Day Twenty Nine

Kill Them All – A Review

I really enjoyed Kill Them All by Kyle Starks (http://kylestarks.com/), it carried me from start to finish in one action-packed go.

In a nutshell Kill Them All is about a lone wolf cop (and his partner) taking down the big crime boss on the same day that the big crime boss’s top assassin takes revenge on him (and her ex) for trying to kill her. 

The best way that I can describe Kill Them All is that it’s a cross between your favourite action movie and John Allison’s (and Max Sarin, Liz Fleming, Whitney Cogar, Jim Campbell and Lissa Treiman) Giant Days (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Days). 

It has all the best parts of action movies (snappy one liners, kick ass action, set-pieces, etc.) and combines it with the heart (and fun) of Giant Days. It's kinda like a comic book version of Spaced (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced) during an action movie episode.

By this point you’re probably realising why I’m not a professional writer, but I’ll persevere (and hopefully you will too) and describe some of my favourite parts.

As mentioned above they are just loads of great one liners that ring true (to the genre and are up there with Arnie and Bruce’s best, like ‘I’ll be back’ or ‘Welcome to the party pal’ or ‘I’m here to chew gum and kick ass, and I’m all out of gum’) and that are dying to be quoted by kids in schoolyards during playtime:

‘Fuck every part of today’ should be the next ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ and is up there with Archer’s jungle tirade (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faLDEUS61fk).

Then there are just the funny moments:

I think ‘Carsenal’ is my word of 2017

And sound effects:

 I love ‘Dial toned’ as the sound effect for when the guy gets clobbered

And great artwork:

I think this is my favourite page/panel, I just love how it conveys the brute strength of Iruka and the agility of Adla

And set pieces:

Basically, I could just show the whole story, but I think that might breach the copyright!

I would completely recommend Kill Them All to anyone, if you want a good action story that’s also funny and has characters you care about you need this book. ‘Nuff said.