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Sex Criminals #8: Robert Rainbow
Jon and Suzie have had to deal with a whole lot in their time together but nothing can prepare them for...Robert Rainbow. Actually he's a pretty cool guy. And that's the problem.
22 pages, Paperback
First published August 20, 2014
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About the author
Matt Fraction
1,030 books1,875 followers"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.
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.
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October 12, 2014
Jon’s gone a bit manic since he decided to go off his meds and Suzie’s not having it - he has to take care of himself because she’s his girlfriend, not his minder. They decide to take a break and that’s when they meet a mutual acquaintance: Robert Rainbow.
Sex Crimz #8 reads a bit like a health pamphlet at times rather than the sex comedy comic it normally is. Rainbow is Suzie’s OBGYN and he’s a hottie so while he’s examining/telling her about the various forms of contraceptive on the market, she’s imagining him doing a sexy striptease at the same time.
Later on, Jon chances across a wise therapist in the strangest food court ever (“Salad Cakes - Have your cake and eat salad too!” and “Saus-Ade”) who tells him the secret to good mental health: aerobic exercise and socialising.
All good to know, by the by, but still not terribly exciting to read in a comic.
Rainbow relates his secret origin of being Jon’s childhood buddy when he chanced across his parents doing some S&M stuff, instantly altering his worldview. That stuff’s fine (whatever floats your boat) but why the hell were the parents doing that without locking their door? And why do it in the early evening when your two kids are still walking about the house? Hmm. Talk about setting yourself up for some awkwardness!
Sex Criminals is more of a character-driven story than plot so it’s always surprising to see it when it rears its head like it does at the end of the issue. And while I usually like Suzie and Jon’s weirdness, I haven’t been feeling it in this second arc. The humour isn’t very funny (Suzie’s former OBGYN was called Dr Awfulstein - really? And “Shit on a dick”? C’mon Fraction, you were doing that dialogue way back in your Mantooth days - grow!) but I guess the new character’s not bad and having a more varied cast makes for more opportunities later on.
Fraction/Zdarsky are doing a bit of pedestal talking in this issue, edumacating women who don’t already know about birth control while informing anyone with depression issues how to feel better. That’s worthwhile, and some of the other stuff in this issue is fun too, but it still doesn’t make Sex Criminals #8 a patch on the earlier issues in the series.
Sex Crimz #8 reads a bit like a health pamphlet at times rather than the sex comedy comic it normally is. Rainbow is Suzie’s OBGYN and he’s a hottie so while he’s examining/telling her about the various forms of contraceptive on the market, she’s imagining him doing a sexy striptease at the same time.
Later on, Jon chances across a wise therapist in the strangest food court ever (“Salad Cakes - Have your cake and eat salad too!” and “Saus-Ade”) who tells him the secret to good mental health: aerobic exercise and socialising.
All good to know, by the by, but still not terribly exciting to read in a comic.
Rainbow relates his secret origin of being Jon’s childhood buddy when he chanced across his parents doing some S&M stuff, instantly altering his worldview. That stuff’s fine (whatever floats your boat) but why the hell were the parents doing that without locking their door? And why do it in the early evening when your two kids are still walking about the house? Hmm. Talk about setting yourself up for some awkwardness!
Sex Criminals is more of a character-driven story than plot so it’s always surprising to see it when it rears its head like it does at the end of the issue. And while I usually like Suzie and Jon’s weirdness, I haven’t been feeling it in this second arc. The humour isn’t very funny (Suzie’s former OBGYN was called Dr Awfulstein - really? And “Shit on a dick”? C’mon Fraction, you were doing that dialogue way back in your Mantooth days - grow!) but I guess the new character’s not bad and having a more varied cast makes for more opportunities later on.
Fraction/Zdarsky are doing a bit of pedestal talking in this issue, edumacating women who don’t already know about birth control while informing anyone with depression issues how to feel better. That’s worthwhile, and some of the other stuff in this issue is fun too, but it still doesn’t make Sex Criminals #8 a patch on the earlier issues in the series.
June 10, 2015
Uh-oh. It's high-overhead batman wearing a maple-leaf mask.
Some of the images are rather funny. Onto the next!
Some of the images are rather funny. Onto the next!
September 23, 2020
"You need a friend. Not a doctor, not somebody you're fucking, not somebody you want to fuck-a friend."
October 13, 2014
Crazy, sexy, kinky fun as usual. Love this graphic novel.
July 24, 2016
This comic is so good, saving full thoughts for when I'm caught up, but this issue . . . the library . . . OMFG I hate that sex police woman!!
May 22, 2017
Serinin bir diğer en iyi bölümü. Neden iyi? Daha muzip, daha eğlenceli, daha az karmaşık olduğu için.
Yalnız goodreads takipçilerime bir şeyi anlatmam gerekiyor. Her bölümün sonunda epeyce bir sayfa çizer-okur arasındaki yazışmalar eklenmiş. Okurların beyin yakıcı soruları olduğu gibi, çok zekice soruları da mevcut. Çizer de hepsine üşenmeden yanıt vermiş. Gerçekten çok ilginç yazışmalar var. Hepsini okudum mu? Hayır ama hızlıca göz attım, ilgimi çekenleri dikkatlice okudum. Başka comicslerde denk gelmediğim bir şey bu. Comicsleri bir anlamda interaktif hale getiriyor. Okurun da bu durumdan ziyadesiyle mutlu olduğuna eminim. Ama çizer her daim bildiğini okumalı tabii, en azından serileri sürdürürken. Başkaca eserler için dikkate alma tercihi tümüyle özneldir.
Yalnız goodreads takipçilerime bir şeyi anlatmam gerekiyor. Her bölümün sonunda epeyce bir sayfa çizer-okur arasındaki yazışmalar eklenmiş. Okurların beyin yakıcı soruları olduğu gibi, çok zekice soruları da mevcut. Çizer de hepsine üşenmeden yanıt vermiş. Gerçekten çok ilginç yazışmalar var. Hepsini okudum mu? Hayır ama hızlıca göz attım, ilgimi çekenleri dikkatlice okudum. Başka comicslerde denk gelmediğim bir şey bu. Comicsleri bir anlamda interaktif hale getiriyor. Okurun da bu durumdan ziyadesiyle mutlu olduğuna eminim. Ama çizer her daim bildiğini okumalı tabii, en azından serileri sürdürürken. Başkaca eserler için dikkate alma tercihi tümüyle özneldir.
January 27, 2021
Not sure if I already said this, but the thing I enjoy most about these issues is their vulnerability. It feels personal- somewhat like the person writing may have gone through similar experiences. And that adds something. Not much. But it's something.
The other thing I like is the maturity of the series. We meet Robert Rainbow in this issue and we see in a flashback a conversation he has with his father that really stuck with me.
You know what else stuck out? The cameos. Specifically Matt Fraction and Johnny-Five.
The other thing I like is the maturity of the series. We meet Robert Rainbow in this issue and we see in a flashback a conversation he has with his father that really stuck with me.
You know what else stuck out? The cameos. Specifically Matt Fraction and Johnny-Five.
June 20, 2018
I was just looking for a light reading, and then, I found this series. First, I found the theme a bit silly but very funny and... definitively love the art. Now I just cannot put it down, the story is becoming interesting and still very funny. Highly recommended ;)
January 7, 2018
jon is so fucking boring
August 12, 2016
God I hate those three. God I hate that bitch. God I hate the sex police. God I want them to suffer a slow and painful death.
I usually love villains, they're the ones that make my heart beat faster: not the heroes, not the noble princess or the handsome prince. It's the villains, it's always the villains. But these three, these three are not true villains; they are just three dickheads who think they have power, but in reality they have nothing. They lack the spirit, courage, determination most villains do. They are just there, moving around, appearing when you don't want them to. They appear, do nothing, screw up doing nothing and then take revenge in a very cowardly way. Villains don't do that. True villains face the heroes heads on. These three just mingle in the background like dickheads.
I usually love villains, they're the ones that make my heart beat faster: not the heroes, not the noble princess or the handsome prince. It's the villains, it's always the villains. But these three, these three are not true villains; they are just three dickheads who think they have power, but in reality they have nothing. They lack the spirit, courage, determination most villains do. They are just there, moving around, appearing when you don't want them to. They appear, do nothing, screw up doing nothing and then take revenge in a very cowardly way. Villains don't do that. True villains face the heroes heads on. These three just mingle in the background like dickheads.
December 5, 2014
"Sometimes you just have to scream in the food court."
This is the best issue since #2. Robert Rainbow breathes some life back into what was becoming a bit stale. I think it helped that Kegelface and her minions were largely absent from this one.
This is the best issue since #2. Robert Rainbow breathes some life back into what was becoming a bit stale. I think it helped that Kegelface and her minions were largely absent from this one.
July 19, 2015
This is my favorite issue by a mile so far, mostly as a result of Robert Rainbow, who is a wonderful breath of fresh air. Hopefully he and Rachel continue to make significant appearances, as the series feels a little claustrophobic when it just focuses on Suzie and Jon.
October 15, 2014
Having interacted with Fraction and Zdarsky makes me love this comic even more.
October 9, 2014
It was great
October 9, 2014
I think this was the best issue yet.
October 22, 2014
"My dad, the Bill Cosby of kink."
Didn't the last issue end in a cliffhanger??? What happened to that??!!
Other than that, excellent issue.
(Was the mall dude a Chip lookalike or what?)
Didn't the last issue end in a cliffhanger??? What happened to that??!!
Other than that, excellent issue.
(Was the mall dude a Chip lookalike or what?)
December 13, 2014
Best psych session ever?
January 26, 2016
jon is boring, he needs to go
March 8, 2016
5 Stars!
January 20, 2015
This is my favorite comic book. That is my review. And I fucking love that the Letter Daddies are always like 10 pages long. I just love this so much.
February 3, 2015
;_;
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 5, 2015
The artwork alone deserves framing. But the humour and the refreshingly frank look on sexuality? AND freezing time? What more do you want?
September 21, 2015
كم كان شيء جميل العودة لهذه السلسلة المباركة بعد فترة كبيرة من الانغماس في أدب أمريكا اللاتينية، ومع عدد خفيف الظل كهذا، سواء في تتابع العيادة، أو في الفلاش باك الخاص بروبرت راينبو.
April 21, 2016
Siempre feliz cada que toca leer el siguiente número de Sex Criminals.
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