That Texas Blood
Written by Chris Condon. Art by Jacob Phillips.
A small Texas county holds more violence than its quiet routines suggest.
Overview
Sheriff Joe Bob Coates finds a seemingly minor errand leading to danger on his seventieth birthday. Condon and Phillips’s 2020 Image series builds further cases around the history and people of the county.
Why It Matters
The local scale makes crime feel inescapably communal: everyone carries a memory of what happened before.
Genre & Themes
Neo-Western, rural noir and sheriff mystery.
Art & Visual Identity
Phillips uses open roads and harsh light to make isolation part of the suspense.
Read This If You Like
- Rural crime
- Sheriff protagonists
- Modern Westerns