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Panel Vision
Tombstone Hand
Comics contortionist Rick Veitch unwinds a wild western yarn with more twists and turns than the mighty Rio Grande. "Tombstone Hand" tells the tale of a tense graveside stand-off in which a man finds himself with one boot heel in this world and one in the hereafter. At stake is a prize beyond price. Like Veitch's other "Panel Vision" books, ("The Spotted Stone", "Otzi", "Redemption" and "Super Catchy"), "Tombstone Hand" is a self contained graphic parable that pushes the form of comics into new directions and genuinely delivers a reading experience like no other.
- GenresComics
130 pages, Paperback
First published February 3, 2021
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Rick Veitch
425 books77 followersRichard "Rick" Veitch is an American comics artist and writer who has worked in mainstream, underground, and alternative comics.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
February 18, 2021
While I wish that Mr. Veitch would wrap up his King Hell Heroica series, I also appreciate the experimentation and one offs he is doing with these Panel Vision stories.
It's honestly a balancing act of legacy one would presume--do you finish your "magnum opus" about superheroes? Or instead focusing on expanding the medium and language of comics.
It's honestly a balancing act of legacy one would presume--do you finish your "magnum opus" about superheroes? Or instead focusing on expanding the medium and language of comics.
April 21, 2024
Tombstone Hand is a solid little western, complete with all the usual tropes like a tense Mexican stand off, a forbidden treasure and loose morals. Set primarily in a cemetery where a graverobber finds himself held at gun point by two rival thieves, the story unfolds with a series of unexpected and bloody turns. Veitch employs full page panels for the comic, something I believe he picked up from Jodorowsky's and Moebius' The Eyes of the Cat, which allows for some bold and evocative compositions to really come through. Standing out the most in Tombstone Hand is the starry skies filling the backgrounds of several of these panels, which feels particularly striking due to the thick lines and use of black-and-white contrasts.
There isn't much else to Tombstone Hand outside of its highly linear narrative and easy to follow artwork, but the simplicity in its execution makes this a really great comic.
There isn't much else to Tombstone Hand outside of its highly linear narrative and easy to follow artwork, but the simplicity in its execution makes this a really great comic.
April 2, 2021
I like a cartoonist who knows the value of a great cameo...or two.
May 14, 2021
I loved this quick and tense western comic (one panel per page!) by Rick Veitch. Great dialogue, beautiful art, and in its short time you get really invested in the story. Would love a series of these.
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