Tradio #11 - The Pro

This week's Tradio is a little Christian, G-rated comic called The Pro by writer Garth Ennis and artist Amanda Conner and published by Image Comics.

Yes...that's a condom...

The Pro.  It's vile, it's perverted, it's graphic, it's over the top, and most of all, it is hilarious.  Not a book for the under 18 crowd...seriously...it's about a super-powered prostitute.  The Pro tells the tale of a hooker who is given super-powers by an alien and chronicles her short-lived career as she teams up with the League of Honor.  The work is a parody that looks at the super-hero business from a whole new light and pokes more than a little fun at DC comics characters.  Ennis and Conner craft a tight, fast-paced tale that takes a character from her birth as a "hero" to her inevitable fate and the legacy that her short career leaves behind.  Like I mentioned, it is hilarious along with way, but it is definitely not for the easily offended given the amount of nudity and swears within.  Here is just a taste...

Yes...that is exactly what you think it is...

All in all, it is a very enjoyable romp.  If anything, it is a little brief and I kind of wish there had been more than just the obvious subjects explored.  But that may have in the end made it out-stay it's welcome and not been the taut work that it is.  It pushes the boundaries and it's depiction of the Justice League-like group the League of Honor is more than worth the price of admission.  Pick it up if you are over 18...seriously...this puts the graphic in graphic novel.