhem, but it feels real because it's not played for laughs, but instead comes off as sometimes sad, sometimes unpredictable, sometimes moving, sometimes sickening. Truly lived in rather than a pose, the events speak for themselves, moments of quiet, real feeling, great stuff.

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