Silent Dragon

"Silent Dragon" is a creator-owned Wildstorm comic book limited series written by Andy Diggle with pencils by Leinil Francis Yu and inks by Gerry Alanguilan.

Plot

Tokyo, A.D. 2063: the Yakuza warlord Hideaki has seized total control of Honshu's underworld while ruthlessly crushing all opposition. But his true dream is the overthrow of the government itself. Japan's hard-line military junta will do anything to stop him and they have found the ultimate pawn to set their plan in motion: Renjiro, the chief advisor to the notorious gangster. Caught between a lifetime of honor and loyalty to his Yakuza clan and the iron-fisted might of the military elite, Renjiro will find that the only way to stop a civil war and avoid total annihilation is to play both sides against the middle.

Publication

Released as a 6 issue mini-series in 2005, it has recently been collected as a trade paperback:

*"Silent Dragon" (with Andy Diggle, Leinil Francis Yu and Gerry Alanguilan, DC, 6 issue mini-series, 2005, tpb, 144 pages, 2006 ISBN 1-4012-1104-6)

External links

* [http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=5382 DC page for the trade paperback]
* [http://www.dccomics.com/media/excerpts/3809_x.pdf 6 page PDF preview]

Interviews

* [http://www.comicfoundry.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=135 Interview with Andy Diggle about the series]

Reviews

* [http://www.thefourthrail.com/reviews/critiques/072505/silentdragon1.shtml Review of "Silent Dragon" #1]
* [http://www.popcultureshock.com/reviews.php?id=4668 Another review of the first issue]
* [http://www.comicreaders.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1548 Another review]
* [http://www.comiccritique.com/st/grevSt148.html And another one]
* [http://www.popcultureshock.com/reviews.php?id=4812 Review of "Silent Dragon" #2]