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SEX CRIMINALS
VOLUME 1
Details Originally published 2013-2014
Publisher Image Comics Writer Matt Fraction Artist Chip Zdarsky
Collected in Sex Criminals Vol 1 Available digitally Comixology

Matt Fraction’s work on Marvel comics like

X-Men and Iron Fist has rightly received
acclaim, but if you want to see why he’s
continually touted as one of the most exciting
voices in comics right now, you need to check
out Sex Criminals.
As far as high concepts go, they don’t get
much more attention-grabbing than this: for
two special people, orgasms literally freeze
time. Librarian Suzie has always thought that
she was the only one, but when she meets actor
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you put it to work, and the pair decide to use
their abilities to rob banks.
For all the saucy silliness of its concept,
and for all of Fraction and Zdarsky’s glee in
exploring the farcical possibilities it presents,
there’s a brilliant brain behind Sex Criminals’…
well, sex. The characters are well rounded
and sensitively constructed, and Zdarsky’s art
matches Fraction’s words for wit and invention
every step of the way. And it’s really, really fun.

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