Two Dope Boys and a Comic Book: Hawkeye #22

***ALL THE SPOILERS FOR HAWKEYE #22 THAT FINALLY DROPPED THIS WEEK*** Omar Holmon and William Evans been waiting on this finale to Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye run longer than it took to get some hi-res photos of the planet formerly known as Pluto. When that shit dropped on July 15th, 2015, you know the boys had to address this shit. Omar: I’m not entirely sure how to start the conversation for Hawkeye #22 aside from “THAT’S HOW YOU DRIVE! FROM NOW ON, THAT’S HOW YOU DRIVE.” I’m reading through it like oh… ohhhhhhh, they’re just daring someone to try and do it better than the tag team champs?!??! This wasn’t a finale, this was a declaration of “who fucking with us?” William: And the answer of who’s fuckin’ with us? Nobody. Naw, b, I see your quiver, I see your fold-up composite you got off of Amazon for a luxury sedan payment, but this right here? This Kate Da Gawd. This Kate Arch-Bishop, fam. The arrows be quotin’ Latin scripture when they whiz past. And him there? That’s Clint I-Didn’t-Need-The-Hearing-Aid-To-Shoot-You-In-The-Dark Barton. He woke up this morning ready to put the points and the paws on you. Naw man, comic book finales, this Hawkeye’s lunch table and you can’t sit with us.

Omar: The pacing of this book was amazing. We got pure cinematic John Woo-in-the-booth with Hype Williams-on-the-keys type shit. Kate comin’ through the smoke, Clint hitting the window, and all the players in the room on some Usual Suspect shit. Even Pizza Dog jumped in for the…