I started reading Greg Rucka's run on Detective Comics for one reason: the back up feature about the Question, Renee Montoya. At first I only read the man feature because hey, I'd brought the book, I may as well read the whole thing. I liked it but still it was the backup feature that was what really made me keep reading it. Then something happened. Issue 859 was released.
I don't have the words to describe how this issue - how the page I am posting in particular - made me fall in love with Kate and her father and with Greg Rucka too. All I know is that the moment is about as perfect as father-daughter moments go in comics.
( I couldn't say what he needed to hear... )I cry every time I read it. It's so simple and yet so beautiful. Everything from the art to the storytelling in this issue is so damn perfect.
I was lucky enough a few weekends ago to meet Rucka himself at the London Film and Comic Con for a signing and a panel. When it came to deciding what I would get signed, the answer seemed to elude me for a while but then, while I was waiting in line and talking it over with my friend it kind of became obvious which issue would mean the most signed:
( Retain Honour )( Anyway, turns out this issue has practically perfect behind the scenes story to tell as well. )So there you have it. One perfect moment, and one perfect behind the scenes story from what I consider to be one of the most perfect comic book issues I have ever read.