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2014 ongoing comic book series

Southern Bastards
Cover for Southern Bastards #1. Art by Jason Latour.
Publication information
Publisher Image Comics
Format Ongoing series
Publication date 2014–2018
No. of issues 21
Creative team
Created by Jason AaronJason Latour
Written by Jason AaronJason Latour (#12, #18)
Artist(s) Jason LatourChris Brunner (#12, #18)
Letterer(s) Jared K. Fletcher
Editor(s) Sebastian Girner
Collected editions
Here was a Man ISBN 9781632150165
Gridiron ISBN 9781632152695
Homecoming ISBN 9781632156105
Gut Check ISBN 9781534301948

Southern Bastards is a comic book series created in 2014 by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour, and published by Image Comics. The series revolves around the culture in a small town in the American South where football is everything and people try to get away with crime. The series won the 2015 Harvey Award for Best New Series and the 2016 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series.

Publication history

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Two Southerners, writer Jason Aaron from Alabama and writer-artist Jason Latour from North Carolina, wanted to write a love letter/hate rant to the South so they created the Southern-focused series.[1]

Craw County, Alabama is home of Boss BBQ and the state football champion Runnin’ Rebs; most residents adore high school football. Coach Euless Boss is the high school football coach with no more room in his office for trophies and is a crime lord that buries bodies underneath the bleachers. The former sheriff's son Earl Tubb is an angry man that has grievances with Coach Boss over how his father died.

Coach Boss holds power over Craw County for one reason – he wins football games. But, after the ugliest loss of his career, the coach must become more of a criminal to keep ahead of his enemies, including new enemies like Roberta Tubb, who's come to town with a machine gun and her own questions about how her father died.

Southern Bastards has received generally positive reviews. The review aggregation website Comic Book Roundup reports that the series has an average score of 9.0 out of 10.[2]

The series is the 2015 Harvey Award winner for Best New Series) and the 2016 Eisner Award winner for Best Continuing Series.

The series paused in 2020 when Latour took a leave of absence in light of misconduct allegations.[3]

Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2015 Harvey Awards Best New Series Southern Bastards Won [4]
Eisner Awards Best Continuing Series Jason Aaron and Jason Latour Nominated [5]
Best Writer Jason Aaron Nominated
2016 Best Continuing Series Jason Aaron and Jason Latour Won [6]
Best Writer Jason Aaron Won
Issue Arc Release date Story Art Cover
#1 Here was a Man April 30, 2014 Jason Aaron Jason Latour Jason LatourᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛsJason LatourR.M. GuéraJames HarrenChris Bunner & Rico Renzi
#2 May 28, 2014 Jason Latour
#3 July 2, 2014
#4 September 3, 2014
#5 Gridiron October 29, 2014 Jason Aaron Jason Latour Jason LatourᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛAndrew Robinson
#6 December 10, 2014 Jason Latour
#7 February 11, 2015
#8 April 1, 2015
#9 Homecoming June 17, 2015 Jason Aaron Jason Latour Jason LatourᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛTony Moore
#10 July 29, 2015 Jason Latour
#11 October 7, 2015
#12 November 11, 2015 Jason Latour Chris Brunner
#13 January 27, 2016 Jason Aaron Jason Latour
#14 May 11, 2016
#15 Gut Check November 2, 2016 Jason Aaron Jason Latour Jason LatourᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛBecky Cloonan
#16 January 11, 2017 Jason LatourᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛBabs Tarr
#17 August 16, 2017 Jason LatourᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛCliff Chiang
#18 September 27, 2017 Jason Latour Jason LatourChris Brunner Jason Latour
#19 January 24, 2018 Jason Aaron Jason Latour Jason LatourᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛBabs Tarr
#20 May 9, 2018 Jason LatourᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛJamie McKelvie
#21 Rebs[7] Jason Latour
Volume Title Release date Material collected ISBN
1 Here Was a Man October 1, 2014 Southern Bastards #1–4 9781632150165
2 Gridiron May 6, 2015 Southern Bastards #5–8 9781632152695
3 Homecoming July 13, 2016 Southern Bastards #9–14 9781632156105
4 Gut Check May 23, 2018 Southern Bastards #15–20 9781534301948

Premiere hardcovers

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Book # Release date Material collected ISBN
Book One September 30, 2015 Southern Bastards #1–8 9781632154446
Book Two January 11, 2022 Southern Bastards #9–20 9781534303263
  1. ^ Ching, Albert (30 June 2015). "This beautifully brutal comic gave me a new appreciation of the South". Business Insider. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Southern Bastards Comic Series Reviews". Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Syndicated Comics". 23 June 2020.
  4. ^ "The 2015 Harvey Award Winners". Tech Times. 26 September 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  5. ^ "2015 Eisner Award Winners (Full List)". Newsarama. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "2016 Eisner Award Winners (Full List)". Newsarama. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  7. ^ Aaron, Jason (22 January 2019). "Creator-Owned Update". Jason Aaron's blog. Retrieved August 10, 2019.