Undertaker - Volume 1 - The Gold Eater Kindle & comiXology

Fantastic! A great storyline and great art work. I purchased the. 4 set series and looking for more great entertainment. Thank for wonderful, meaning creative writing and art work.

A traveling undertaker with a horse drawn hearse goes about his unsavory business in the Old West. Jonas Crow aka The Undertaker has no time for sentiment, an injured vulture serves as his grim mascot, he's all about getting paid. The man is mysterious and more than a little creepy.This is a good one. Undertaker 1. The Gold Eater is, as the subtitle implies, just the first in a multiple-volume storyline. It also ends on a cliffhanger. Those are two things I usually avoid as they tend to disappoint and leave the reader feeling almost cheated. Not the case with this one; The ambiguous ending left me wanting more... I can't wait to read the next volume in this series!The art captures a sort of Edgar Allan Poe bleakness, though it's in color it has a decided dark Western Noir appeal. Some of the stuff is a bit cliche but it gets absorbed in the larger story. My only real complaint is that the style of the lettering makes it somewhat difficult to read. Even when enlarged on my Amazon Fire Tablet (<- shameless attempt at pandering) the letters lacked crisp definition. It slowed down the reading considerably and had an effect on overall enjoyment.There is some slight nudity (a couple of panels with a topless woman) and a smattering of cursing (I noticed one F-bomb) along with a bit of gore. I would give this a PG-13 rating.***Thanks to NetGalley and Europe Comics for providing me with a free digital copy of this title in exchange for an honest review

'Undertaker #1: The Gold Eater' by Xavier Dorison with art by Ralph Meyer is a graphic novel set in the old west and features an undertaker who may be more than he seems.Jonas Crow, undertaker and mystery man, rolls his hearse into town and gets hired to bury a man. The unusual request is to haul the body to an old mine and bury it there. Before the man dies, he swallows his remaining gold. The problem is that the townspeople have found out and Jonas may have a fight on his hands.I liked this atmospheric tale. I'd like to read more adventures with this character. The art is pretty cool too.I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

Fun story with the kind of pithy, clever dialogue & economic storytelling that will remind you of better Hollywood movies. However, what really stands out is Undertaker's gorgeous artwork. It's drawn in a style that you almost never see in comics anymore, sort of a 1950s American cartoonist style but taken to a modern extreme. The amount of detail, polish, and thought in every frame is awe-inspiring. Highly recommended.