Criminal (2008) 7

Criminal (2008) 7

Nov 2008

Bad Night - Part Four

by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Val Staples

Starr was in charge of investigating the disappearance of Jake’s wife. He went at the case tenaciously. He didn’t let up, even after Jake had been cleared, until he was ordered t stop it. He was still convinced that Jake needed to pay for his wife’s death. 

Jake tries to break into Starr’s home. Starr catches him in the act. They get into a fight. Starr gets the upper hand and is getting ready to call in for backup when Jake shoots and kills Starr, with one of Starr’s own guns. 

Jake gets some help disposing of the body and then goes to find Iris. He tells her a version of the truth, that Starr skipped town, won’t be back, but will get blamed for Danny’s murder. Iris has had enough of Jake but he’s not ready to give up on her. He kidnaps her and takes her driving down the same road where his wife crashed years before. 

Jake’s driving recklessly. He crashes. He is the only survivor but he’s seriously injured. 

Criminal (2008) 6

Criminal (2008) 6

Oct 2008

Bad Night - Part Three

by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Val Staples

Jake and Iris dispose of Danny’s body. They burn Jake’s car and they go back to his place. They get into a fight but they wind up in bed together afterwards. Jake can’t stop thinking about the people that might come after them. 

Jake and Iris separate the next day, temporarily. Jake has a dream in which Frank Kafka, the character from his comic strip, comes after them and guns them down. 

Jake gets a visit from a police detective named Starr. Jake senses that something doesn’t smell right about the visit. He starts to wonder if Iris had something to do with it. He tries calling her but she doesn’t pickup the phone. 

Criminal (2008) 5

Criminal (2008) 5

Sep 2008

Bad Night - Part Two

by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Val Staples

Iris seduces Jake for the second time. Danny firms up his plane while Jake is working on forging him FBI credentials. Danny insists that Jake take part in the job he is planning. Jake doesn’t want to but it’s that or Danny shoots him. 

Jake drives. Danny goes in with the forged FBI credentials and picks up a bag with $100K in unmarked bills from a mobster. Iris tries talking Jake into killing Danny, when he comes back. Jake says no. Iris shoots Danny, killing him. Danny shoots Jake as Iris is shooting him but Jake, unlike Danny, survives. 

Criminal (2008) 4

Criminal (2008) 4

Jul 2008

Bad Night - Part One

by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Val Staples

Jake, a cartoonist who draws a detective strip called a Frank Kafka, suffers from insomnia. He is still recovering from serious injuries when he meets Iris. They were both in the Blue Fly Diner. She was with Danny, her boyfriend, who got into a fight with the cook. Jake was by himself, sitting at the counter.

He tried to give her a ride home but she fell asleep in his car. He took her back to his place. She got into bed with him when she woke up. He told her about how he used to be counterfeiter and about his wife who was killed in a car accident. 

Iris disappeared the next morning but later that day Danny showed up at Jake’s home. He wanted Jake to make him some FBI credentials. Danny didn’t give Jake much of a choice in the matter.