They're very different, but I think they're both excellent and highly recommended. Just read Filthy Rich for a second time.
Next up for Vertigo Crime is my first graphic novel, THE CHILL, and they just posted a preview on the Vertigo blog:
http://vertigo.blog.dccomics.com/2009/08/26/the-chill-preview/
JS
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> I saw the first two volumes of the Vertigo Crime line in Border today: Filthy
> Rich by Brian Azzarello and Victor Santos and Dark Entries by Ian Rankin and
> Werther Dell'Edera, featuring John Constantine. Yes, Ian Rankin writing a John
> Constantine graphic novel. They are hardcover graphic novels. They were
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