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Chained To The Grave
The Old West springs to afterlife in otherworldly color! He may have died at high noon, but he'll be back in the saddle by midnight!
Outlaw Roy Mason has come back from the dead, chained to the tombstone that marked his grave. It's a lawless time, a magical time, and the undead Roy soon finds himself caught between a rock and a hard place as he sets out in search of treasure. But Roy, trying to do right by the wife and children he left behind, soon finds out that everything is not always as it seems...
A classic tale of gunslinging revenge with a supernatural twist, Chained to the Grave presents western horror with a wholly unique visual style for a tale as refreshing as a second first breath.
Collects the complete five-issue series from writers Brian Level (Avengers: Back to Basics) and Andy Eschenbach (Red Shoes) and artist Kate Sherron (My Little Pony, Invader Zim).
Outlaw Roy Mason has come back from the dead, chained to the tombstone that marked his grave. It's a lawless time, a magical time, and the undead Roy soon finds himself caught between a rock and a hard place as he sets out in search of treasure. But Roy, trying to do right by the wife and children he left behind, soon finds out that everything is not always as it seems...
A classic tale of gunslinging revenge with a supernatural twist, Chained to the Grave presents western horror with a wholly unique visual style for a tale as refreshing as a second first breath.
Collects the complete five-issue series from writers Brian Level (Avengers: Back to Basics) and Andy Eschenbach (Red Shoes) and artist Kate Sherron (My Little Pony, Invader Zim).
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 25, 2022
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February 19, 2022
This was horrendous. The highly stylized art and dayglow colors belong on a 70's blacklight poster instead of a Supernatural Western comic. I couldn't tell what was happening half the time. The colors were just awful. No nuances, just splashes of bright colors.
April 18, 2022
A Weird Western that is sloppy and nonsensical in story and art.
May 2, 2022
A doodle-y stylized paranormal Western that tries too hard to be cool (mashing in all the tokens: obligatory 'cute' kids (barely distinguishable)! an old shaman! a magical Native woman! sway-backed (so I guess sexy?) evil outlaw ladies! a Black bayou gunfighter with pet gators! a mysterious irreverent supernatural figure!) and leaves a lot of things unexplained, and ends up just difficult to follow, with no character depth or development to keep me interested.
This was work to get through, and it's only a short graphic novel. I won't bother looking up the next one.
This was work to get through, and it's only a short graphic novel. I won't bother looking up the next one.
March 21, 2022
Don't bother.
In the old west, a dead man is resurrected so that he can lead other supernatural outlaws to the gold he stole. Aided by a couple of over-the-top characters, the walking corpse tries to get his children to safety before dealing with the forces pursuing him.
The story is confusing on it's own. The art is atrocious. I have no idea what's going on. What's with this trend to do garish computer colors?
In the old west, a dead man is resurrected so that he can lead other supernatural outlaws to the gold he stole. Aided by a couple of over-the-top characters, the walking corpse tries to get his children to safety before dealing with the forces pursuing him.
The story is confusing on it's own. The art is atrocious. I have no idea what's going on. What's with this trend to do garish computer colors?
January 24, 2022
in old west times a man rises from his grave and, with his kids and a couple friends he meets along the way, ends up on the run from a gang of bad guys that he fucked over before being killed by them. this was fun and the artwork & coloring were gorgeous, but i had the problem that i have with a lot of comic books where i just have no fucking clue what's going on half the time.. it feels to me like the writers and illustrators have a conversation between themselves like, hey, this is what's happening, okay cool sounds great, but then they kind of forget that the readers weren't actually privy to that conversation and are going to need a little more information than is given to really have a handle on the things happening on the pages. so like. idk! i find that incredibly frustrating! and a bummer! 3/5.
May 3, 2022
Per quanto possa essere carino e simpatico, è davvero eccessivamente caotico. Intrattiene e strappa un sorriso, ma causa anche forte mal di testa, specialmente per il comparto colori, decisamente impazzito.
February 10, 2022
Very solid -- if totally weird -- 3.5.
The art sold the tale. It was ideal to capture the crazy :)
The art sold the tale. It was ideal to capture the crazy :)
August 19, 2024
Remove the Technicolor and you've got the beginnings of a SIXTH GUN rip-off. Not enough invested in the characters or their stories...
September 16, 2024
I made it 7 pages.
The childishly cartooned art made the story unreadable.
The childishly cartooned art made the story unreadable.
November 21, 2025
The most positive thing I can say is that it was a good use of color. But overall yeah this was a mess, this was definitely one where I should've trusted the reviews.
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