El Diablo

For nearly every amount of critical acclaim that Brian Azzarello garners (100 Bullets, Loveless, Startling Stories: Banner), there always seems to be just as much criticism (Superman: For Tomorrow, Batman: Broken City, much of his run on Hellblazer). Then again, every now and then Azzarello reminds us just how he made a name for himself in the first place, and El Diablo does just that. Bounty hunter turned sheriff Moses Stone is enjoying his life for what it is. His town is peaceful, he has a loving wife, and life is good. All of that changes one night when the demonic fugitive known as El Diablo pays a violent visit to town, with Moses in his sights. What follows is Moses and his posse tracking El Diablo to a town called Halo, which holds a special place in Moses' past, as well as some nasty secrets. What makes El Diablo so good is that Azzarello doesn't pull any punches in the storytelling or dialogue. El Diablo is nearly every bit as violent and vulgar as the old west was, and the twists and turns that Azzarello weaves manage to entertain the reader. The artwork from Azzarello's occasional Loveless partner Danijel Zezelj may be an acquired taste for some, but it is a more than fitting look for the time, setting, and content of the story. All in all, El Diablo is an entertaining and nasty western comic that proves once again that Brian Azzarello is one of the best gritty writers in the business today.

This is a great western story with a ECish ironic twist ending. The Sheriff of a small town organizes a posse to hunt down legendary killer El Diablo after some men are murdered. El Diablo is more legend than man and his mysterious clues are leading the sheriff and his posse back to the town where the sheriff originally came from. This is where it really gets good and I don't want to spoil it for anybody so you'll have to read it for yourself to find out what happens but I will say that I have to give writer Brian Azzarello a lot of credit for his excellent terse dialog. The only problem I would mention is the very heavy ink work that at times looks kind of blotchy. The coloring is good with a sparse, dustbowl feel and works well. I reccomend this book to fans of westerns and anybody who is a fan of a good ironic story.

Another great story from a great author Very entertaining it should be a movie but reading it you can’t put it down and it’s like a movie

El Diablo was an entertaining ride trough a mysterious spaghetti western style tail. If you like Deadwood (which reminded me of it), High Plains drifter, Mystery and just plain old westerns and shoot `em up films, you will like El Diablo! Sheriff Moses Stone has a lot of cool lines and so does the book itself. Stone is your antihero with a secret past that he wishes to obliterate and not even a mysterious phantom can stop him from living a good life. I highly recommend it. Have a fun read!

This blood-soaked book takes the hard-boiled crime genre and moves it to the Old West, with simple yet striking art by Croatian artist Danijel Zezelj. Since I like hard-boiled crime, westerns, and Zezelj's other work, it was a no-brainer to pick this up. The story is a great mishmash of noir, ghost story, and pure pulp. One of the central themes of the noir genre is that one can't escape the past, and that's at the heart of this book. Sheriff Moses Stones used to be a cold-blooded bounty hunter, but has since settled down to keep the piece and raise a family. Unfortunately, the past comes knocking in the form of a wraith-like outlaw named El Diablo who seems intent on meting out justice. The Sheriff rounds up a posse to track him down and kill him, but one by one, members of the posse are killed and it becomes increasingly uncertain whether or not El Diablo is man or something supernatural. Eventually, it all comes back to the Sheriff's home town and the dark secret he's been hiding from. The plot twist at the end is a classic one, straight out of the Twilight Zone and at least a few '40s crime films. The story is a dark and grim one, with lots of violence and a sprinkling of graphic sex. Zezelj's style instills everything with a grimness, and the palette is a murky, dirty one, reflecting the tone of the story and the stained moral character of the protagonist. A good choice for comics-readers looking for something for grownups or just another good Western title.

As usual Brian Azzarelo knocks it out of the park with a self contained story that keeps you going until the final page!

j'ai choisi cette note car j'aime bien l'auteur, et le western spaghetti.... l'histoire me parait légèrement courte. Le style graphique est différent de 100 Bullets, mais la touche d'Azzarello fini par prendre le dessus, avec un dialogue bien ficelé, des personnages bien réussi certes peu approfondis. Je trouve certaines pages moins réussis visuellement que d'autre, reste dans l'ensemble une oeuvre originale et agréable a lire....Je recommande ce livre a tout ceux qui ont été bercé au western spaghetti et comics noir.

Brian Azzarello - mehr muss man nicht sagen:--> ein Genie was Glaubwürdigkeit von Dialogen betrifft.--> Überragende Story--> Geniale Zeichnungen von Zeselji