When his bandmates are murdered, Noah, the leader of a traveling klezmer band, sets out to Odessa alone, but along the way, he meets a few misfits who set aside their differences and learn to work together through their music, in a captivating tale set in pre-World War II Eastern Europe. By the auth[...]
In Gus, Blain plays on every trope of the classic Western. Perfectly blending caricature and cinematic pacing, humor and high-octane action, he delivers an exuberant graphic novel ode to men and women chasing each other, and to the bonds of friendship that tie together three unforgettable cowboys.[...]