Southern Bastards Explained

Ongoing:Y
Publisher:Image Comics
Date:2014–2018
Issues:21
Writers:Jason Aaron
Jason Latour (#12, #18)
Artists:Jason Latour
Chris Brunner (#12, #18)
Letterers:Jared K. Fletcher
Editors:Sebastian Girner
Creators:Jason Aaron
Jason Latour
Tpb:Here was a Man
Isbn:9781632150165
Tpb2:Gridiron
Isbn2:9781632152695
Tpb3:Homecoming
Isbn3:9781632156105
Tpb4:Gut Check
Isbn4:9781534301948

Southern Bastards is a comic book series created in 2014 by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour, and published by Image Comics. The series revolves around the culture in a small town in the American South where football is everything and people try to get away with crime. The series won the 2015 Harvey Award for Best New Series and the 2016 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series.

Publication history

Two Southerners, writer Jason Aaron from Alabama and writer-artist Jason Latour from North Carolina, wanted to write a love letter/hate rant to the South so they created the Southern-focused series.[1]

Story

Craw County, Alabama is home of Boss BBQ and the state football champion Runnin’ Rebs; most residents adore high school football. Coach Euless Boss is the high school football coach with no more room in his office for trophies and is a crime lord that buries bodies underneath the bleachers. The former sheriff's son Earl Tubb is an angry man that has grievances with Coach Boss over how his father died.

Coach Boss holds power over Craw County for one reason – he wins football games. But, after the ugliest loss of his career, the coach must become more of a criminal to keep ahead of his enemies, including new enemies like Roberta Tubb, who's come to town with a machine gun and her own questions about how her father died.

Reception

Southern Bastards has received generally positive reviews. The review aggregation website Comic Book Roundup reports that the series has an average score of 9.0 out of 10.[2]

The series is the 2015 Harvey Award winner for Best New Series) and the 2016 Eisner Award winner for Best Continuing Series.

The series paused in 2020 when Latour took a leave of absence in light of misconduct allegations.[3]

Awards

Southern Bastards won Best Continuing Series at the 2016 Eisner Awards.[4]

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResultRef.
2015Harvey AwardsBest New SeriesSouthern Bastards
Eisner AwardsBest Continuing SeriesJason Aaron and Jason Latour
Best WriterJason Aaron
2016Best Continuing SeriesJason Aaron and Jason Latour
Best WriterJason Aaron

Issues

IssueArcRelease dateStoryArtCover
  1. 1
Here was a ManApril 30, 2014Jason AaronJason LatourJason Latour
ᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛs
Jason Latour
R.M. Guéra
James Harren
Chris Bunner & Rico Renzi
  1. 2
May 28, 2014Jason Latour
  1. 3
July 2, 2014
  1. 4
September 3, 2014
  1. 5
GridironOctober 29, 2014Jason AaronJason LatourJason Latour
ᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛ
Andrew Robinson
  1. 6
December 10, 2014Jason Latour
  1. 7
February 11, 2015
  1. 8
April 1, 2015
  1. 9
HomecomingJune 17, 2015Jason AaronJason LatourJason Latour
ᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛ
Tony Moore
  1. 10
July 29, 2015Jason Latour
  1. 11
October 7, 2015
  1. 12
November 11, 2015Jason LatourChris Brunner
  1. 13
January 27, 2016Jason AaronJason Latour
  1. 14
May 11, 2016
  1. 15
Gut CheckNovember 2, 2016Jason AaronJason LatourJason Latour
ᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛ
Becky Cloonan
  1. 16
January 11, 2017Jason Latour
ᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛ
Babs Tarr
  1. 17
August 16, 2017Jason Latour
ᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛ
Cliff Chiang
  1. 18
September 27, 2017Jason LatourJason Latour
Chris Brunner		Jason Latour
  1. 19
January 24, 2018Jason AaronJason LatourJason Latour
ᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛ
Babs Tarr
  1. 20
May 9, 2018Jason Latour
ᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛ
Jamie McKelvie
  1. 21
Rebs[5] Jason Latour

Collected editions

Trade paperbacks

VolumeTitleRelease dateMaterial collectedISBN
1Here Was a ManOctober 1, 2014Southern Bastards #1–4
2GridironMay 6, 2015Southern Bastards #5–8
3HomecomingJuly 13, 2016Southern Bastards #9–14
4Gut CheckMay 23, 2018Southern Bastards #15–20

Premiere hardcovers

Book #Release dateMaterial collectedISBN
Book OneSeptember 30, 2015Southern Bastards #1–8
Book TwoJanuary 11, 2022Southern Bastards #9–20

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Albert . Ching . This beautifully brutal comic gave me a new appreciation of the South . . 30 June 2015 . 29 June 2017.
  2. Web site: Southern Bastards Comic Series Reviews. 28 June 2017.
  3. Web site: Syndicated Comics . 23 June 2020 .
  4. http://io9.gizmodo.com/here-are-your-2016-eisner-award-winners-1784175893 Here Are Your 2016 Eisner Award Winners
  5. Web site: Aaron . Jason . Creator-Owned Update . Jason Aaron's blog . 22 January 2019 . August 10, 2019.

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