8-9-3

    (Automaton, 2004)
™ and © 2004 Jack Hsu

Fast cars, hot babes and gun fights with choreography reminiscent of the Wachowski Brothers’ Matrix movies characterize this black and white comic set in the Tokyo underworld. Makoto is a Yale graduate who has come home to claim the title Oyabun (head of a yakuza clan), but his father isn’t ready to promote him. Among other things, there is the issue of his buxom Brazilian girlfriend Carmen. Double–crosses, drug deals and family loyalty intersect with explosive results.

— Leland Burrill
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October, 2004
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