Southern Bastards, Issue #14 finishes the third arc, which is six issues long. The first arc is about Earl Tubb, who dies at the end of the arc. The second arc is the story of Euless Boss's ascendance to the top of Craw County's football program. The third arc has been a mishmash of different stories about the characters in Craw County. This issue starts with Roberta Tubb, the half-black daughter of Earl Tubb, returning from Afghanistan to find that her father has been murdered. Her return from the war in Afghanistan is emblematic of many soldiers' return from Vietnam. She gets the police called on her, people call her the N-word, she gets in fights, and there's nothing but trouble. To make matters worse, she decides to go to Craw County and find out what really happened to Earl.
Issue #14 was a long time coming for me. I started out reading the trade paperbacks, like a lot of people, but I ended up reading the comics, even though it was more expensive. Issue #12 came out ages ago, last summer, if I remember correctly. I've been waiting for Roberta Tubb to join the fray for at least a year, and she's finally about to. My question is whether she can succeed where her father failed. Can she take down a man who controls not only the football team, but the criminal underworld and damn near the town, itself?
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