by Andres
Salazar (Author), JL Pescador
(Illustrator)
Publisher: Salazar
Entertainment (2014)
Softcover, 112
pages
The supernatural
Western has been done before, but it is still uncommon enough to be an
interesting development. This book is a cut above many of its rivals due to the
amazing, stylistic art and character development. It’s interesting how many of
these types of stories don't bother to make interesting characters and rely on
the old Clint Eastwood chestnut of the-man-with-no-name trope, the gruff barely
talking man alone with a mysterious past who defeats the evil. None of that
crap here.
This
is the first of three books and while the story for the next is set up in this
volume, a complete story is presented as well. Taking place four years before
the Civil War, the boom town of Pariah is riddled with secrets. An undercover
Pinkerton, recovering from a massive tragedy, arrives to investigate an
underground society and runs into monsters instead, and ends up saving the town
with the help of a group of social outsiders.
The
town feels fully realized, with the art and water-coloring making it feel fully
realized on a physical and emotional level. An excellent effort and one of the
best in the genre. Well worth a look.
For more readings, try books by Rex Hurst.
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