{"id":9746,"date":"2017-03-31T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=9746"},"modified":"2017-03-26T23:05:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T03:05:46","slug":"review-velvet-ed-brubaker-steve-epting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-velvet-ed-brubaker-steve-epting\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: &#8216;Velvet&#8217; by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Velvet-Deluxe-Hardcover-Ed-Brubaker\/dp\/1632159155\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1490583207&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=velvet+deluxe+hardcover\" target=\"_blank\"><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9747\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-velvet-ed-brubaker-steve-epting\/velvet\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/velvet.jpg?fit=228%2C346&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"228,346\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"velvet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/velvet.jpg?fit=228%2C346&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9747 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/velvet.jpg?resize=228%2C346&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Velvet Deluxe Hardcover\" width=\"228\" height=\"346\" \/>Velvet\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting<\/a><br \/>\nImage Comics\u00a0(April 4, 2017)<br \/>\n416\u00a0pages; <b>$33.99 deluxe<\/b>\u00a0hardcover<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WagTheFox\" target=\"_blank\">Gef Fox<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I grew up with James Bond films as my sole reference for the spy genre, and I considered him a cartoonish one at that, since he became the stuff of parody by the time the &#8217;80s came along. It wouldn\u2019t be until I was all grownup when I learned more of the history of the genre. And \u00a0Ed Brubaker\u2019s and Steve Epting\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Velvet<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, now compiled in a delicious deluxe hardcover, reads like a love letter to the spy genre\u2019s golden era.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in the early &#8217;70s, a British secret intelligence agency loses one of its key agents in an apparent ambush, which is not the sort of thing that should happen to someone with his training. Unless it was an inside job, which is what Velvet Templeton, the agency head\u2019s secretary believes. And since she used to be a field agent herself in her younger days&#8212;one of the very best in the agency\u2019s formative years at that&#8212;she takes it upon herself to start turning stones over to find out what really happened. But maybe she\u2019s a bit rusty, because she\u2019s caught a bit flat-footed when she gets framed for the hit and winds up with the entire agency hunting her down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through fifteen issues, each with its own pulse-pounding ending that compels you to devour the graphic novel whole, <em>Velvet<\/em>\u2019s story is a parade of plot twists. Every hallmark of the genre is touched upon, from the fight scenes to the double crosses to the torrid love affairs, and all of it is captured on the page with Epting\u2019s riveting art style as well as Elizabeth Breitweiser\u2019s color scheme that uses shades of red and blue to great effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Femme Nakita,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I can\u2019t think of a spy film featuring a female protagonist, but perhaps the literary side of the genre has more plentiful offerings. In any case, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Velvet <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">may feel novel in that regard, but doesn\u2019t feel like some Mrs. Bond gimmick. She seems like the kind of character perfectly suited for the genre, kind of like her experimental stealth suit, without coming off as more superhero than super-spy. If you enjoy whip-smart plotting at a break-neck pace, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Velvet<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is just what you need.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Velvet\u00a0by\u00a0Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting Image Comics\u00a0(April 4, 2017) 416\u00a0pages; $33.99 deluxe\u00a0hardcover Reviewed by\u00a0Gef Fox I grew up with James Bond films as my sole reference for the spy genre, and I considered him a cartoonish one at that, since he became the stuff of parody by the time the &#8217;80s came along. It wouldn\u2019t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-velvet-ed-brubaker-steve-epting\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: &#8216;Velvet&#8217; by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80,444],"tags":[1125,1109,666,79,1126,851,1124],"class_list":["post-9746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-comics","tag-ed-brubaker","tag-gef-fox","tag-image-comics","tag-reviews","tag-steve-epting","tag-the-comic-vault","tag-velvet"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Review: &#039;Velvet&#039; 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