I’m a big Jonah Hex fan so it’s no wonder I buy all of these mini-series from Lansdale and Truman and have loved every one. They have taken the character of Jonah Hex to sick and twisted heights and they’ve populated Hex’s West with a whole bunch of equally sick and twisted characters.

In this mini Hex joins up with Buffalo Will’s Wild West Show (not to be confused with Buffalo Bill’s) and meets a motley assortment of entertainers: Long Tom, a midget sharp shooter; Spotted Hand (formerly known as Spotted Balls) the savage "red injun" in the show; Libby Ann Blue, "mean as a snake" female sharp shooter; Shootin’ Bill Smith, a pathetic former bounty hunter who would like to make his reputation by stomping Jonah Hex into the ground; and a Native American Indian woman and her half bear half human baby....

Those of you unfamiliar with Tim Truman’s work might remember him from First’s Grimjack, a comic he co-created with John Ostrander. He is one of the best artists working in comics today and his portrayal of Jonah Hex’s world is spectacular. I find it hard to believe anyone looks twice at Jonah because Truman’s wild West is populated by a host of mean hombres who you know smell just as bad as they look.

If you’re a fan of westerns with a supernatural twist pick up Jonah Hex Shadows West or buy any of the currently in print Hex trade paperbacks. You will not regret it.