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Velvet is the Real Deal!!!
I picked this up because I have enjoyed other volumes by Brubaker. He definitely has the noir, crime story vibe down. This book is about a woman who everyone has been overlooked because she's the Moneypenny (as in Miss Moneypenny from the James Bond series). Nice to flirt with, make travel arrangements, and take notes in the meetings for her Director. She holds the keys to the kingdom in that way that Executive Assistants often do, but not who you would consider a field ...more
I picked this up because I have enjoyed other volumes by Brubaker. He definitely has the noir, crime story vibe down. This book is about a woman who everyone has been overlooked because she's the Moneypenny (as in Miss Moneypenny from the James Bond series). Nice to flirt with, make travel arrangements, and take notes in the meetings for her Director. She holds the keys to the kingdom in that way that Executive Assistants often do, but not who you would consider a field ...more
Awesome introduction to the Velvet story. It's dark, noir-tinged, sexy, exciting, with terrific artwork and a storyline worth following. Velvet was a top notch British agent breaking hearts and bones from Monaco to Cairo before something happened and she settled in as a trusted secretary at headquarters. But, now she's got blood on her hands, caught red-handed with a secret agent corpse. She's on the run and no one believes her anymore. I'm not a big fan of graphic novels, but this series has it
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This is a very cool spy series with 70s vibe to it and its very rare to see a in her 40s veteran female spy getting back in the game. Velvet is more like James Bond from Fleming books, ultimate pro that is hardcore and not soft like pre-Daniel Craig James Bond.
Aug 18, 2014
Sud
marked it as to-read
Oct 02, 2018
Ciaran
added it
