That Texas Blood #1

That Texas Blood #1 is a smart and perfectly paced neo-western noir. Put on your favorite country album, pour two fingers of whiskey and enjoy this excellent experience. Read Full Review

THAT TEXAS BLOOD #1 is a slow burn that packs a punch at the end. The writing builds tension almost to the breaking point, and the artwork convinces you there are 10 years of history behind every glance. This is a must read book for neo-Western fans. Read Full Review

Interestingly, That Texas Blood is the result of a long-time dream for Condon and Phillips, who initially conceptualized the story for film. For both writer and artist, this issue marks the beginning of their very own comic. Despite that Condon is from coastal New Jersey and Phillips is from the UK, they took an interest in Texas as the setting of their story out of appreciation for the way the location has inspired other neo-Western crime series. The result is an excellent comic, well worth reading. Read Full Review

Compelling characters in a seemingly familiar world. Read Full Review

That Texas Blood is a slow burning tale full of psychological tension and suggestions of supernatural suspense. It begins with the existential dread of an aging man and ends in senseless violence. Read Full Review

The combination of Condon and Phillips is brilliant"instead of a one-two punch, it's a slow tug-of-war between internal and external forces. Phillips throws anticipation, anxiety, then terror at us while Condon reels us back in when we need it with some Sam Elliott-worthy measured speech and contemplative thoughts. It's a rare book in which I find myself genuinely drawn to the character's well-being as much as I am to the mysterious plot breadcrumbs Condon drops throughout. Read Full Review

That Texas Blood #1 is a fantastic debut crime comic from Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips. Phillips' art and colors are stylish and add extra feeling and tension to Condon's script. Together, they craft a world and protagonist that I want to know more about, and that's what you want out of a first issue. And as a cherry on top, they turn the casserole dish, which is ubiquitous in Southern culture, into an amazing MacGuffin. Read Full Review

If you like No Country for Old Men then That Texas Blood #1 is right up your alley. I am not 100% sold just yet, just because the story just needed a little bit more of "catch". But it is good enough to keep me coming back for another issue. The art is splendidly well done and a great first look at Jacob Phillips' sequential work. Read Full Review

If this is what Condon and Phillips are offering as their first issue I cannot wait to see what the rest of the series brings us! Read Full Review

That Texas Blood #1 marches into the same tone, themes, and genre explored in those seminal works and comfortably begins its own tale"one whose inspirations are clear, but still builds a narrative with its own intrigue and poignancy using that familiar language. It is promising, to say the least. Read Full Review

THAT TEXAS BLOOD #1 goes to the top of my monthly list of reads. A slow burn opener that reveals much about the main character through the wry interactions with his wife and the other people in the country, THAT TEXAS BLOOD #1 promises to be an entertaining, thrilling series. Read Full Review

While it mostly feels uneventful,That Texas Bloodis an interesting debut that is full of character. Fans of crime and western stories will want to check this one. Read Full Review

If you are a fan of the genre, then That Texas Blood #1 may be a good fit for you. It has a decent foundation, but in isolation, it's hard to see what's going to be built on top of it and whether that'd be worth following. Read Full Review

"That Texas Blood" #1 gets a little wordy a little quick, but offers enough intrigue to keep reading. Read Full Review

ChrisContinues

Jul 20, 2020

For more reviews check out my site: https://thinksofathoughter.com/ If last week's comic, Not So Super, was a cool breeze on a warm day, then I suppose it only seems fitting this week's comic, That Texas Blood, has left me feeling like I've been woken up from a relaxing dream by a bucket of ice water to the face. For everyone new to this series, Looking For Heroes is my attempt to force myself to find comic series and characters that, at the very least, I've never heard of so I can share it with others. The beginning of this series has covered two feel-good comics, but this week takes a turn down a long Texas road full of unease. The opening pages of Chris Condon and Jacob Phillip's work set the table for the story of an aging small-t own Sheriff just looking to take care of his family and neighbors before making it home to spend time with his loving wife. In the first few panels, though, readers get just a quick glimpse of the dark, cold reality that still lingers in this world. Even under a hot Texas sky, much like our main character, I became relaxed and had forgotten what the story was trying to warn me about. The more Sheriff Joe Bob made his daily rounds checking on the people of his town, the more I began to think the conflict of the issue would be over a simple casserole bowl. How wrong I was. As our Sheriff made his way around town, it started to dawn on me what the writing and artwork were accomplishing. Like any great modern-day Western, it isn't flashy, but by the end of the story, you realize you've experienced something special. I'm not from Texas, but I am from the South, and I can say that I've been in this world. I've met these people. I've experienced the heat that this comic perfectly encapsulates. Everything the story wants to do, it does, and it does it to perfection. I'm hesitant to say we might have the beginnings of a classic on our hands, considering this is only the first issue, but I feel comfortable saying that Condon and Phillips have nailed the takeoff. With the mystery of That Texas Blood still only beginning to reveal itself, I cannot wait to see what the next issue brings. more

DDJamesB

Jun 26, 2020

Got this due to the cool cover. The story itself wasn't bad. It wasn't something that will blow you away either. The art is really good to look at and the world building was there but, it just didn't have that super interesting feeling. Im willing to stick with it to see where it goes. It has a lot of character and that's good enough for issue 1.

Liem Duong

Jun 25, 2020

Not a bad start, especially for a rookie duo such as Condon and Phillips. I hear this is Chris Condon's first book ever in the industry, so for his official start, it was good. Starting with the art, Phillips excellently captures the neo-Western lifestyle of Texas with his line work darkened with ink. The colors as well, while might seem amateur-ish on its own, really works in this crime oriented story. The colors are colored in different shades of of " pop ", you can really see the differences of light on each page if you look closely. You can even see like crayon style colors in his work. On to the story. It starts off with this typically Texan community thats close-knit. Condon really got down the dialogue that people down in Tex as or the Southern US in general talk, because some words I don't even understand. It might seem boring or casual, but going deeper into the book, a increasingly hints at a a future event. But that allurement still doesn't cover up that this book can be pretty bogged down or dull. idk, it was a jog to get through 2/3rd of this. Our protagonist, 70-year old Sheriff Joe Bob Coates while going on with his regular duties is pressured by his wife to ask their neighbor in the community for a casserole dish. And you will soon discover why this is important. Overall, it was a good start. It still was kind of bleak and dull, which kinda was the point with capturing the lifestyle of this community, but subtly builds up a mystery through this casserole dish that explodes in the last 3rd of the comic. more