That Texas Blood Vol. 1 by Chris Condon & Jacob Phillips

I know the comparisons aren't fair but come on
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[@peterlinfield]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, but it didn't quite click for me. The comparison between Jacob and Sean Phillips is unavoidable given the similarities in their styles, but I don't think Jacob's sequential storytelling is as strong and there were some clumsy moments. With this story, I just wasn't invested in the characters and also felt that some of the tangential elements (the abusive man killing himself for example) didn't add to the larger narrative and just served to muddy things for me. It was okay. I bought volume 2 with 1, so I'll give that a read, but depending on how that goes I might check out on That Texas Blood.

[@seethroughpanel]

@peterlinfield Completely fair criticisms. The initial one shot doesn't seem to have much effect on the story, and we get to know the main character from the 4 issue arc much better than the sheriff in this first volume. That being said, I loved the prose and the characterization. Different strokes for different folks.
As always I appreciate you stopping by, Pete.