Shaolin Cowboy: Who'll Stop the Reign?

by Geof Darrow, Geof Darrow (Illustrator), Dave Stewart (Illustrator)

Overview

Who doesn't like Surf and Turf? Well, what do you do when Surf and Turf doesn't like YOU?????????


The Eisner Award-losing and winning, drawing-room talkfest The Shaolin Cowboy returns and will try to answer those questions as the titular hero of the series finds that his road to hell is paved not with good intentions but old nemeses hellbent on bloody revenge ... AGAIN!!!!

He fought an army of the shambling dead, but can the Shaolin Cowboy survive a sinister desert town filled with guns, prostitutes, and white supremacists, all run by a crustaceous mafia?

Collects Shaolin Cowboy: Who'll Stop the Reign #1-4.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506722047
Publisher:	Dark Horse Comics
Publication date:	06/15/2021
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.32(d)

About the Author

Geof Darrow is an ex-altar boy, garden mechanic, and writer/artist of Shaolin Cowboy, Hard Boiled, and Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot.

Editorial Reviews

As surprising as it is impeccably crafted…. a nonstop action extravaganza [and]  an exhilarating read…. The artistry in these pages is incredible, from the majesty of Darrow’s compositions to the detail of his linework to the atmosphere and texture of Stewart’s coloring.”—AV CLUB

“Any new comic day that blesses with an issue of The Shaolin Cowboy is a good day indeed. Geof Darrow returns with another tale of violence, death, and bizarre humor and the world is better for it. This new series picks up exactly where the last one left off–but don’t worry, you can jump in right here and enjoy yourself. The Shaolin Cowboy: Who’ll Stop the Reign #1 is utter insanity, featuring everything from spirit battles to truck testicles to talking vultures to buckets of blood.”—THE NERDIST

“Living legend Geof Darrow could publish Shaolin Cowboy without a single line of dialogue and it would still be required reading. The master artist’s hyper-detailed style and obsessive imagination is unmatched among modern comic artists, channeling his mentor, Moebius, and a scatological humor all his own to pack every panel full of visual gags and triumphs of linework. It’s rare to be able to say this without hyperbole, but no one—no one—does what Darrow does, and every new release from him is an event unto itself.”—PASTE MAGAZINE 

“Geoff Darrow’s imagination runs riot.”—UPROXX

“Sensationally violent and exceptionally drawn.”—SY FY WIRE

“Is the road to hell paved with good intentions? Heck no. If you’re Geof Darrow’s Shaolin Cowboy, it’s likely paved with busted knuckles and one more nemesis bent on bloody revenge. (You didn’t really think Darrow was going to send him to renew his library card, did you?).”—BROKEN FRONTIER

“It’s hard not to fall in love with Darrow’s unique and instantly recognisable drawings. Highly detailed and filled with a cornucopia of insane creatures and wild concepts, the pages are buzzing with energy as chaotic scenes fill every nook and cranny….  Intense, wild and absurd, this issue is the beginning of something I’m excited to see unfold. Do yourself a favour and grab a copy ASAP, even if it’s just to see Darrow’s epic and amazing art. It really is something special.”— IMPULSE GAMER

From the Publisher

01/01/2018
Completing an absurdist comics saga that appeared irregularly from 2004 to 2007, this handsome volume opens with a taciturn Buddhist monk in cowboy togs, waking up in the American desert amidst a sprawl of zombie corpses. He ritually repairs his injured body with his mystic Shaolin skills, guided by visions of a prophetlike elderly sage. Staggering forward, he then travels into the nearby town to fight a giant pig and a mind-controlling king crab. The “plot,” such as it is, doesn’t especially matter, since the sequence of action exists simply to get the cowboy out of one outlandish situation and into another, in order to allow Darrow to create his trademark hyperdetailed, ultraviolent panoramas. The artist’s sui generis imagination results in fantastical sequences such as the two-and-a-half pages in which the antihero smashes his way through a mob of enemies by swinging two dogs by their tails, while gouts of blood float through the air. This grotesque, over-the-top adventure will delight fans of a particular brand of witty gore; others might cringe while still appreciating the impeccably designed and executed art. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly