"THE SNOW FALLS ENDLESSLY IN WONDERLAND," Part Six
This storyline ends here! Suffering grievous wounds, Lu tries desperately to escape the relentless onslaught of the RQK as night falls on a snow-shrouded Ambrose County.
That Texas Blood #19 brings to a close the series's strongest arc yet, utilizing the environment and atmosphere of winter in Texas to elevate a slasher story into a tale of existential terror. Condons scripting brings a thematic relevance to the slasher framework, using it to echo the other horrors that have plagued Ambrose County in the previous stories. That framework is enhanced thanks to Phillipss tense panel composition, striking contrasting colors, and concise lettering. Theres no doubt this story will be one for the ages, chilling audiences while opening their eyes to a select vein of terror that presents in the physical, but lurks in the abstract. Now that the arc has come to a close, it's the perfect time to collect this arc and share it far and wide, as it bridges the time between Halloween and Christmas for crime and horror fans alike. Fans of either genre will love this arc, and it's a perfect contained story to convince non-comic fans to give this series and medium a chanc Read Full Review
The most suspenseful comic in recent times wraps up its terrific third story arc in grand fashion. The creative team is in top form and the results are a treat for the reader. You have a pretty good idea how the story is going, but getting there is the fun part. Read Full Review
You get the best of both worlds in That Texas Blood #19. Read Full Review
Masterful use of sequential art to build suspense and drive the story without even having to use words. I have mixed feelings about RQK’s ending, on the one hand I can see the horror value of leaving him as a nameless, faceless killer with unknown motivations for his killing spree, on the other a back story and character development for RKQ would have also been fascinating (perhaps material for a future arc?)
Otherwise this was a perfect issue, I really hope this series continues.
As gripping as the best slasher films. I never really have the urge to “skip ahead” when reading comics, but this arc has had me jumping to the bottom of the right page just to see what happens.
Jacob Phillips is at least as good as his dad, and the art gets a lot of room to breathe thanks to Chris Condon’s brevity and frequent use of silent panels. Condon is a strong writer who doesn’t need to cram a bunch of dialogue into every page to tell a good story.
While the first issue or two of this arc was really sinister, this and the last one have been brisk reads. I think it was well done. I love the art, it just lacked much plot.
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