This week's recommended comic is The Long Haul by Antony Johnston and Eduardo Barreto.

The Long Haul is an original black and white graphic novel that can probably best be described as Deadwood meets Oceans 11. It's a classic heist story with all that genre's accoutrements but set in the Old West. There's a suave, George Clooney/Clark Gable-esque bank robber who gathers together a team that consists of a card player, a Native American chief, a seductress and others. Their plan is to take down a Federal money train and throroughly embarrass the powers that be- including a Pinkerton agent and the Railroad tycoons who are proud of their thief-proof new train.

Comic's veteran Eduardo Barreto is the artist here and his style is perfect for invoking this era. His characters remind you of classic old Western characters from both old Hollywood and old comic books.

This is just a fun little story, especially if you're a fan of either western or heist stories. The book struggles with pacing here and there, devoting a little too much time to the set up and the gathering of the team than it does the actual heist, but when it gets moving it's a hell of a lot of fun.

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