Fans of westerns, comics, and western comics will be on cloud nine over Boot Hill at high noon over the release of Andrew Cheverton and Tim Keable's first hardback collection. Bringing together the first five adventures of mysterious cowboy Jerusalem West in an enviable package, this is one further example of small press comics made good.
I could spend hours constructing a critical review of why you should buy this book, or I could just let Chev do the hard work for me...
A name heard in stories, breathed in whispers.
In some tales, he's a lawman who stands for what's right and fair.
In others, he's a killer - bent on revenge.
Yet more tell of a man wronged by evil and denied his true love, or a brave Union soldier and a true friend.
Some say he fought ancient spirits and killed dead men, shot down the righteous and stood alongside the underdog. Some claim to have killed him, or lost loved ones to his gun.
His name, though, all men can agree on. Told around campfires in the cold prairie night, in the candlelit backrooms of low-rent saloons.
His name was Jerusalem West and these are his stories.
West - Book One: Justice is available now from The Angry Candy Store. While you're there, why not treat yourself to a copy of the first issue of the new West mini-series, Distance, while you're at it? They can't shoot you for it.
