To Have And To Hold [Paperback]

Set in October 1962, while the world holds its collective breath awaiting the possibly apocalyptic climax of the unfolding Cuban Missile Crisis, the banality of everyday life goes onand Lonnie and Kate Ross confront their own domestic cold war. As Kate, frustrated and disillusioned, looks outside her marriage for satisfaction, Lonnies justifiable suspicions of his wifes infidelity lead him down a deadly rod of increasing paranoia and violence as he seeks to reclaim what hes lost. Masterfully paced and drawn in Chaffees fluid, inky brushstrokes,Chaffee seamlessly depicts haggard, world-weary figures and heavy black ink shadows against stark whites, and his storytelling has a sinewy strength. Its a first-rate drama.Like the best noir creators on page and film, Chaffee makes us not care that the ending shows before the first scenes over. He does it through high-contrast black-and-white drawing, not-quite-caricatural rendering of faces, and constantly shifting points of view and angles of regard. Hes got the callous noir patter down, too.Graham ChaffeesAltogether, an excellent story that shows you the thin line between love and hate gets razor sharp when it comes to crime and money.Over the course of 200 chiaroscuro pages, Chaffee puts his spin on the classic heist story through deeply-articulated characters and a black-and-white style perfectly matched to the subject matter.A para-noir graphic novel set during the Cuban Missile Crisis.