Oh, dystopian sci-fi! Crap like this is why I don’t read you that often!Let’s see: the American Civil War lasted a lot longer because Native Americans got involved. Mystical stuff happened and the world (or was it just this country) was divided up into different parts. The Four Horseman of the Apocalyse are embodied as little kids but they’re one short. It seems that Death is a colorless (as in, drawn all white) adult cowboy, who’s accompanied by two witches (spirits, ghosts?). And he’s angry be...

The best comic series on the market right now and I haven’t reviewed the first volume? That better change! BTW, there’s some politically incorrect humor in this review, you’ve been warned.What’s it about?The four horsemen of the apocalypse are reborn (this happens a fair bit) except one... DEATH! Death is searching for his love who he hasn’t seen in a long time and will do whatever it takes to find her as a lot of crazy political s*** is happening and the apocalypse is coming.Why it gets 5 stars...

I read this last night, followed right after by Vol. 2...I must disclose this to you my loyal followers and Shallows...I was high as fuck on Percs.Therefore, I'm not sure, but I think this made it far more interesting to me than it had any right to be.I woke up this afternoon to explain the basic plot to my wife, and afterwards, even I thought I was a raving lunatic...In a parallel Earth, the American Civil War had an entirely different outcome. There were then 7 sectors that the US was divided

I know the refrain from reviewers for Jonathan Hickman is that his Image, creator-owned stuff is better than his work-for-hire Marvel material but I have to say he’s very much up and down on both sides of the comic fence. For every great FF and Architects of Forever series you get a baffling title like his Avengers and New Avengers, and for every brilliant title like God Is Dead and Manhattan Projects you get an utterly dismal Nightly News and East of West. I disliked East of West for so many re...

"The things that divide us are stronger than the things that unite us."I'll tell you why this is so great: simplicity. It isn't as much vague as it is sparse, large as it is empty space, complex as it is connected. It's really straight forward actually. And it is beautifully illustrated. All right, but why is it great? And because of what? The magic of Hickman is his ability to go from subtle to blatant and the use of the dramatic, with downright impressive writing. This is pretty quiet, overall...

Super enjoyed this one! Cool premise, executed well. One of the best I've read in awhile.

This is a good graphic novel about the apocalypse. I tend to hate novels/graphic novels about the apocalypse because they tend to be repetitive and unsatisfactory. East of West has an interesting plot and great characters. It's forgivable for the first volume to have a confusing plot. What made it confusing for this one is the terrible introduction. The writer should have done it better. The world is poorly introduced, thus it made the plot a bit confusing. What made up for that would be the end...

Don't read many graphic novels or comics, but this is a reminder of why I should read more.I really liked this book. It was a ton of fun and quite suspenseful. It had a cool twist on the normal western as well.The art is here really was fantastic, and the action scenes were pretty awesome.The character of Death was really great, and the book was just an entertaining ride.It was really confusing though, and some of the other characters were pretty one-dimensional, but I'm sure if I read on these

Bullet Review:This is so Hickman, it's not even funny.I think the biggest reason I'm giving it 3 stars is because I actually have half an idea of what is going on - more than I ever did with that stupid Avengers White Event crap.Coworker lent me volume 2, so here goes nuthin'!!!

Re-read 2020Hmm. Not sure why but this time around Hickman's Cowboy Apocalypse seemed a lot more interesting. I'm moving it up to a full 4 stars and starting in on volume 2 next.Read in 2015I'm kinda intrigued. And I don't know what this has to do with anything, but every time the pasty dude got all angry and stabby, I kept hearing Kurt Russell in my head. Only not. Because the pasty guy is Death...of the Four Horsemen variety.He'd broken off from the other Horsemen, fallen in love, and then had...

East of West is the quintessential Jonathan Hickman book. It starts out confusing and comprehension can only be earned by rereads. A Hickman book is also heavy in alternate history and pseudosciences which this title has in spades.This book is definitely unlike any other in the market right now. It's different from his Marvel books where in Avengers he may be trying to erase the concept of hero, they are still heroes, in East of West, there's no hero, but an anti-hero, similar in vein to Clint E...

We all know about The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, right? The coming of Conquest, War, Famine, and Death will signify the coming of the said Apocalypse (with the capital letter). Well, it turns out there are people whose sole goal of life is to ensure their coming - I have no idea why anybody would want this and the reason for this was not even hinted at in the book.Anyhow, the Horsemen are ready, except that Death (it is drawn as a guy in the book and plays the male role, so I will refer to...

What if the Europeans didn't conquer and savage Americas, and a peace treaty was signed? Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta create a visually sparse, but interesting alternate reality 'New World' (America) fractured into 7 nation states mostly built of sole races and/or religions; then they throw in carnage, mysticism, carnage, politics, carnage, apocalypse worshipers, oh and there's a lot of carnage; just to make it all the more intense the Horsemen of the Apocalypse are back... but where's Dea...

4 stars! This was fun, I was kinda confused to start off with since the art style is a bit confusing as there’s so much going on in one frame but then I got used to it the further I read. The art is very cool, it reminds me a lot of the X-Men comics and it’s humour is very ‘Saga’ like.Would recommend you try it out if you like the Saga series. Can’t wait to pick up the next volume!

I'm honestly not entirely sure how I feel about this book. There are some interesting and clever concepts, and the art is fantastic. But there's a lot being thrown out all at once. Too much, I think. Yes, the story is obviously on a grand scale. One of the characters is Death, and the Apocalypse is at stake. So there has to be a lot going on, but it doesn't all need to happen at once. This could end up being a grand story, but I don't know if I'm up for it.

This might be the most “That-was-not-what-I-was-expecting-at-all” experience I have ever had with a graphic novel. I have seen it listed on Hoopla before and always wanted to give it a try. Fate brought it my way sooner than expected when my Father-In-Law handed me the first three volumes and said, “These were weird, want to read them?” . . . . Well, of course I do!The premise is a futuristic America where we never quite got past the Wild West. I guess you could call it a Cowboy-Punk story (does...

I found this kind of confusing, but overall very enjoyable. I will be picking up the next volume!

Update - 2/24/20 - Well I enjoyed this one a lot more this read too, so bumping this one up to a 4 as well. It is still confusing at first, and gathering who everyone is, and going back and forth between time periods. But, once you get settled in, it's extremely interesting world. Now that the series is done I plan on reading it all! I didn't love the first half of this book. Needlessly complicated at first, back and forth feel of characters, nothing connecting. However, when it slows down and g...

This was even better the second time I read it!Reread: February 2016First read: January 2015

East of West: The Promise promises lots of interesting stuff, based on this first volume, and I took my time with it, but still am not sure what I think of it. I like the art. The story is basically a Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse story where they are kids, and the central character is one of them, Death, who is looking for someone. Okay, it's his wife. Wife? Wife. So he's not a kid. He's a cowboy. Once the image of good guys in comics, now the bad guy vs Native Americans, at least. Oh, and th...