First published as comic books before being collected into trade paperbacks, the stories of "Finder" were released as webcomics from 2005, before giving rise to their full publication by Dark Horse Comics as two big books of over 600 pages in 2011, a year that saw McNeil rewarded by Eisner Award ("Best Webcomic").
Like the previous volume ('Finder Library Volume 1'), there are four "arcs" that are proposed in this second volume of the complete adventures Finder (1), a man not yet thirty, tall, strong, with brown yellow eyes named Jaeger Ayers. The life of this young man, wrote McNeil, is made of "a bunch of contradictions. It is moving all the time because it fails to reconcile the long term. It is a warrior, and as such, a leader can entrust valuable assets and weapons. This is a "Discoverer" and the fact that the Discoverers are deemed to act for the common good, they receive no reward. It is a "sin eater" and although a "sin eater" is supposed to take to their account the fault of another, a "sin eater" never occurs without pay. " As this point is very important, it should be noted that Jaeger is a Métis from two of the eight major tribes of the world portrayed by McNeil (Ascien and Medawar) and besides his military training, he has in common with Wolverine a fine sense of smell and a self-healing power ...
The four black and white stories in this volume were created in the mid 'noughties "(the years" 00 "of this century).
For the first, 'Dream Sequence', which causes the cover illustration, the central character is Magri White, a man whose imagination is the subject of a business to the extent that "tourists" might happen make like a virtual world called "Elsewhere" and visit. We learn all this through experience and the testimony of Ayo, a customer. But Magri is facing a demon of his involuntary creation. A demon who has the traits of a ... Jaeger forties. How he developed this ability Magri around which Mr. Stillwater has built a thriving business? How and why Magri he loses the pedals? He will succeed in overcoming his demon? This "arc" is particularly literary, with many words, libraries, living rooms where one bed (we cross a Marcie Grosnevor adult) and end of the book notes. The McNeil's imagination is also more violent, more disturbing than usual.
In the second story, 'Mystery Date', that happens in the city of Javecek ps and not in the more usual in the series of Anvard, we met the young prostitute Vary Krishna, who is also a student and to this title is infatuated Professor AA Zivancevic. She also became a friend of colleague Zivancevic, a Laeske, an intelligent people that looks like feathered dinosaurs. We are also aware of the friend (e) s de Vary, which also gives dance lessons but without much teaching art. Vary Among friends, in addition Ollie fox is its head, there Pookie, a former security guard in a slap which worked Vary and that is none other than ... Jaeger, again older one knows him. This character Vary is especially endearing.
In 'The Rescuers', which takes the most classical form of a police investigation, Jaeger is Anvard in the ownership of Baron Manavelin as an employee in the kitchen. When a crime is committed, he puts his talent "finder" in the service of truth, if not the actual investigation. Meanwhile, we learn more about the habits of Ascians, a "tribe" headed Jahousa is hosted by Baron. We also learn why this close to the Baron with Jahousa.
In the last of four stories, 'Five Crazy Women. Jaeger is back in town and looking for a good friend who loves and lodge. In several dialogues, he confides to a friend Gay compared to "lolles girls" he was able to meet, knowing that the strongest relationship is tied with Grazie Maugeri, a TV journalist who is interested in sexual perversions. Taking advantage of a page, it crosses the Grosnevor family with which Jaeger had affairs in the past.
In general, McNeil slides throughout the four episodes some ideas for future stories, such as when we cross that young children and their mother Jaeger ...
These episodes are very dense, and must be added to the demanding nature of this reading details and comments made by McNeil in the end of the book notes. Rarely the term "graphic novel" has characterized both a book.
(1) Two trade paperbacks were published since Volume 2 ('Finder: Voice' and 'Finder: Third World'), which are likely to form half of the next volume of the complete edition!
