Matthew Rosenberg co-wrote 2015's
We Can Never Go Home, one of the the best comic books of the last few years, so his new book was highly anticipated. Thank God it exceeded the hype.
4 Kids Walk into a Bank is basically the tale of a group of high school nerds dealing with the usual antics and horrors of being a teenager...while also dealing with criminality. One of the kids' fathers is mysteriously involved with a local gang of thugs...so bring on the clandestine, spy missions to uncover the truth! And, I guess, a bank gets robbed eventually...but only #1 through #3 were released in 2016 (yes, they're apparently going with the
Afterlife with Archie release schedule) and it's a 5-issue mini-series. The art, by Tyler Boss, is pretty bare and standard (it kind of looks like a 50's newspaper serial), but the writing is off-the-charts. This was by far the funniest and most entertaining book of the year. It was also one of the weirdest. The hilarious dialogue is top notch, the unfolding mystery is compelling, and it just feels fresh and vibrant and thrillingly alive. This is the kind of book you can't wait to read and you're sad when it's over. Books this good just make you glad you started reading comic books in the first place.
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