Book Review: Hawkeye Vol. 2 by M. Fraction et al.

Hawkeye Volume 2: Little Hits written by Matt Fraction with art by David Aja, Francesco Francavilla, Steve Lieber, and Jesse Hamm

Clint Barton continues his adventures as the new owner of the apartment building where he lives. Mostly they are misadventures. Maintenance issues come up which are not as easy as you'd think they'd be. The Russians are a bigger problem. They keep harassing Clint and the tenants. They even have an assassin from the old country. Clint has lots of problems with women too. His current girlfriend is both trouble and in trouble, forcing Clint into a lot of fights. His protege, Kate Bishop, hangs out with him but is pretty much over hanging out with him because of all the drama.

I found the on-going story a little boring. Clint's down and out status just isn't fun or entertaining. Kate is a more interesting character. The art is really good. The color palette is tight; pages full of panels enable them to tell the story without a lot of dialogue. The drawing style shifts around which is distracting and more noticeable in a trade paperback that gathers half a year's individual issues. The final story in the book shows Clint's dog investigating a murder at the apartment building. That story was really well done and the highlight of the book. Too bad the other stories are all over the place.

Mildly recommended--better art than story here.