Jack Johnson is a comic writer of American history and has many books showcasing his talents and ability to draw history in his storytelling ways. His book called "Los TeUanos And Lost Cause is a two part story showing Jackson's amazing story of Early Texas.The first story is about Texas patriot Juan Seguin and his tragic story on how his fellow Texans treated him after they won independence from Mexico because of his ancestry. Jackson's drawings are incredible and it is easy to get lost in his art thinking of his comic book as a movie. Graphic books can be incredible informative reads especially given to a talented drawer such as Jackson.
The second story of this book is about some massive feud between ranching families set in reconstruction Texas and just about every other page has someone being blasted out of their boots with Texas style justice and revenge. The amount of violence in this book is something else and in a way it makes the story interesting if not hard to keep track of character development and who is who in these stories. Some critics would question Jackson's authenticity and accuse him of racism but more of the criticism should be directed to the violence of his drawings and his feelings that somehow the entire West was just filled with violence in every single parameter of society. Jack Jackson would take his own life in 2006 but his work will be remembered by comic artists the world over and this book is the best example of his style and controversial nature to draw a history perspective from the side of White Texans of the nineteenth century. If you subtract the numerous unnecessary violent shootings that had to number about thirty this book is. Piece of art showcasing his talents as a history writer and a comic artist.
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