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Meanwhile, As We Wait for Southern Bastards . . .

Well, those of us (and we are legion) waiting around (im)patiently for more Southern Bastards can thank the upcoming SCALPED TV show and the developing SOUTHERN BASTARDS TV show as well as both Jasons, Aaron & Latour’s, contractual commitments at Marvel for the wait and irregularity of our favorite Dixie-fried crime comic series. Great things are worth the wait, but damn, I need at least 6 issues of Southern Bastards a year. But I can do two things at once — grump about the lack of Southern Bastards in my life while also congratulating the Jasons (especially Aaron) on their ever-increasing success. Bravo boys! But word to the wise: you don’t really want to be on Coach Boss’ bad side, do ya? Just sayin’.

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The Comic Book Fetish Reading List – May 2016

~ As of May 2016 ~

IMAGE COMICS
– Birthright
– Bitch Planet (Vol. 1)
– Black Magic
– Criminal
– Deadly Class (Vol. 1)
– The Discipline
– Faster Than Light
– The Fix
– Lazarus
– Paper Girls
– Plutona
– Saga
– Savage Dragon
– Sex Criminals
– Southern Bastards
– They’re Not Like Us (Vol. 1)
– Velvet
– The Violent
– A Voice In the Dark (Vol. 1)

AFTERSHOCK COMICS
– American Monster
– B.E.K. (Black-Eyed Kids)
– Jackpot!

BENITEZ PRODUCTIONS
– Lady Mechanika: The Lost Boys of West Abbey

BLACK MASK PUBLISHING
– 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
– We Can Never Go Home (TPB)

BOOM! STUDIOS
– Welcome Back

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
– Shaft: Imitation of Life

VERTIGO COMICS
– The Dark and Bloody

Comic Book Fetish Casts Southern Bastards TV Show

By Brandon L. Rucker

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So recently it was announced that Jason Aaron & Jason Latour’s hit Image Comic series SOUTHERN BASTARDS has been optioned for television development via the FX network. This is good news. My immediate thought is that with its strong high school — and by extension college — football connection, not to mention the racially tense location in the South, this series if made will smash in that same vein as previous shows on the network like SONS OF ANARCHY and JUSTIFIED. That said, please allow me to fan-cast three of the main characters.

For Earl Tubb I present Michael Parks of KILL BILL and TUSK fame.

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For Euless Boss (adult version) I present Ron Perlman of HELLBOY and SONS OF ANARCHY fame.

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And for Coach Big I present Danny Glover, yes, he of LETHAL WEAPON fame.

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I guess you could actually reverse Mr. Parks and Mr. Perlman and do just as well. But this was my initial brainstorm. It will be interesting to see who actually gets cast once this gets past the development phase and into a fully realized TV production. Much patience is required.

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The Haul, Y’all – 4/8/2015

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9 books plus bags n’ boards for them, about $35 bucks. Almost all Image Comics, which is no surprise for me. A few notes:  I’m so behind on reading Grant Morrison’s The Multiversity. I’ll have to devote a weekend to it sometime soon.  Birthright and Copperhead are both starting their second arcs. I’ve heard great things about Red One, and I’m stoked to close out the harrowing “Gridiron” arc in Southern Bastards. Descender started out strong last month. I still need to read  Secret Identities (I’ve only read a 5-page preview so far). And finally, this might be my last issue of Rat Queens I’m sad to say.

My last few trips to the LCS have left me a bit bummed because there are so many other books I’d love to be collecting, but for all the usual reasons it’s just not a possibility. Boom! Studios, Dark Horse Comics, Black Mask and others have been making really solid plays in the indie/creator-owned game that’s dominated by Image Comics. For the discerning comic book fan who largely doesn’t read superhero comics, we’re in a golden age of diverse options to chose from in the marketplace, niche as it is in these modern times.

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They Killed Earl Tubb? You Bastards! | Thoughts on Southern Bastards #5

Southern Bastards #5 (Image) – Well…I guess I’m out. Fuck. I’m pissed off. Just like Game of Thrones with Ned Stark, my gateway character – in the case of this series, Earl Tubb, the sympathetic protagonist of the “Here Was a Man” story arc (a telling title), the apparent star of this series’ first four issues, actually *** RARE SPOILERS *** diedin that fourth issue (okay, so “died” is a bit of an understatement, considering). Meaning he wasn’t even in this issue; hell even at his funeral it was a closed casket (y’know, given that hellacious beating he took in #4…). As of now, I’m undecided on getting #6. Maybe after the shock wears off, I’ll come around. But I don’t know. This dramatically changes the story for me – it’s less about one man and his awful plight and more about Craw County, its rival neighboring counties and all the bad denizens that live (and die) there. Minus one Earl Tubb, the whole reason I bought into the series. Damn you Jasons Aaron & Latour! Sigh. – Rating: 4.0