What to read this weekend: The new Image Comics miniseries, Of the Earth
Key takeaways
- Here’s what we read (and liked) this week.
- Image Comics Need something new for your reading list?
- The first issue of Of the Earth establishes the story's underlying folklore right away, opening with an excerpt from a book about a mythical monster in the west: the Wildcatter.
Here’s what we read (and liked) this week.
Image Comics Need something new for your reading list? This week, we recommend checking out Of the Earth, a new Image Comics miniseries by writers Chris Condon (That Texas Blood, News from the Fallout) and Andrew Ehrich, and artist Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), with letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and designer Mike Tivey.
Oh, this one's going to be good. The first issue of Of the Earth establishes the story's underlying folklore right away, opening with an excerpt from a book about a mythical monster in the west: the Wildcatter. This beast is said to have a human face, but an "amorphous" body that can be "both humanoid and animalistic, with long limbs and horns." And it's oily (gross!), with local legend tying it to the "wildcat" wells where people dug in search of oil.