A scifi/fantasy Western. The Four horsemen of the Apocalypse are gunslingers - except when 3 of them are children and the other one, namely Death, has gone rogue and stayed a gunslinger. The grim reaper is in love and so isn't pulling his weight on the Apocalypse planning committee. He's still dealing out his own mini Apocalypse all on his own though.The art was good. The story was meh. The anthropomorphism of Death has pretty much been done to...well death.I got this part of the recent Humble Bundle. I won't be continuing with the next one any time soon but this was good enough for...2.5 stars Far too short. It seemed the storyline was going in a good direction, but there just wasn't enough revealed for me to entirely know what was even going on. It almost seems as if this is a spin off from some other comic book, where the majority of readers already are familiar with the characters and situations. There were occasional flashbacks to fill in the blanks, but I thought it was just not enough. What was here, though, was fairly enjoyable. Some of the one liners from death were fantastic, such as this "All I see before me is air and dead men no longer needing to breathe it." NICE! The characters all seemed cool enough, but as I said, just not enough there. I have no idea what Death's goal even is. Why do the other Horsemen want to kill him? I'm sure more would be revealed in following volumes, but it's just so damn scarce right now.The art was quite good. Really loved the use of color. The linework was phenomenal. Some panels were weaker than others of course, but I'm sure some of that has to do with size and deadlines needing to be met. Overall I really liked it.And what/how/why is the Tracker/Hunter's eye sentient?? And why does Death have these Indian witches, Crow and Wolf, with him when he seems fully capable on his own? And on that matter, if he was supposedly killed once, except not really, he seems awfully invincible now. He doesn't even blink an eye at the ensuing People's Republic elite army at one point. I prefer my (anti-)heroes to at least have some chance of failing, even if it's just superficial. He does have a weakness, for his wife, but hardly. I'd definitely pick up the next volume at some point. If it's still scarce for characterization, motive, and backstory at that point, I would like this series less. So for now I'm going 4 out of 5 stars, and we'll see how subsequent volumes show.
What do You think about East Of West #1 (2013)?
As good as Saga. Worth an afternoon in the sun over and over.
—cole
