There's a way of making a complicated multiple-reality sci-fi spy
story that works, and Fraction (Sex Criminals, Hawkeye) has
certainly found it. Rather than move the plot forward with
painstaking precision, gradually establishing the magnitude of it
all, Fraction serves it up at an absolutely screaming pace,
trusting the reader to see the hectic art mirroring the unfolding
events.. The eponymous Casanova Quinn finds himself kidnapped into
a parallel universe, where he must work at the behest of the forces
of evil in order to bring down EMPIRE, an organization dedicated to
international law enforcement headed by his own father. Keeping
everything straight is a challenge for Quinn, and on more than one
occasion he thinks he's losing his mind. The frenetic line work of
Ba (The Umbrella Academy, Daytripper) is just what the narrative
needs, especially when accompanied by the excellent coloring of
Cris Peter, using a very selective palette. The reader will also
appreciate Fraction's supercool touches, such as popping God into
the margins to explain what's happening. -- Publishers Weekly
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