Sunday, March 13, 2016

The Violent #2



The Violent: Blood Like Tar, Issue #2 starts with Kaitlyn (the daughter) in the custody of the Ministry of Children, Mason (the father) being questioned by the police, and Becky (the mother) missing after being pushed toward using again by her former dealer, Joel.  Mason goes to Dylan's house for help.  Dylan is a friend and coworker, and Mason quickly drags him into the world of drugs and violence.

The violence has really started in this series, especially in the conclusion.  There was a hint of violence in Issue #1, but it's full on in this issue.  I do know a little bit about the scene in the Pacific Northwest.  As the name of the comic implies, the heroin in the area is of the poorest quality, black tar, the type that'll kill you if you take too much.  It's the way it is because it has 6-monoaceytlymorphine and 3-monoaceytylmorphine in it, and it ranges from a black-to-brown tar to a brown powder.  The heroin Joel gives Becky in Issue #1 is a brown powder.

This is a dark ride, dark like the heroin Mason and Becky are struggling not to take.  I have Issue #3, which I'll be reviewing soon.  Issue #1 shows them struggling to make rent and struggling to put food on the table.  Issue #2 sees them struggling to survive, struggling to stay out of jail, struggling to find each other, struggling to get their daughter back.  Or not.  We don't know what Becky's doing.

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