Southern Bastards
is one of the best comics currently being published. Initially the comic was about Earl Tubb, a tired old man
returning to his childhood home to see the ugly twisted thing it had grown
into. However, as the narrative
has unfolded over the past 8 issues the focused has moved away from formula
plot and stock archetypes and settled into a focus on ideas and themes. I’ve talked multiple times previously
about the value of placing emphasis on mood and theme rather than the strict
mechanics of character and plot and there is no better example of this than Southern Bastards.
