Brownsville

Neil Kleid and Jake Allen collaborated on this 2006 graphic novel from NBM, a single-issue work that digs into the gritty history of organized crime in early 20th-century Brooklyn. Focusing on the rise and fall of the notorious Brownsville Boys gang, the book uses stark, expressive art to ground its true-crime narrative in a specific time and place. It stands as a focused, historically-minded crime comic that brings a lesser-known chapter of New York's underworld to vivid life.