This hidden gem of a comic is
barley known to the comic’s community. Issued by a small publishing company, 4
Kids Walk Into A Bank is much more than just a bunch of silly kids
walking in and robbing a bank. This groovy, funny, and clever story was written
out of the brilliant mind of Matthew Rosenberg and brought to life from the art
of Tyler Boss. It is a refreshing coming of age story that is all
about friendship, family, right and wrong, and childhood innocence. These
elements are strongly bound together, hidden in the shadow of stories like the
Duffer Brother’s Stranger Things and Ben Affleck’s The Town.
Who can rob a bank first: a
tomboy, a nerd, a giant, and a goofball, or two murderers, a skinhead, and a
marksman? This comic follows four friends, Paige, Stretch, Walter, and Berger,
as they battle school, family, and the task of robbing a bank. Paige’s father
has a dark past that he has always tried to keep from Paige. When his past
finally catches up to him, Paige is willing to do anything to keep her father
out of trouble. She recruits her best friends to help her rob the local bank
before her father and his gang of thugs do it first. The four friends need to
work together and touch on all of their individual talents in order to get the
job done.
All of these narrative and
formal elements fit together and make the comic very successful. The themes in
the comic are friendship, family, with contributing elements of innocence and
moral decision making. The reader can visually see that Paige is very
protective of the people she cares about. The reader sees her defend her
friends from bullies and her father from the thugs. Those elements of her
character drive her to make impulsive and destructive actions with good
intentions. The narrative of the comic is successful because it asks the reader
an important question. Does Paige’s actions deem her good or bad?
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