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A review by captwinghead
The Banks by Roxane Gay
3.0
This was a basic heist comic. I enjoyed the family aspect of it, though!
This story is about 3 generations of Banks women serving in the family heist business. Yaya (the grandmother), Cora (the mother) and Celia (the granddaughter). Yaya was brought into the life by her husband, she taught her daughter and her daughter taught her daughter. However, Celia grew up with the privilege of her relatives' hard work and was able to go to nice schools and get a degree and decided not to be a thief... through criminal means anyway. Her boyfriend refers to investment bankers as legal thieves, in a way.
After Celia gets passed over for a promotion to partner, she joins in the family business. They then find another, more personal reason to pull of their biggest heist yet.
Overall, the story was pretty basic. This wasn't my favorite art, but I liked the vibe, I enjoyed the representation and the family angle made for a heist story that was more entertaining than some of the others I've seen.
This story is about 3 generations of Banks women serving in the family heist business. Yaya (the grandmother), Cora (the mother) and Celia (the granddaughter). Yaya was brought into the life by her husband, she taught her daughter and her daughter taught her daughter. However, Celia grew up with the privilege of her relatives' hard work and was able to go to nice schools and get a degree and decided not to be a thief... through criminal means anyway. Her boyfriend refers to investment bankers as legal thieves, in a way.
After Celia gets passed over for a promotion to partner, she joins in the family business. They then find another, more personal reason to pull of their biggest heist yet.
Overall, the story was pretty basic. This wasn't my favorite art, but I liked the vibe, I enjoyed the representation and the family angle made for a heist story that was more entertaining than some of the others I've seen.