{"id":1736905,"date":"2022-11-13T06:30:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T11:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1736905"},"modified":"2022-11-13T09:49:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T14:49:07","slug":"bass-reeves-brings-justice-to-the-wild-west-in-136-page-graphic-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bass-reeves-brings-justice-to-the-wild-west-in-136-page-graphic-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBass Reeves\u201d Brings Justice to the Wild West in 136-Page Graphic Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbass-reeves-brings-justice-to-the-wild-west-in-136-page-graphic-novel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1736905&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Bass Reeves was a U.S. Marshal who is said to have brought over 3,000 wanted men to justice during the days of the Wild West. And Bounding into Comics spoke exclusively with illustrator David Williams about <em>Bass Reeves: West of Hell<\/em>, his new graphic novel that tells the \u201csweeping tale\u201d of the legendary lawman.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188918\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188918\" class=\"wp-image-188918 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.06-boundingintocomics-636ed592cda25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.06-boundingintocomics-636ed592cda25.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.06-boundingintocomics-636ed592cda25-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.06-boundingintocomics-636ed592cda25-768x1166-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Bass Reeves Episode One: No God West of Fort Smith (2019). Art by David Williams and Gabe Eltaeb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/03\/10\/underworld-creator-kevin-grevioux-and-artist-david-williams-bass-reeves-west-of-hell-to-get-collected-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Underworld Creator Kevin Grevioux And Artist David Williams\u2019 \u2018Bass Reeves: West Of Hell\u2019 To Get Collected Edition<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Williams, of course, isn\u2019t the only one responsible for the book. Kevin Grevioux authored it, Eric Weathers lettered it, and Gabe Eltaeb and Kesley Shannon are its colorists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The graphic novel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/bass-reeves-west-of-hell#\/faq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collects six issues of the <em>Bass Reeves<\/em> comic book<\/a>, \u201cincluding 3 that have not been released in physical copies.\u201d All told, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allegiancearts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allegiance Arts &#038; Entertainment<\/a> crowdfunded book is set to have 136 pages.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188922\" class=\"wp-image-188922 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.23-boundingintocomics-636ed95ed3031.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.23-boundingintocomics-636ed95ed3031.png 695w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.23-boundingintocomics-636ed95ed3031-300x83.png 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Bass Reeves: West of Hell Indiegogo page.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Bounding into Comics: How did you become involved with the Bass Reeves project? Had you known of him beforehand?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>David Williams<\/strong>: I met [Allegiance Arts &#038; Entertainment founders] Mitch and Elizabeth [Breitweiser] at a Heroes Con comic book convention many moons ago. I was a fan of their work and geeked out for a moment when I was passing their table; we chopped it up and stayed in touch online.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As for knowing about Bass before meeting them . . . yes. I was ruminating about him for about ten years prior and was thinking about doing my own book about him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188920\" class=\"wp-image-188920 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.13-boundingintocomics-636ed7310ea16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.13-boundingintocomics-636ed7310ea16.jpg 500w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.13-boundingintocomics-636ed7310ea16-195x300.jpg 195w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Bass Reeves Episode Three: Gehenna (2019). Art by David Williams and Gabe Eltaeb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You know, I was a tad embarrassed that I learned about him so late in life; another reason why I had to do this book when Mitch and his Allegiance Arts offered their take on Bass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">People should really get to know about Bass and his incredible story. This is a heightened great comic book version of the real story of the man.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\u2019m forever grateful to Mitch and Elizabeth for giving me the opportunity to draw this book. It has been a Godsend.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188921\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188921\" class=\"wp-image-188921 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.17-boundingintocomics-636ed7f3056aa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.17-boundingintocomics-636ed7f3056aa.png 695w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.17-boundingintocomics-636ed7f3056aa-300x281-1.png 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Bass Reeves: West of Hell, Hardcover (2023). Art by Andrew Robinson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/02\/09\/underworld-creator-kevin-grevioux-calls-out-dc-comics-tokenization-for-not-promoting-more-truly-original-black-characters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Underworld Creator Kevin Grevioux Calls Out DC Comics\u2019 Tokenization For Not Promoting More \u201cTruly ORIGINAL Black Characters\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>BiC: The Western genre is quite different from the superhero illustrations that you are known for. How did you handle that transition and what inspired your style for this book and for its principle protagonist?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>DW<\/strong>: I\u2019m an artist that gets bored quick. So I\u2019m changing things up in my approach each project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I blame the fact that I worked in animation and consumer products [for why I\u2019m] always looking for the next thing visually to tackle. Those types of jobs require you to have a very malleable style from job to job.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\">\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player vimeo\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This was VERY different from anything I ever did before. I took inspiration from several other great artists to come up with this style: Ernie Barnes, Robert Valley, Jamie Hewlett, and Andrew Robinson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I had to because I didn\u2019t want it to look like a typical Western comic that is ultrarealistic and drowned in sepia tones. This needed to be a li\u2019l mo\u2019 funky to stand out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Also, I can\u2019t compete with the great Allegiance Arts talents of Mitch, Butch Guice, and Kelsey Shannon. I had to do something drastically different for my book to stand out amongst that power house of talent.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188923\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188923\" class=\"wp-image-188923 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.28-boundingintocomics-636edab925543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"1055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.28-boundingintocomics-636edab925543.jpg 695w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.28-boundingintocomics-636edab925543-198x300.jpg 198w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Bass Reeves: West of Hell (2023). Art by David Williams and Gabe Eltaeb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>BiC: Among the myriad of Bass Reeves film and TV presentations available, what makes this graphic novel version unique? And what do you think the future holds for the character?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>DW<\/strong>: Well I\u2019m drawing it . . . DUH. \ud83d\ude09 All kidding aside, comic books are an American art form that we (Allegiance Arts) and many others are trying to keep alive, and pass forward, and have passed forward for generations to come, just like Superman, Archie, and Mickey Mouse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our real life greats in history should be looked upon with the same reverence as those fictional characters, if not more, and not willfully lost. I champion any light that Bass gets.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188924\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188924\" class=\"wp-image-188924 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.31-boundingintocomics-636edb6448011.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.31-boundingintocomics-636edb6448011.png 695w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.31-boundingintocomics-636edb6448011-193x300.png 193w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Bass Reeves: West of Hell (2023). Art by David Williams and Gabe Eltaeb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/04\/the-rings-of-power-crashes-burns-but-the-antediluvian-legacy-is-tolkien-like-fiction-done-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">While \u2018The Rings of Power\u2019 Crashes And Burns, \u2018The Antediluvian Legacy\u2019 Is Tolkien-Like Fiction Done Right<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>BiC: What did you find most challenging about this project and how did you overcome it? What was the most fun?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>DW<\/strong>: Drawing it. Drawing it. Drawing it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188925\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188925\" class=\"wp-image-188925 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.34-boundingintocomics-636edc0529c5d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.34-boundingintocomics-636edc0529c5d.png 695w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.34-boundingintocomics-636edc0529c5d-300x276-1.png 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Bass Reeves: West of Hell, Softcover (2023). Art by David Williams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>BiC: What about Bass Reeves\u2019 story inspired you, and what (if anything) do you want readers to take away from the book?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>DW<\/strong>: Kevin\u2019s script. It hit close to home. Literal tears in the pages I drew between Bass and his son.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What do I want people to take away from the book? Good guys are real and Allegiance Arts are giving them a voice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>*****<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188926\" class=\"wp-image-188926 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.38-boundingintocomics-636edced5c6ba.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.38-boundingintocomics-636edced5c6ba.jpg 695w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.11-11.38-boundingintocomics-636edced5c6ba-300x199.jpg 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Bass Reeves: West of Hell (2023). Art by David Williams and Gabe Eltaeb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>*****<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Bass Reeves: West of Hell<\/em> is set for fulfillment in February 2023. And you can still support it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/bass-reeves-west-of-hell#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiegogo through its in-demand status<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/10\/18\/interview-luciano-cunha-launches-mr-now-a-superhero-story-with-a-twist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview: Luciano Cunha Launches \u2018Mr. Now,\u2019 a Superhero Story With A Twist<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bass Reeves was a U.S. Marshal who is said to have brought over 3,000 wanted men to justice during the days of the Wild West. 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