Southern Bastards: Book Two
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- Create Date：2022-01-01 08:51:50
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Jason Aaron
- ISBN：153430326X
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Summary
The second hardcover of the Eisner Award-winning （2016 Best Continuing Series） southern-fried crime series， Southern Bastards by Jason Aaron （Scalped， Star Wars） and Jason Latour （Spider-Gwen， Loose Ends）， collecting the third and fourth arcs "Homecoming" and "Gut Check"。 With guest artist Chris Brunner （Loose Ends）。
Collecting Southern Bastards #9-20
Collecting Southern Bastards #9-20
Reviews
OmniBen
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（Zero spoiler review score for both arcs） 4。5/5Less than an hour after writing my review for volume 2， as well as book 2， I've read volume 3 and am back here to give my thoughts。 Yep， I bloody well like this series that much。 I've occasionally struggled when reviewing multiple volumes of the same series back to back， especially in such close proximity to each other。 There is a pressure to always write something new， something different。 A fresh perspective。 And to a large extent， this conundrum （Zero spoiler review score for both arcs） 4。5/5Less than an hour after writing my review for volume 2， as well as book 2， I've read volume 3 and am back here to give my thoughts。 Yep， I bloody well like this series that much。 I've occasionally struggled when reviewing multiple volumes of the same series back to back， especially in such close proximity to each other。 There is a pressure to always write something new， something different。 A fresh perspective。 And to a large extent， this conundrum was mirrored in the narrative shift of Volume 3。 We are on longer in the past， although a tense and fraught flashback during the first issue of this arc （which had me mesmerised and genuinely emotional （which is rare for me in this medium）。 I was hoping the entire arc would stay with the one character。 With said character going from a somewhat one dimensional afterthought to a very real， sympathetic and interesting protagonist within a couple of pages。 Sadly， that wasn't the case， and instead， we are treated to four different perspectives of different， thus far， underdeveloped characters throughout the series。 and with varying degrees of success。 Right up until the final arc， I was more than willing to give this a full five out of five， although the final issue just didn't resonate with me like three beforehand， although the first two in particular。 Its not filler by any stretch， it's just missing that Bastards magic that I had selfishly and greedily become accustomed to。 Pretty good just wasn't going to be good enough any more。Still， small gripe aside， this series continues to knock my socks off。 Scalped was outstanding， and I can't wait to finish the series。 Men of Wrath was a very strong， but somewhat flawed effort。 But thus far， Southern Bastards is standing tall above both， and should this continue for the final two arcs， we may be looking at ones of the greatest graphic novels I've had the pleasure of reading。 In fact， it would have to shit the bed pretty hard at this point not to get somewhere near that esteemed precipice。 That problem I mentioned at the end of book 2 didn't rear its head yet。 How it pans out could well be the difference between the greatest， and just simply great。Epilogue - Silly me， I was reading digital and assumed this was a four issue arc， just like the last two。 But damnit if there weren't two more issues to go。 Well， I just read them， and that little problem that introduced itself all those issues ago went and popped back up in the story。 I must say， the jury is still out to a certain extent， but I'm more worried as to the final arc of this 'flawless' series， more so than I was before。 It's just lucky that issue five （13） was so strong that it went and covered up whatever potential bad taste may be fixing to take up residence in my mouth。 I truly do hope the final volume brings it home。Oh man， I absolutely inhaled that series。 Goes to show how damn addictive a good comic can be。 For those of you who read my previous reviews， you know I was bloody well nervous about the reappearance of a certain character。 A character who would likely decide whether this series went down as a true masterpiece， or just came up short， and ended up being whatever you call an almost masterpiece。 Well， I must say， Aaron handled this character far better than I expected。 I didn't even end up loathing her in the end， like I was damn well sure I would。 Now， I have had to use the qualifier， Jason Aaron， as for some reason， the creators of this book made the unbelievably absurd decision to let artist Jason Latour write issue 18 of the book， and let another artist draw it。 Now why in the sam hill fuck would you intentionally disturb both foundations of a ground breaking comic， and so close to the end as well。 If you were going to give Latour a chance to write （again， Why？？？） surely you keep as much of the book consistent as possible and have the man draw it as well。 If it was a time issue， then you control the book。 You damn well miss a date。 The fan's will build a bridge， sa long as you keep giving them outstanding content。 Now， whatever the name of the other artist is that I can't be bothered looking up， even though it likely would take less than it has taken to write this sentence。 He didn't do a bad job。 Not at all in fact。 In other circumstances， I would have seriously dug the dudes drawing， It was Latour's writing， or rather， his narrative decisions which really grated upon me。 The small little sexuality beat。 Seriously， why？？？ You now have an issue that stands out like a sore thumb amidst a stellar 20 issue run。 And right when I was about to praise Latour's art for getting so bloody well good over the course of the book。 But this issue。。。I was so hellbent on thinking Aaron would have this character come in and shit the bed， and in a way she did。 Just nothing like I expected。 I loved that she wasn't a major part of the arc。 I love that the more established characters shone， as they have throughout the series。 I loved pretty much everything about this arc， including the fact that it's not actually over， although in reality， it likely is。 It was just this one damn issue。 So close， Southern Bastards。。。 So close。 OmniBen。 。。。more
C。 Chambers
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Talk about tension-building。Damn。 I loved this。 Jason Aaron has proved himself time and time again to be a master storyteller， and he is at his best when given free-reign to write what he wants。 Between this and Scalped he has perfected the trope of small-town corruption and crime。 It's a must-read book and one of my favorite series of all time。 5/5 stars。 Talk about tension-building。Damn。 I loved this。 Jason Aaron has proved himself time and time again to be a master storyteller， and he is at his best when given free-reign to write what he wants。 Between this and Scalped he has perfected the trope of small-town corruption and crime。 It's a must-read book and one of my favorite series of all time。 5/5 stars。 。。。more
Richard
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