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Southern Bastards #5 (2014) cover a
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(W) Jason Aaron
(A/CA) Jason Latour
The hit southern crime series returns, as JASON AARON (Scalped, Thor: God of Thunder) and JASON LATOUR (Wolverine & The X-Men, Loose Ends) pull back the curtain on the history of Craw County and its most famous and feared resident. In a place where only bastards flourish, what does it take to be the biggest, meanest, most powerful bastard of them all? Only Coach Boss knows. And if I was you, I wouldn't ask him.
Date Available: 10/29/2014
Reviews
Grim grim grim. Jason Aaron's bleak southern gothic (finally) continues after the horrific end to its first arc. Where did we leave off? Earl Tubb, our protagonist, is dead at the hands of Coach Boss. We've briefly met Earl's daughter. It's natural that a funeral would follow, but this is the one that puts the 'fun' back in any other funeral ever seen in a comic. I don't want to spoil just how awful Coach Boss is, but its surprisingly awful. Let's leave it at that. We're getting his back story in this arc, laid over the events at hand. Jason Latour's line work nicely sets the tone, jagged and ugly in all the right ways. Remember: just because the book is excellent, it doesn't mean you're going to feel clean after you read it.
Kevin Healy 8 out of 10 GRAHAMS
