LONESOME Volume 1 The Preacher's Trail

Kansas, 1861. As tensions rise between the Northern and Southern states, a fanatical, violent preacher leaves a trail of corpses behind him, all the while calling people to take up arms against pro-slavery states. Close on his tail is a lone rider with a strange gift: he can read the past and future of those he touches. In the small town of Holton, a showdown is brewing, but things aren’t as straightforward as they seem … First in a series of at least two albums (we hope to see more) starring a lone gunman, a man with no name, who's out to stop a sadistic killer with a silver-tongue and too many followers. And our hero has his own secrets...why was he raised by Indians, why does he have this second sight, and why is he targeting this one villain in particular? You'll get hints at answers in this first volume, but once you read it, if you are like me, you'll be eager to see volume 2. -Bud Yves Swolfs quickly made himself known as an artist, with his realistic drawing style full of character, and a pronounced taste for genre comics. As soon as he left the Saint-Luc Institute in Brussels, he created Durango, an arid western. A prolific writer, he usually manages to take on each of his projects single-handedly, as both author and illustrator. But between comics and music -- Swolfs is a guitarist for the Belgian rock band Lazare -- he sometimes has to confide his many stories directly to others. He turned to Griffo to guide us through the post-apocalyptic Russia of Vlad, while for James Healer it was Giulio de Vita who took readers on a tour of the desert plains of the paranormal thriller. A true popular storyteller, Swolfs has enjoyed undisputed success since his beginnings... and well deserved! More recently, the author has just completed volume 1 and 2 of Lonesome, a new western published by Le Lombard and now in the U.S. by Cinebook. Beautiful, realistic artwork...great story.