Sex Criminals #4: Sex Police

Sex Criminals (Single Issues)

by Matt Fraction (Writer), Chip Zdarsky (Illustrator)

She can seemingly control time and space with her...parts. She's as relentless a manhunter as law enforcement ever created. And by day she's no one you'd particularly notice, with her quiet suburban life and pleasant-enough job, but when the temporal dimension is used to break society's laws they call...HER. Jon and Suzie get in too deep way too fast as one little sexy fun party crime begets another and the villains of the piece descend. Turns out Jon and Suzie aren't the only ones after all…

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book, Comedy, Fantasy, Sexuality

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 8, 2014

About the author

"How he got started in comics: In 1983, when Fraction was 7 years old and growing up in Kansas City, Mo., he became fascinated by the U.S. invasion of Grenada and created his own newspaper to explain the event. "I've always been story-driven, telling stories with pictures and words," he said.

Education and first job: Fraction never graduated from college. He stopped half a semester short of an art degree at Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri in 1998 to take a job as a Web designer and managing editor of a magazine about Internet culture.

"My mother was not happy about that," he said.

But that gig led Fraction and his co-workers to split off and launch MK12, a boutique graphic design and production firm in Kansas City that created the opening credits for the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace."

Big break: While writing and directing live-action shoots at MK12, Fraction spent his spare time writing comics and pitching his books each year to publishers at Comic-Con. Two books sold: "The Last of the Independents," published in 2003 by AiT/Planet Lar, and "Casanova," published in 2006 by Image Comics.

Fraction traveled extensively on commercial shoots. Then his wife got pregnant. So Fraction did what any rational man in his position would do -- he quit his job at MK12 to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time comic book writer.

Say what? "It was terrifying," said Fraction, who now lives in Portland, Ore. "I was married. We had a house. We had a baby coming. And I just quit my job."

Marvel hired Fraction in June 2006, thanks largely to the success of his other two comics. "I got very lucky," he half-joked. "If it hadn't worked out, I would have had to move back in with my parents.

- 2009. Alex Pham. Los Angeles Times.

Reviews

[The Girl Murdered by Her TBR · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars

[Ashley Reid · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm still laughing at "Dungeons and Dipshits" I think I may annoy my cousin with that one, he hates when people take the piss out of that game.

Still loving this series. I swear it gets weirder with every comic.

Also as much as I love it, I still have no idea what the hell i'm reading

[Daniel · Rating 2 out of 5]

This issue does nothing to move the story along. At least the third in the series introduced the police and kinda left you guessing what was going to happen. This issue didn't do anything. I'll keep reading them, but I hope they get better soon.

[Krista M · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you aren't reading this series, you should be.

[Bradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

What is she, a sex-vigilante? Sure, we see some sort of shimmering orgasmopooolice department, but it doesn't make any sense since all the members have to hold down crappy day jobs. Where's the perks in the poooolice?

Our antagonists are funny. And sad. And par for course with our protagonists. Well, at least I walked into this one knowing it was a comedy!

On the other hand, I have to say I probably wouldn't have read it other than for the Hugo Nomination for 2015 for graphic novels. Boy I'm glad I did!

[Sam Quixote · Rating 5 out of 5]

The intro to the comic will have you blasting milk from your nose, while the main comic brings us up to speed on the criminal part of the title. Amazing, amazing, amazing, I love everything about this series - fantastic art, writing, and it's funny as hell. It's Sex Criminals, duh! Go read it! Full review here!

[kirsten · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love this series. No, I really love this series. Because asides from having a really unique concept it gets sex right, it gets female sexuality right and it's written by a dude. That's all I really got to say on this issue, I'll probably go back to the first issue and do an overall review or maybe I won't.

Seriously though guys. This is a comic series about people who have ORGASMS THAT CAN STOP TIME. Why aren't you reading this yet?

[Just a Girl Fighting Censorship · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ugh. All the reasons I enjoyed the first issue are missing, there is nothing heartwarming or clever or interesting. The humor has gone from witty to cheap and bawdy as the writer just keeps making the same penis jokes over and over again. It might be for mature audiences but to me it screams juvenile.

[Jenny Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I should have just bought all the issues they had out at the comic store when I bought 2-4. Oh well, I can go pick up the rest tomorrow. :) Such a hilariously weird comic.

[Ali · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring issue. Hopefully the next one's better.

[Derek · Rating 1 out of 5]

"SEX POLICE"

Jon and Suzie decide to rob banks to save a library... Nothing else registers.

[Evelyn Blackwater · Rating 5 out of 5]

You ever have that thing you love but either can't explain said love or take no pleasure in dissecting said love? That's pretty much this series in a nutshell for me. It's really quite remarkable in its own right but I don't wanna tell you why. Just go. Go and read it. You'll see.

[Mansoor · Rating 4 out of 5]

What kind of police get to carry a dildo?

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 Shocking-Stars! ☆☆☆☆☆
What?! I cant believe the person who sold out Suzie and Jon! Im not telling who because it blew my mind. And i want it to blow yours. Now they are suck in some really deep sh!t and i don't know what they're going to do.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Crap, now I need issue 5.

[Michelle]

The complexities build!

[Rie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't think I've ever laughed so hard and so consistently at a comic series before. SO GOOD. Individual issues are a must for the 'Letter Daddies' section.

[frumpburger · Rating 4 out of 5]

So I just started reading comics like two weeks ago, and this one is...it's just great!! It's smart, funny, and full of penis.

[Mariana Orantes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cuando termine la serie haré una reseña completa...

[Han · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are not words for how much I love this comic, okay. And it JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER.

[Meg · Rating 5 out of 5]

The letters section in the back makes me laugh as hard (if not harder) as the actual book itself.

[Alvaro Mateu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slower than the previous issues, but hella amusing.

[Valeska · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't like these new characters. And Suzie's friend...WHAT A FRIEND, UH? I don´t like her at all. This issue got me angry.

[Christelle Soigné · Rating 4 out of 5]

Não me canso de elogiar as ilustrações.

[Louise · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 Stars!

[Adam Lawlor · Rating 5 out of 5]

The artwork alone deserves framing. But the humour and the refreshingly frank look on sexuality? AND freezing time? What more do you want?

[Iara Rodarte · Rating 4 out of 5]

¡AH, AMÉ A LA NUEVA INTRODUCCIÓN!

Qué loco...

[محمود راضي · Rating 4 out of 5]

مع التقدم أكثر فأكثر، تكشف هذه السلسلة أنها لا زالت تملك الكثير لتقدمه، ومن لم يبدأ في قراءتها فليبادر حالًا.

[Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Suzie and Jon are hilarious!

[Nikki · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was the most confusing and weird and random issue so far. Nothing made sense, a lot of stuff was thrown at you with no explanation