FRIDAY The Complete Series Deluxe Edition

From award-winning creators Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Reckless, Kill or be Killed) and Marcos Martin (The Private Eye, Daredevil), with brilliant colors by Muntsa Vicente, Friday is a chilling, coming-of-age story about growing up, letting go, and uncovering the darkness hidden in familiar places. Collects all three volumes plus extra features. First published as a nine issue limited series. Friday Fitzhugh spent her childhood solving crimes and digging up occult secrets with her best friend Lancelot Jones, the smartest boy in the world. But that was the past, now she's in college, starting a new life on her own. Except when Friday comes home for the holidays, she's immediately pulled back into Lance's orbit and finds that something very strange and dangerous is happening in their little New England town...It's literally the Christmas vacation from Hell and neither of them may survive to see the New Year. "Friday is an exceptional partnership, showcasing the brilliance of each individual creative. Brubaker and Martin are building a devastating mystery here...In a short amount of time, you're fully invested in the relationship between Friday and Lancelot, and it's a commitment that both rewards and punishes. 9/10" - Brad Gullickson, more below From an online review by Brad Gullickson, Comic Book Couples Counseling: Friday and Lancelot were there for each other when no one else was available. Their curiosity and their surroundings created an investigative partnership, where Friday and Lancelot made small town mysteries their extracurricular activity: "The Case of the Magic Gauntlet," "Night of the Teenage Crime Wave," "The Curse of the Viking Helm," etc. So, yeah, livin' that Drew/Hardy life. But as high school approached its climax, something occurred between them, and there's no coming back from it. Even when Friday returns home and Lancelot immediately puts her back on a case. Brubaker and Martin are a dynamite pair. The writer continues to do what he does best, yanking tropes and crimes from well-established literary and cinematic genres, and injecting them with beautifully aching sentiment. Martin slides dreamily into this arena, capturing the hardboiled Scooby gang aesthetic, while also mastering the close-up, using his instrument to subtly establish the character's inner turmoil on their outer expression. Beyond the character work, Martin's paneling forever exhilarates, setting and selling scenes unlike anyone else in the business.< But if we were to ignore Muntsa Vicente's work on Friday, we would be committing a crime as heinous as the ones being combatted by Friday and Lancelot. Her colors ultimately achieve the passion pumping through the narrative. "It’s funny, brutal, and most of all riveting in a way that feels at once nostalgic and frightening." — Library Journal (starred review)