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Dynamite's The Lone Ranger #7
The Lone Ranger, Vol. 7: Back East
For the first time, the Lone Ranger and Tonto ride off into the sunrise! Crossing the Mississippi River, the legendary Western heroes pursue the rogue federal agent who betrayed them. Getting satisfaction proves costly, as neither the Lone Ranger or Tonto are ready for what may be the deadliest setting they've ever faced -- the back rooms and hidden agendas of the "civilized" world!
144 pages, Paperback
First published April 15, 2014
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Ande Parks
424 books21 followersAnde Parks has worked on several projects with Phil Hester, including Nightbreed (Marvel), Rust (Malibu), Fringe (Caliber), and Freaks Amour (Dark Horse). Currently he inks Anima, Steel and Superboy, all for DC.
Ande Parks (born October 1, 1964) is a professional American comic book artist, known for his work as an inker and writer in the industry. His greatest notoriety has come from his stint with fellow artist Phil Hester on DC Comics' Green Arrow series from 2001 to 2004 and writing the graphic novels Union Station and Capote in Kansas by Oni Press. He grew up in the suburbs of Kansas City and currently lives in Baldwin City, Kansas with his wife and two children.
Parks began his professional career as an inker in comic books with Dark Horse Comics. He has inked the penciled artwork of such titles as Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Superman, Daredevil and Spider-Man. His artistic style has won him praise in the comic books industry, including an industry Harvey nomination as best inker. His idols and influences include Neal Adams, Klaus Janson, Jack Kirby, Dick Giordano, and Mike Grell. Parks has stated in at least one on-line interview that he inks with Hunt 102 and Brause 511 pens and a Raphael #3 brush. For characters from the comic books, Parks has acknowledged he has most enjoyed Batman and Captain America as his favorite characters.
He is probably best known for his work on the relaunched Green Arrow comic book series beginning in 2001, which he inked over his frequent collaborator Phil Hester. On Green Arrow, Hester and Parks worked with writers Kevin Smith, Brad Meltzer, and Judd Winick over their approximate 40-issue run. The book has been collected into several volumes. The American Library Association called it one of the best books for young adults. Parks and Hester have also done work on DC Comics' Nightwing with writer Devin Grayson, allowing Parks to work within the Batman family of characters, and the new revamped Ant-Man comic book for Marvel Comics in 2006-2007.
Although better known for his artwork, Parks considers himself to be more of a writer than artist. He has contributed several articles in comic book trade magazines, such as Draw!, geared towards critiques of artwork and professional tips for inkers. Parks' combined his inking style with his fondness for writing when he created the superhero spoof Uncle Slam & Fire Dog for Action Planet Comics, based to a certain extent on his love of Marvel Comics' Captain America. Uncle Slam appeared in three issues of the Action Planet anthology book series, and in two issues of his own book in the early- to mid-1990s. The character also appeared in a completely on-line comic book for Komicwerks. A new Uncle Slam book, "Uncle Slam Fights Back", was released in the summer of 2008.
For graphic novels, he has often turned to his neighboring region in the Midwest as source material for his writing projects. To date Parks has steered towards writing what is best classified as historical fiction. He has credited Alan Moore's From Hell as being a large influence in his decision to pursue writing in the historical fiction genre. In 2004, Oni Press published Park's first original graphic novel, Union Station. The book dealt with the events surrounding the Kansas City massacre, which took place in 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri, and helped J. Edgar Hoover make the F.B.I. a powerful organization in law enforcement and government for decades to come. Eduardo Barreto provided the artwork, done in black-&-white to give the piece more of a Depression-era period look.
In 2005 Parks returned to the genre of historical fiction with Capote In Kansas, drawn by Chris Samnee. The book details the time Truman Capote spent in Kansas while he worked on his literary masterpiece, In Cold Blood.
Continuing on with the Marvel Universe of characters, Parks co-plotted with Ed Brubaker and wrote "Blood of the Tarantula" fo
Ande Parks (born October 1, 1964) is a professional American comic book artist, known for his work as an inker and writer in the industry. His greatest notoriety has come from his stint with fellow artist Phil Hester on DC Comics' Green Arrow series from 2001 to 2004 and writing the graphic novels Union Station and Capote in Kansas by Oni Press. He grew up in the suburbs of Kansas City and currently lives in Baldwin City, Kansas with his wife and two children.
Parks began his professional career as an inker in comic books with Dark Horse Comics. He has inked the penciled artwork of such titles as Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Superman, Daredevil and Spider-Man. His artistic style has won him praise in the comic books industry, including an industry Harvey nomination as best inker. His idols and influences include Neal Adams, Klaus Janson, Jack Kirby, Dick Giordano, and Mike Grell. Parks has stated in at least one on-line interview that he inks with Hunt 102 and Brause 511 pens and a Raphael #3 brush. For characters from the comic books, Parks has acknowledged he has most enjoyed Batman and Captain America as his favorite characters.
He is probably best known for his work on the relaunched Green Arrow comic book series beginning in 2001, which he inked over his frequent collaborator Phil Hester. On Green Arrow, Hester and Parks worked with writers Kevin Smith, Brad Meltzer, and Judd Winick over their approximate 40-issue run. The book has been collected into several volumes. The American Library Association called it one of the best books for young adults. Parks and Hester have also done work on DC Comics' Nightwing with writer Devin Grayson, allowing Parks to work within the Batman family of characters, and the new revamped Ant-Man comic book for Marvel Comics in 2006-2007.
Although better known for his artwork, Parks considers himself to be more of a writer than artist. He has contributed several articles in comic book trade magazines, such as Draw!, geared towards critiques of artwork and professional tips for inkers. Parks' combined his inking style with his fondness for writing when he created the superhero spoof Uncle Slam & Fire Dog for Action Planet Comics, based to a certain extent on his love of Marvel Comics' Captain America. Uncle Slam appeared in three issues of the Action Planet anthology book series, and in two issues of his own book in the early- to mid-1990s. The character also appeared in a completely on-line comic book for Komicwerks. A new Uncle Slam book, "Uncle Slam Fights Back", was released in the summer of 2008.
For graphic novels, he has often turned to his neighboring region in the Midwest as source material for his writing projects. To date Parks has steered towards writing what is best classified as historical fiction. He has credited Alan Moore's From Hell as being a large influence in his decision to pursue writing in the historical fiction genre. In 2004, Oni Press published Park's first original graphic novel, Union Station. The book dealt with the events surrounding the Kansas City massacre, which took place in 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri, and helped J. Edgar Hoover make the F.B.I. a powerful organization in law enforcement and government for decades to come. Eduardo Barreto provided the artwork, done in black-&-white to give the piece more of a Depression-era period look.
In 2005 Parks returned to the genre of historical fiction with Capote In Kansas, drawn by Chris Samnee. The book details the time Truman Capote spent in Kansas while he worked on his literary masterpiece, In Cold Blood.
Continuing on with the Marvel Universe of characters, Parks co-plotted with Ed Brubaker and wrote "Blood of the Tarantula" fo
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May 7, 2024
The Ranger spent more time out of his mask than in it this volume.
May 6, 2023
Another great volume of a very impressive series. This time we see Lone Ranger and Tonto head east in pursuit of a crooked politician. There are also a couple of cool one shot tales in this volume too. Art is great as always.Just a really good volume.
June 14, 2014
'The Lone Ranger Volume 7' collects volumes 13 through 18 of the series by Dynamite Comics. The series features great covers by Francesco Francavilla and is written by Ande Parks.
The graphic novel starts out with a scene at an antiques auction where a woman has a silver bullet. This flashes back to a story of the Lone Ranger freeing some Chinese immigrant women who had been enslaved. From there, we move to a posse chasing a fugitive across a desert, into a continuation of a previous story from Tonto's life. Then the rest of the volume is a larger story arc following the Lone Ranger and Tonto back East looking for the a man who betrayed them in a previous story. There is lots of comedy about these two trying to fit into Chicago, but there is also some backstory about John Reid's days in college there.
The book is solid. The writing is good and the art by Esteve Polls is good. This is a good character, and I don't think there is another straight up Western comic out there (without being weird west or steampunk or something), so this is a nice niche addition to the field of comics. I enjoyed it.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
The graphic novel starts out with a scene at an antiques auction where a woman has a silver bullet. This flashes back to a story of the Lone Ranger freeing some Chinese immigrant women who had been enslaved. From there, we move to a posse chasing a fugitive across a desert, into a continuation of a previous story from Tonto's life. Then the rest of the volume is a larger story arc following the Lone Ranger and Tonto back East looking for the a man who betrayed them in a previous story. There is lots of comedy about these two trying to fit into Chicago, but there is also some backstory about John Reid's days in college there.
The book is solid. The writing is good and the art by Esteve Polls is good. This is a good character, and I don't think there is another straight up Western comic out there (without being weird west or steampunk or something), so this is a nice niche addition to the field of comics. I enjoyed it.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
July 24, 2014
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The Lone Ranger Volume 7 takes an interesting turn from standard LR stories: this focuses on events back East in the City (St. Louis) as well as completing a former story of Tonto. We get more of the Lone Ranger's backstory and a lot more perspective on Tonto.
Story: The Lone Ranger tracks the man responsible for his family's downfall back to St. Louis. But the City is a dangerous place and in trying to find justice, he may lose both his and Tonto's life. In the second story, Tonto comes full circle with a man he let go in a previous volume. He will discover that sometimes being merciful is the cruelest thing a man can do to another.
The artwork is strong, full color, and easy to follow. The stories have complexity and take several twists and turns. I found Tonto's story especially poignant considering the Lone Ranger's pledge to not take a life - as well as giving a hint of the man Tonto was before the Lone Ranger.
I did have some problems. E.g., no one looking twice at a man in a Western costume, masked, with an Indian in buckskins walking by his side in the middle of the street in downtown turn of the century St. Louis. And Tonto recovers strangely well after being badly beaten and incarcerated. But hey, it's comics.
In all, an enjoyable read. Reviewed from an ARC.
May 23, 2014
This book was more of a graphic novel. I normally don’t care for those but this one very good because of an excellent story and the art work was the best I have seen so far in this type of book. The story was very entertaining but I am a Lone Ranger fan growing up watching him on T.V. I was ok with the more rougher looking one portrayed in the book, for me it made it more real and actually closer to a true western for me. The length of the book was not very long so you got right to story and the action which I liked. Overall this was an outstanding book. I got this book from net galley.
October 8, 2014
Excellent true to life and historical credibility in both narrative and art. Tonto features prominently as he did in Vol 6.
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