In a timely coincidence, just as Ed Brubaker was picking Eisner Awards for his work on "Criminal", "Captain America" and "Daredevil" I was reading some trade paperbacks of his work.Daredevil "The Devil, Inside and Out" was brilliant. I think I probably preferred Volume 1 where Matt is in prison to Vol 2 where he's in Europe looking for Foggy's killers but it was all good really.
I was surprised in Vol 2 that things were cleared up at the end. It felt quite quick considering it took years of stories to get Matt into that position. The ending was good, the person responsible acceptable - but it just felt a little quick.
The Captain America trade of the "Civil War" crossover comics was a mixed bunch. Cap was hardly in them, but Brubakers developed a large enough supporting cast that you don't really notice. I know that someday when I go back and re-read the whole story it will all make sense but at the moment the tension is mounting. We now know of course that the Red Skull will arrange for Cap to be assassinated but at the time these were originally published we weren't to know.
Brubaker is certainly a worthy winner of the Eisner Award for best writer.
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