Train Bombing strikes terror
in the Heartland!
John Hardin is a desperate man.
He is the sole suspect of the renowned Black Diamond Detective Agency, a
private operation determined to solve the mystery and bring its perpetrators to
justice—at any cost. Once a quiet Missouri
corn farmer, Hardin now finds himself on the run in turn-of-the-century Chicago.
Adapted from a Wonderland Films
screenplay and graced with vivid and striking art by Eddie Campbell, this tale
delves deep into the American era when small farmers were the backbone of the
country, graft was rampant, and railroads unfurled through western towns. Eddie
was one of the first writers/artists in First Second’s debut line-up last
spring with Fate
of the Artist and is well-known to comics readers for his Alec
books and his collaboration with Alan Moore on From
Hell; Eddie has recently started a blog, where he often discusses
his past and present work – well worth a visit.
“…a turn-of-the-century (19th to 20th) pulp thriller concerning a
railroad attack, domestic desertion, a series of double (or even triple)
crosses by gangs and a conspiracy that ultimately reaches so high that the
Black Diamond Detective Agency has no idea what it's really investigating. The
complications have implications that reverberate a century later, but even
those who have trouble following the plot will marvel at Campbell's visual
detail, use of colour particularly an explosive red) and extensive stretches of
wordless panels.” From the Kirkus
review.
First Second, paperback, 144
pages, published May 2007
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