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Writer/Artist: Garth Ennis, Mike Wolfer
Publisher: Avatar, $19.99
Why You Should Know It:
Streets of Glory tells the story of Joe Dunn, a man with a violent past trying to not be left behind as the old west is slowly coming to an end. Dunn attempts to find some kind of closure with a long-lost love of his while in the meantime he has to face the resurfacing threat of an Apache renegade named Red Crow hellbent on torture and murder.
There aren't really that many westerns being published these days, and any that are tend to sneak under peoples radar. I don't know about other regions, but Garth Ennis has a huge fan base devoted to him over here. The majority of our subscription customers that follow Ennis follow virtually anything he writes and Streets of Glory is no exception. If you have any customers looking for a dark and violent story with the usual disturbing qualities that Ennis brings to the table, then you have a pretty easy sale here. Fans of Preacher are probably used to Ennis dabbling in westerns, so this isn't a big jump for them.
The twenty dollar price tag is actually pretty decent since I believe the singles were $3.99 a pop. The tpb is printed on nice glossy paper and it's a decently thick book.
Personal Review:
I happen to be one of those Garth Ennis fans that usually follow him regardless of what he writes. Streets offers the same scripting qquality you get from Ennis on all his projects, and he has a love for westerns and this time in American history so you know you are reading something he himself was deeply interested in. One of the draws I think to Ennis is his use of over the top violence and the casual (and not so casual) brutality of his characters. This book has no shortage of any of that as Joe Dunn has no qualms with shooting the hell out of people and Red Crow is a true sick bastard. It doesn't have as much of the dark humor you usually find in Ennis' work, but every once in a while it pops up.
The art fits the story. I don't want to come down on it because Mike Wolfer is a solid storyteller. It's not flashy at all, which I consider to be a good thing. It's mean and dirty and it gets across the bloody violence and desperation in the series. Wolfer's style isn't really the most eye catching though, which is why I think fewer people checked out this book as opposed to Ennis' The Boys or even his Battlefields.
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If you like this, then try:
Preacher, War Stories, Garth Ennis' Battlefields, The Boys, Loveless
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