Goldfish: The Definitive Collection #[nn]
"Original Short" is a gripping noir tale from Brian Michael Bendis, marking his first full-length work in the Goldfish series. Told in stark black and white, it follows David Gold—known as Goldfish—as he returns to a city he left a decade ago, now ruled by his ex-lover and crime boss, Lauren Bacall, in a world where the Club Cinderella is both a den of vice and a fortress of secrets. Bendis handles every aspect of the story, from writing and art to inks and letters, with his distinctive, raw style shaping a tense, atmospheric journey into a past that refuses to stay buried.
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The black-and-white series is of the noir fiction genre. It tells the story of David Gold, known as Goldfish, a con man. After ten years, he has returned to a city whose underworld is controlled by his ex-girlfriend, crime boss Lauren Bacall, in order to get their son back from her. Bacall is the owner of the Club Cinderella; most of the story takes place around this nightclub, which also functions as a brothel and casino.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).