The last piece is the novel novel by the Spanish Bombe collection of Cartem Comics, where Raúl Balen and Pedro Segade present us with a perfect robbery, for a criminal mind that has lost memory
The last piece It is a graphic novel published by Cartem Comics, in its collection Spanish bombs As he did with shattered or files. Banks With an intricate narration and complex characters. The creative mind of the robbery plan, which has designed everything, does not remember anything, but the thieves perform a meticulously planned robbery.
At the end of the work, the authors explain the Influence of robbery films To perform this enigmatic story, but before reaching that explanation, the reader who saw films such as a brilliant blow, OS Impendais, Ocean’s Eleven, Heat, A main blow, Hidden plan or the Hongkonese cited by the same authors: PTU and Dirty Game (Infernal Affairs), they will observe how these, to a greater or lesser extent, are honored by the authors.
A master’s robbery, but with a criminal mind without memory
The plot of The last piece Develops in a contemporary urban phase, early in the morning, when Hopkins AlmeidaHOP, receives a package in your name. His wife, DoloresHe does not leave his amazement when he tells him that he sent the package to himself, if he lost his memory. Inside the shipment there is a note of promise that must go to Aldenborg Banco That same morning and several pieces of Memory.
In the bank, Hop starts having Flash in your memorysince it recognizes subjects and situations. At that time, different hooded aggression the bankwhich in a few minutes is surrounded by the police and begins an countdown to obtain the booty, while the police begin the negotiations and the Geo Design one Plan to save the hostages.
Within the bank, the situation is confused, because there are several groups of different thieves, all with a piece of the memory game, such as a Large puzzles that must be resolvedSo they must collaborate with each other to make the robbery planned by a criminal mind that nobody knows.
Two moriarty in the script and drawing
Raúl Balen y Pedro Segade These are the authors of the last piece, who have given birth to this robbery and leave the bank’s door open to tell new stories, even if this volume puts a point in the story told in it.
Balen is a well -known screenwriter in the ninth Spanish comic, where he wrote stories for comics such as 1574: Manila’s Forge or an ancient Ispania in Numancia: Children of Ashes, but in the last piece Do a great job With the criminal teacher to perform one of the most generous plans ever conceived, a masterpiece of Planning and logicAND Thoroughly assembled puzzles Where The end takes us back to the beginning.
The fact that the main character of the last piece is Hopkins Almeida is more than anecdotaltaking into account the actor’s work Joaquim de Almeida or director Joel Hopkins in robbery movies. In fact, another Hopkins, the British Anthony Hopkinsmakes it very bad Bill Skarsgård In another robbery film: blocked –Armored in Spain or Closed in Latin America.
THE idea Knowing that the robbery plan had been conceived by a man whose past was a mystery even for himself, it is not new, but yes Know how to do it electrifyingWhere although the reader knows that Hopkins is the ideologist, but before losing himself, he designs his latest work: a perfect robbery, which he will not remember that he has planned.
The fact of saying how Adláre the character of Dolores, his partner, who knew his true past but had decided to keep him secret, hoping that one day Hopkins could rediscover himself is a great success, like the rest of the characters who give life to the plot.
To do this, divide yours meticulous floor in fragmentstrust each part of several groups of criminals. Each team knows its own function with surgical precision, but completely ignores what others do. When the robbery begins, everything will depend on the fact that your yourself has thought of every detail, even in its oblivion. THE The dialogues are acute and precisereflecting the intelligence and coldness of the characters. While the story advances, the pieces of the puzzle begin to adapt, revealing Unexpected twists What Keep the reader fascinated Until the last page.
What this work distinguishes is its narrative structure: each member of the team knows their part of the plan, but nobody has knowledge of the actions of others, creating a Atmosphere of tension and distrust. In the same way, the Inspector Gutiérrez Those who want to catch Hopkins is a living figure of the New York police detective played by Denzel Washington In Hidden plan.
Pedro Segade does a magnificent work with illustrations that capture the Classical noir essenceUsing marked shadows and dramatic contrasts to emphasize suspense. In the same way use First planes in a captivating waygiving one intensity and dynamism of the plotwhich is very close to the action cinema, where The tension and suspense are palpate of adrenaline that flows without a clipper.
In this sense, some characters remember real people like Jaimethat seems like a Joaquim de Almeida movie The immortals (2003) directed by António-Pedro Vasconcelos, or the head of the military thief, remembering characters of Ptu Polition tactical unit or from the figure of Michael Chang developed by Dragon Within your collection of SDU of Police of Hong Kong.
Edition
The last piece was published by Cartem Comics Within the collection Spanish bombs In hard coveragewith measures of 21 × 29 cmA color and with an extension of 108 pages. In summary, the last piece is a work that combines thriller elements, crime and psychological drama, which offers an enveloping reading experience for gender fans.
An accident canceled six months since Hopkins’ life. To protect himself, he created a memory game.
But the past finds it: an anonymous package and a message take it to the bank. There, someone is waiting for him.
The game started … and this time the rules do not say.
The rebirth of a thief
Hopkins woke up in the hospital without knowing why he was there. The last six months of his life had disappeared. He had no memories, only the feeling that something did not adapt.
To orient himself, he conceived a system: the memory game. Each person received one piece and kept the other. If they adapt, I trusted. Otherwise, it has disappeared. For a while he worked. Until an anonymous package reached its door: eight pieces and a disturbing message.
“Go to the bank today.”
Something – or someone – I expected it there. Upon arrival, a mysterious figure received her with a smile full of intentions:
“It was time for you to appear.”
The game had started.
And Hopkins did not remember if he ever invented it.
Remember or does not remember: the tension of oblivion
Hopkins does not know if what he lives is part of his plan … or his punishment. Memory loss becomes its greatest vulnerability and at the same time in its only defense. The distrust becomes a standard and every decision it takes has the weight of a life that does not remember having lived.
Psychological thriller with the soul of Puzzle
The structure of the comic reflects the mental state of the protagonist: fragmented, disconcerting, enigmatic. The pieces are gradually revealed and what seemed like an action story ends up being an emotional reconstruction exercise. Nothing is evident. Everything is a track. The reader not only observes, but also participates.
An intimate noir, of silences and suspicions
In the last piece everything is not said, but everything seems. Pedro Segade’s design marks the rhythm with a precise visual narrative, in which every gesture, every shadow and every aspect more weight of words. There is tension, yes, but also introspection, containment and dark beauty that sneaks on each page.
A general plan … which may not exist
The big blow is not just an external problem. It is an internal intrigue. What if all Hopkins lives out of a plan designed alone … and then forgotten about it? The work plays with that idea, pushing the reader to question what is real, what has been planned and what is simply out of control.
Between Johnnie Ae Darwyn Cooke: Echoes and tributes
The latest multi -influences drinks: Johnnie to’s Cinema’s choreographer, Heat’s moral tension, Memento’s narrative game. But there are also imprints of the ninth art: from the elegant noir of Darwyn Cooke to Parker, of the existential anguish of Criminale de Brubaker and Phillips, and even the disturbing symbolism of Blacksad. It is not a copy of nothing, but dialogues with many. And he does it from his own voice, with respect, intelligence and style.