**Reposted from the ML Vault.**
Zuda Comics, 2009
ISBN: 9781401224622
Available: New
High Moon presents an intriguing mix of horror and western. High Noon started out as a webcomic at the Zuda Comics site and won a competition where the viewers of the site voted for their favorite comic. The premise is fairly straightforward. Cole, a criminal who also happens to be a werewolf, is seeking redemption by assuming the identity of a deceased lawman named McTaggart. He travels the West seeking to protect the innocent from various supernatural creatures.
High Moon’s artwork is engrossing, and Steve Ellis provides us what can best be described as monsters on steroids. While Cole sometimes appears as a human with lupine features, as the battle progresses he transforms into a full werewolf, with horns and bone protrusions making him even more menacing. Gallaher’s story keeps the action flowing and the monsters plentiful, and the Wild West setting is just plain old fun. The one complaint with High Moon is that some of the backstory on characters and events is provided through flashbacks, without a narrative. Here a picture isn’t worth a thousand words, and a little text wouldn’t have been a bad thing. Highly recommended
Contains: Violence, suggestive illustrations.