Another fantastic book by Brian Azzarello. Everybody likes Bendis and Ellis and Moore and Morrison, but I'm here to tell you that Brian's name needs to be right in the list with those "greats". The depth of story, and the depth of characters that he portrays in each of his issues, is incredible. And I already loved the guy for 100 Bullets. Now he's got 2 hits. And this Danijel Zezelj that does the art, in any other book I probably wouldn't like him. But on this title, he's perfect. His art is moody and shadowy and perfect for the story he's trying to tell about this back-water, I mean Blackwater, town. This issue is really about Atticus, the guy who's been hiding in the hills around town. He's stumbled across the hired gun that came in to town to kill Wes, and he's ended up killing him and bringing him back, strapped across a donkey, for the bounty. He ends up with a couple of problems though. First of all Wes isn't there anymore, and the town is being run by this Irish army sergeant, Foley. When Atticus shows up with Wes' wanted poster, it questions the Foley's authority, so he's not very polite to him. His other problem is that Atticus is a free black man. Emphasis on "free", but unfortunately the "black" part is the only thing that most of them see. Anyways, Foley ends up beating him down and sends Atticus out of town strapped across another donkey, next to the "gun" that he brought in with him. But there are some subplots, as in Wes' body disappearing from the Mortician's barn. So Wes may still be alive out there being nursed back to health. And we don't really know yet what happened to Ruth after last issue. But that's what keeps pulling you back in to the story. I frakkin' love this book.
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