The Boondock Saints: The Lost Gig

The Boondocks Saints – The Lost Gig, no it’s not a third installment in the films but instead a new comic that has been wrote by none other than the creator of the films Troy Duffy. The Lost Gig comic picks up somewhere around the middle of the first movie. In it Rocco is still around and is going out on another “Gig” with the brothers MacManus.

This “Gig” that the three of them are going on is in typical Boondock Saints fashion, taking out the drug dealing bad guys. With it being wrote by the writer of the films, Troy Duffy, the comic The Lost Gig reads just like the way the lines would be heard in the film. Though I liked it because I like the films the script of the comic was a really fast read. It’s almost like reading a bunch of one liners with nothing else.

If The Lost Gig comic is picked up by comic readers without knowing or liking the films, than this will not be a good read. There is no real substance to the plot other than the guys killing drug dealers. Without any prior knowledge of the characters than it’s going to be unknown why they are going after the drug dealers.

Though there is not much of a real story to The Lost Gig the art of the comic can bring about the same feelings as the writing. That is, with knowledge of the films the rough lines, dark inks, and a small amount of detail will fit right in with the comic. Without any knowledge of the films than the art work can look very rough, too dark, and looks nothing like the actors who played the roles or realistic at all. Maybe if there was more of a story or plot to the comic it would have been better than what it is but for a first issue it read way too fast for my taste. As for the art, I liked it, I like the roughness to it and how though the characters are drawn in great detail I can still see the affect the artist Toby Cypress. One plus to the book is there is a 10 question interview with the creator Troy Duffy. It's not a in depth interview where you'll learn the history of Troy Duffy but it's a fun 10 questions. After that there's a few pages of sketches done by Toby Cypress.