Southern Bastards #2
Publisher: Image Comics
Written by: Jason Aaron
Illustrated by: Jason Latour
Colors by: Jason Latour (Assist. Rico Renzi)
Letters by: Jared K. Fletcher
This had been dropped off my list up until I spoke to one of the guys at my local comic store and he recommended picking it up. I do find myself getting bored of superhero comics every now and then and although I'm a sucker for needing a full "collection" it's hard to drop those titles of the list for another title. But I will certainly be trying to find a spot in my budget for this comic now.
I brought the 1st issue when it came out and I'm always interested in picking up creator owned image titles to see what there like. This issue goes deeper into what was introduced. This comic touches on many things the troubled relationship with ones father, the need to do the right thing, the internal struggle with your own mind both wanting to leave and go back to forgetting this part of your life or staying because you know what's right and what needs to be done. The main protagonist of this comic, although a high school superstar, was always living in the shadow of his father, the hero cop who kept crime of the streets. He never wanted to follow in his fathers foot steps but after having to return after his uncles death to sell the house he finds himself instinctively trying to make things good in the town he used to live.
In the first issue you saw the distinctive weapon that his father carried around with him as he enforced the law, nothing but a stick, and this was buried with him and is what his son believes the tree grew out of. After struggling to hack down the tree at the end of issue one we again find him at the end of this issue having a dramatic monologue with his fathers grave during a storm and by the last page of the issue the tree is struck by lightning and all that is left is a stick. A sign one might feel.
How Jason Aaron finds time to write such fantastic stories with the likes of Thor God of Thunder and now Original Sin is beyond me. But the great thing about this comic is you see a completely different side to his writing, although I know he has done other work previous, that I haven't seen before. Teaming up with Jason Latour for this title was also a stroke of genius, of late Latour has mainly been known for his writing but he has illustrated other comics previously, he manages to bring to life the emotions and the scenes in a illustrative and beautiful way. This will no longer be leaving my list and the first thing I will do this Wednesday is add it back to my standing order. If you want something different to your super hero or sci-fi comics I strongly recommend giving this a go.
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