Issue 1 Review and Interview Round Up

Reviews:

“Left On Mission is a complex espionage tale with an engaging, emotional center that addicts the reader almost instantly. There is plenty of action here but it is Westfall’s personal dilemma that captures the heart and the head. This comic is smart and melancholic...when was the last time you read a spy story that did that?” - Broken Frontier

“LEFT ON A MISSION...is one of the most promising new miniseries from BOOM! Studios and a must for fans of 007 and SLEEPER.” - Ain't It Cool News

“...this is a strong first issue, opening with a solid chase and gunfight action sequence...Those looking for old school spy adventure...will find a lot to like here.”-Comic Pants

“Terrific pacing, the change up in the layouts was great...For a first issue in a five issue mini-series the book really pulled me in and made me look forward to the next issue.” - Comics And...Blathering Rantings of Lunatics

“I wasn't sure if I was going to get this one, but...it was definitely worth it...” - Warren Peace Sings the Blues

“Mosher is an economical storyteller...aided immeasurably by artist Francesco Francavilla...who imbues his characters with visible, believable emotions...with the equally impressive colorist, Martin Thomas...manages to convey a consistent mood and a great sense of place. I’ve never been to Havana, but this is exactly how I imagine it.” - Double O Section

Interviews:

MM: While it may not be a message book, the second and third issues touch on the affects of such extreme measures for the people that use them. Specifically, the cost to their humanity. Others think that people only feel guilty if they get caught. What’s your take on this?

CM: I think people build walls around their thinking to justify what they do or create worldviews to justify what they do. I think one of the more interesting things I am trying to do with Left On Mission is look at the consequences of people’s action in the context of the spy thriller genre.

- Writer Chip Mosher in conversation with Matthew Maclean at Silver Bullet Comics

Outhouse: On account of Left On Mission being a spy thriller, was there ever any desire to be a spy or are you one now reporting on me for the government?

Chip: I went to Cuba on a humanitarian mission in 1997 with a bunch of old SDS types, people involved in a very high level with the student movement of the late sixties. We took a bus around Cuba during the trip and there was this one guy that was a “photographer” that had all this equipment and was always showing off his photos to everyone. Of course the photos were some of the worst composed shots we had ever seen. So all the old-timers on the trip thought he was C.I.A. spying on us. That’s about as close to being next to a real spy I ever got…maybe.

- Writer Chip Mosher in conversation with John Lewis at the Outhouse