That Texas Blood #9-13

This story is a lot better than the first one in this series (if it is a series). A pre-Columbus murder cult is abducting and murdering children and a local sheriff and a private detective are attempting to save the latest victim. It rattles along mixing the Mason Family with Mesoamerican fantasies.

Each issue ends on a satisfying cliffhanger but given that the tale is being narrated by the sheriff at the end of his career the tension generated is never really thrilling. Overall the story is slightly baggy often decompressing the narrative needlessly when the malice and tension should be mounting.

It does help do some worldbuilding as to why things are so miserable in this part of Texas and makes the supernatural element plausibly deniable why clearly being the intended root mystery of what is happening here.

The art is dynamic with a thoughtful set of palettes and colouring.