Sherwood Texas #1
12-Gauge Comics 2014
Written by: Shane Berryhill
Art by: Daniel Hillyard
Colours by: Charlie Kirchoff
Reviewed by: Steven Leitman
Review: I was a little let down by this issue. Basically, it’s the Free Comic Book Day version with a few more pages, so I felt I was reading the free issue all over again. Granted this first issue is only a buck so if you didn’t get the FCBD edition it’s a bargain for those like myself, however I did feel a little cheated. Alright, small rant over because I’ve got to say I’m not quite sure what to make of this book. We see Rob Hood being shot and left for dead, then we go to the funeral of his father, Richard Hood.
The family dynamic here is complicated as we meet two brothers, half-brothers more accurately who are very much at odds with one another. One seems to be Caucasian and the other Half Native American, Rob is a Navy man dressed in his sailor whites and Will a biker and member of the 'Jesters', one of two rival biker gangs. They couldn’t be any more different and the same, it’s the nature of the beast while both express themselves in different ways yet they possess many of the same qualities.
At the funeral the other biker gang the 'Nobles' show up and cause a dust up. This of course causes Rob Hood to lose his cool and a fight breaks out. The Sheriff tells em to go and this is when things get interesting for as the Nobles leave, you hear their leader say the son deserves the same fate as the father.
So by all accounts this appears to be nothing more than a story about family, pride, and revenge. But this is in the world of comic books and nothing is ever as they appear to be. After going to the bar where Will is at and getting into a skirmish with his brother and his gang, Rob is found outside by the Nobles who fulfill what they were tasked to do. Only when you shoot someone you really should make sure they are dead before driving off. Apparently Rob isn’t dead, though he does appear to have bullet holes in the right side of his chest.
Will he survive? Well it’s probable since he seems to be an integral player in this story and it’s dear departed dad that sends Will to save him. In a dream anyway, the rotting corpse of the father comes to Will telling him where Rob is and tells him to save him. So there is another aspect of this that is seemingly supernatural in nature or just true to the indigenous people’s folklore and their connection to the land and their own, in this case family.
Interesting is a word I’d use to describe this, I’m not sure what’s going on or where this is going which is okay since it goes against the grain of the normal fare out there. It does indeed pay to be different sometimes. The interior artwork is typical of a very small press book; nice, not great but serviceable. It’ll be interesting to see the work evolve as the story goes on, provided it does. All in all a different kind of book and it bears watching, who knows this may surprise us all.
Editor's Note: To stay up to date on all things Sherwood Texas, as well as 12-Guage Comics. Head here!
12-Gauge Comics 2014
Written by: Shane Berryhill
Art by: Daniel Hillyard
Colours by: Charlie Kirchoff
Reviewed by: Steven Leitman
Review: I was a little let down by this issue. Basically, it’s the Free Comic Book Day version with a few more pages, so I felt I was reading the free issue all over again. Granted this first issue is only a buck so if you didn’t get the FCBD edition it’s a bargain for those like myself, however I did feel a little cheated. Alright, small rant over because I’ve got to say I’m not quite sure what to make of this book. We see Rob Hood being shot and left for dead, then we go to the funeral of his father, Richard Hood.
The family dynamic here is complicated as we meet two brothers, half-brothers more accurately who are very much at odds with one another. One seems to be Caucasian and the other Half Native American, Rob is a Navy man dressed in his sailor whites and Will a biker and member of the 'Jesters', one of two rival biker gangs. They couldn’t be any more different and the same, it’s the nature of the beast while both express themselves in different ways yet they possess many of the same qualities.
At the funeral the other biker gang the 'Nobles' show up and cause a dust up. This of course causes Rob Hood to lose his cool and a fight breaks out. The Sheriff tells em to go and this is when things get interesting for as the Nobles leave, you hear their leader say the son deserves the same fate as the father.
So by all accounts this appears to be nothing more than a story about family, pride, and revenge. But this is in the world of comic books and nothing is ever as they appear to be. After going to the bar where Will is at and getting into a skirmish with his brother and his gang, Rob is found outside by the Nobles who fulfill what they were tasked to do. Only when you shoot someone you really should make sure they are dead before driving off. Apparently Rob isn’t dead, though he does appear to have bullet holes in the right side of his chest.
Will he survive? Well it’s probable since he seems to be an integral player in this story and it’s dear departed dad that sends Will to save him. In a dream anyway, the rotting corpse of the father comes to Will telling him where Rob is and tells him to save him. So there is another aspect of this that is seemingly supernatural in nature or just true to the indigenous people’s folklore and their connection to the land and their own, in this case family.
Interesting is a word I’d use to describe this, I’m not sure what’s going on or where this is going which is okay since it goes against the grain of the normal fare out there. It does indeed pay to be different sometimes. The interior artwork is typical of a very small press book; nice, not great but serviceable. It’ll be interesting to see the work evolve as the story goes on, provided it does. All in all a different kind of book and it bears watching, who knows this may surprise us all.
Editor's Note: To stay up to date on all things Sherwood Texas, as well as 12-Guage Comics. Head here!