Bastard

NEW SERIES! Jimmy Regent, Britain’s number one super-spy, has got it all: intrigue, adventure, a license to shoot whoever he likes and beautiful women falling at his feet. He also has a new partner who isn’t quite as impressed by Jimmy as all other women appear to be. Now, there’s a price to pay for Jimmy’s multiple romantic conquests — the results of which are about to come calling in the worst possible way… From the creator and writer of Preacher and The Boys comes the brand-new series that HAD to be told at AfterShock Comics.

The big game is over. But the troubles have only just begun. The return of Roberta Tubb.

Coach Boss’s Running Rebs face off against their sworn enemy from Wetumpka in the most important game in Craw County history.

MATURE READERS Coach Boss’s Running Rebs face off against their sworn enemy from Wetumpka in the most important game in Craw County history.

“Homecoming” finally reaches its conclusion in “Southern Bastards” #14 — and “finally,” because this series is so goddamn good that the year-long stretch to complete this arc felt even longer; Jasons Aaron and Latour make such a gripping, nasty piece of fiction that the time between issues feels more like withdrawal than waiting. Regardless, this chapter is a big move for the series, heralding the Craw County arrival of a character we’ve been waiting on for almost 2 years. Roberta Tubb is here and she’s just as stubborn as her father, which is great news for readers. Aaron’s characters are nasty people. Craw County is filled with the filthiest, most awful racists, full of entitlement and misplaced pride in their ignorance. The writer pushes them to the brink of redemption, only to pull it back at the last moment. For example, Roberta returns to Earl’s dilapidated home, which is desecrated by his thieving neighbors and filthy dog. This neighbor is a nasty father, who is clearly okay