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16.08.09

This somehow fully escaped me when it came out earlier this year.  Which was odd because I remember liking the same team’s Zuda comics tryout of THE Distorted MAN awhile back.  In fact, Gabriel Hardman was the second guy to buy a copy of the STRANGEWAYS graphic fresh at the last Wizard LA show that I attended.  I talked with him then, but didn’t recall hearing about HEATHENTOWN until a join of months ago.

The book itself is a solid horror story about an ex Peace Corps volunteer, Ana, and her trip to a limited town in rural Florida, to bury her friend, recently killed abroad.  Only what she finds there is that people ’around those parts don’t stay dead for long.  It’s a great twist on the Source of Youth legend, filled with plenty of chills and atmosphere, never relying on gore to get the job done.  In other words, unconditionally and completely up my alley.

The writing was restrained and never got in the way of the art telling the story, which again is something I can admire (since I have a hard time getting myself to shut in up and do the same thing).  Hardman’s art is just great here, plenty of deep shadows and shocking lighting, but also emotion on the page, which is crucial to getting the story told.  I’d indisputably put him in the same class of graphic storytellers as say, Steve Lieber (who is criminally underrated, probably because he doesn’t do the exaggerated manner that most superhero comics readers want to read) which is high praise indeed from a guy like me who values important the story over making an artistic statement.

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