ALL-STAR WESTERN #11
The Jonah Hex-centric blog site, MATCHING DRAGOONS, provides readers with a critical overview of ALL-STAR WESTERN's run thus far, and you can read it here. It's recommended for those who for some reason have not yet checked out the series and need an objective touchstone from which to get started, so check it out!
Fischer On Comix just posted an excellent overview and appreciation of the modern era of Jonah Hex stories and it's really a perfect what for the curious to get a good grip on what co-authors Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray are doing withy the character and his narratives. Highly recommended reading, so head here to absorb its wisdom.
ALL-STAR WESTERN #10
Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art by MORITAT
Backup story art by JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ
Cover by LADRONN
On sale JUNE 27 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+
• Part one of a story exposing the beginning of a battle for GOTHAM CITY between THE COURT OF OWLS and THE CRIME BIBLE!
• TALLULAH BLACK is back!
• And in a new BAT LASH backup story illustrated by legendary artist JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ, an outraged father is accusing Bat of tarnishing the honor of his twin daughters – and he’s making his case with a double-barreled shotgun!
(cover art by Ladron)
The critically acclaimed old West action with Jonah Hex rides on, accompanied by another gorgeous Ladronn cover! NOTE: this issue serves as a companion piece to the upcoming "Night of the Owls" crossover spanning the line of Batman books, so keep that in mind when picking this up at the shops.
Every now and the a review comes along that looks at a particular subject of appraisal and goes above and beyond the call of criticism to provide the reader with all they will ever need to know about exactly what makes said series worthy of their attention, time and money. Such a review is found here, over at Multiversity Comics. Seriously, they tackle not only the merits of the latest issue of All Star Western, they also address the whole appeal of Jonah Hex as one of the last holdouts in what used to be a popular media landscape replete with westerns. A more heartfelt review has seldom been seen in the annals of Internet comics geekery, and such an effort is to be both heartily recommended and commended.
Weekly Comic Book Review offers its two cents-worth on All-StarWestern #4, citing the dynamic between scarred bounty hunter Jonah Hex and psychiatrist Dr. Arkham, and the new backup feature, The Barbary Ghost, as being noteworthy to comics readers. You can check it all out here.
Head on over to Comic Vine, where they granted All-Star Western #4 a most righteous 4.5 out of a possible 5. You may be detecting a pattern here, so once you read the review, run on down your local comics shop, plunk your hard-earned shekels on the counter, and let Gray, Palmiotti, Moritat, and Winslade drop you off in the hardscrabble Gotham City at yore for another lashing of good old Western shoot-'em-ups and ass-whuppings with your old pal, Jonah Hex.
The first of the reviews for the latest issue of All-Star Western has come in over at iFanboy, and what more need be said other than one cannot argue with a perfect score? Go here to find out just what makes All-Star Western #4 such a winner.
Don't forget to head out to the comics shop today and pick up the latest issue of the critically acclaimed ALL-STAR WESTERN! It's the fourth issue and the steamroller of western-era thrills keeps rolling on unabated, so what are you waiting for?
Red-hot All-Star Western artist Moritat is given the spotlight over at Comic book Resources, and he uses that forum to expound upon his artistic process, his involvement with All-Star Western, comics in general, and an explanation of where his pen name comes from. Go here to read the goodness.
Speaking as one who knows, one of the most fun things about being a passionate comics fan is the inevitable debate over which stories relating to specific characters (or groups of characters) are the cream of the crop, and often those debates have led to long and bloody wars where, when the smoke clears, the heads of vanquished dissenters are often displayed on pikes as both a trophy and a warning. More often than not, the stories pondered involve spandex-adorned super-types and the merits of the plethora of "Crisis on Secret Infinite Reboot Wars" churned out by the majors, but every once in a while attention will be focused on a more "niche" character or series, and that's when things get interesting. It's the unexpected discussion of series that comics readers may not have encountered or simply had no prior interest in reading that can broaden one's four-color horizons, and The Street Savvy contributes to the dialogue with their call on the Top Ten Jonah Hex Stories by our Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, plus they have the consideration to clearly state which collected editions the cited stories can be found in for ease of obtainment. This highly recommended article can be found here, so head on over and re-live — or maybe discover — some of everyone's favorite unsavory bounty-hunter's gravest hits.
If you read this site with regularity, you have no doubt followed the now four-months-in relaunch of DC Comics' line with "the New 52" and seen how All-Star Western, by virtue of its creative team's efforts and sheer moxie, has gone on to become one of its most critically-acclaimed entries. So is it really any surprise that Inside Pulse' Comics Nexus ranks it at #1 among the avalanche of relaunch books? Head on over to the website to see their assessment and please feel free to write in with your own feedback on what other series give All-Star Western a run for its money.
More positivity is lavished upon All-Star Western #3 over at ScienceFiction.com, so head here for the goodness.
Among the other kudos bestowed upon it over at Top 5 Comics, the following quote stands out: "Violent. Bloody violent. That's what All Star Western is and what it should be." Oh, hell yeah. Head on over there and absorb the goodness!
Comic Vine weighs in here with a review of All-Star Western #3, so head on over there and check out what the vox populi has to say.
In case you need to be sold on picking up All-Star Western #3, check out the review found over at IGN. G'wan, click here to read it!
Now, that's what I call an evocative cover! (cover art by Ladronn)
What does it tell you when even a science-fiction site singles out All-Star Western #2 for heartfelt praise? Go to Science Fiction.com for a detailed answer.
