High Moon Vol 1.: Bullet Holes and Bite Marks (High Moon, 1) - Softcover

Gallaher, David; Ellis, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1629918415 ISBN 13: 9781629918419

Publisher: NBM/Papercutz, 2017

Synopsis

The Harvey-Award-Winning collection of the critically acclaimed webcomic series is re-loaded and re-mastered.
Bounty-hunter Matthew Macgregor investigates a series of strange happenings in the dusty Texas town of Blest where drought has brought famine and hardship to most of the town and surrounding ranches.
Unfortunately, that's the least of the town's worries! While the summer heat pushes the mercury toward further unbearable degrees during the day, the nights are haunted by strange unnatural creatures roaming the darkness. Macgregor, a former Pinkerton agent, seeks to uncover the town's dark secrets and tries desperately to keep his own past steeped in witchcraft and the supernatural hidden. At sundown... they'll be a showdown at High Moon.

About this title

About the Author:

DAVID GALLAHER has received multiple Harvey Award nominations and won The Best Online Comic Award for his work on High Moon for DC Comics. David was an early pioneer of digital comics developing projects for Marvel's Iron Man, Captain America, and Spider-Man as well as Box 13 - the first comic designed specifically for the iPhone - for ComiXology. He has served as a consulting editor for Attack on Titan, Sailor Moon, and Fairy Tail for Kodansha.

STEVE ELLIS has worn many hats working as an illustrator, author, art director and concept designer. Over his varied career he has created artwork and conceived projects for companies such as Wizards of the Coast, Random House, Impact books, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, AMC, Scholastic Books, Impact books, Rogue Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment and many others. Recently he has developed the award winning comic series High Moon for DC Comics as well as acted as the lead designer, storyboard artist and illustrator on AMC's Breaking Bad: The Cost of Doing Business and The Walking Dead: Dead Reckoning games.

Review:

STARRED REVIEW from Library Journal
Compelling plot twists deliver an unexpected poignancy about post-slavery America and race relations that strengthens the already rousing classic psychological Western adventure. Verdict Originally printed as an online comic through DC's short-lived Zuda imprint, this first volume of a projected trilogy, from the co-creators of The Only Living Boy, combines Weird Western excitement with steampunk flourishes to create a work full of expected six-gun excitement and dime-novel thrills.--Douglas Rednour, Georgia State Univ. Libs., Atlanta

                 
From Publishers WeeklyThe Wild West has always been the setting to examine what happens when humanity abandons its rules. And the werewolf is an ideal path to explore the mind of a person who loses all self-control. The natural connection between those two elements is only the starting point for this engaging, intricately crafted western horror series. As Colin MacGregor, a former Pinkerton's detective with a hidden past, arrives in the isolated town of Blest, Tex., his only goal is to catch a man with a price on his head. Soon he's hired to rescue a kidnapped girl, and events spiral into two more connected episodes of supernatural horror spread out across the landscape of the American West at the dawn of the industrial age. Gallaher adeptly layers elements from many mythologies to create a rich melting pot of mysticism matching the diversity of settlers in the towns where the stories take place. Ellis's strong artwork captures the mysterious, lawless atmosphere, rising to the occasion whenever the tale calls for the reader to be frightened or awed. (Oct.) 
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"There's a bad moon on the rise, and the West will never be quite as wild again."
-- THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"Ellis' strong artwork captures the mysterious, lawless atmosphere, rising to the occasion whenever the tale calls for the reader to be frightened or awed."-- PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

"Kicks up dust and wolf spittle with nearly every turn of the page."
-- THE WASHINGTON TIMES

"With werewolves, gunslingers, and the sumptuous artwork of Steve Ellis, HIGH MOON will change what you thought you knew about the Old West."
-- MOLLY CRABAPPLE

 "An utterly engaging work that ripples with a great palette heavy on Western wood and leather tones."--THE WASHINGTON POST

 "... reads like a cross between a Sergio Leone western and a gore-laced monster movie." --BOOKLIST

"Far more than the tired "throw a monster into a Western setting" formula,"HIGH MOON is bursting with energy, style and imaginative world-building"-- CHRISTOS GAGE, writer Netflix's DAREDEVIL

About this edition

• Publisher: NBM/Papercutz
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1629918415
• ISBN 13: 9781629918419
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180