Sex Criminals #17 Review

Writer: Matt Fraction / Artist: Chip Zdarsky / Image Comics Don’t talk to me about compelling storytelling unless you talking about Matt “Parts of a Whole” Fraction. Don’t talk to me about captivating art unless you talking about Chip “when I dip, you dip, we dip” Zdarsky. Unless we talking about this creative team, I’m not hearing it. Unless we talking about the Sex Criminals #17, I’m not hearing it. I’m. Not. Hearing. It. This issue was a warning shot to put all other titles, series, and creative teams on notice because this is how you story tell. This is how you get it in.

Fraction finally delves into Kegel Face’s background, aka Myrtle Spurge. We see that she is a very much a creature of habit so much so that she is even able to get an earlier start on her schedule before her alarm even goes off. Myrtle works as a police receptionist by day but her side hustle is being a self-appointed sex police officer. The reader gets to see how she goes about tracking down a perp or “Sex Criminal” then proceeding to make their life pretty much hell. Yo, the hilarity of this issue juxtaposed with such serious overtones was brilliant. We really get a sense of Myrtle’s personality, attitude, and focus as through this third person perspective ride along that we embark upon with her and her squad. The dope game portion of this issue is not only the analytical look into Spurge’s day to day but her tailing of the latest sex criminal. She goes over his M.O. and we see this dude from his yout…