A 250 word (or less) review of Southern
Bastards Volume 2
By Jason Aaron, Jason Latour and Jared K Fletcher;
Image Comics
Southern Bastards is an ongoing comic. To
read about the first chapter go here.
Southern Bastards is a deep-south crime
comic. In the first chapter Earl Tubbs travelled back to his hometown in Craw County,
Alabama to set some of his dead father’s affairs in order. Seeing the town
overrun by organized crime, Tubbs went about stirring up some trouble. Which
got Tubbs dead at the hands of Euless Boss, the crimeboss and football coach of
the high school football team. Southern Bastards: Gridiron picks up just after the Tubbs murder and focuses
on the backstory of Euless Boss and how he went from being the poor son of the
biggest bastard in Craw County barred from the football team to the team's coach
and the man who runs the whole damn place. One of the true marks of a quality
story is how strong the villain is: one-dimensional, simple antagonists can
make for decent backdrops, but complicated characters with detailed goals and
motivations make for a much richer story. Southern Bastards Vol. 2 turns Euless
Boss from a menacing concept to a well rounded, compelling character with the
strength to be the star of his own story. Which has me far more invested in the
coming conflict as Earl Tubbs' daughter is finally coming back to Craw County to discover
just what happened. A storm is coming to Southern Bastards, and I can’t wait to see
it erupt.
Word count: 225
Previously:
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