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|
High Moon |
Matthew Macgreor. Cover to High
Moon. Art by Steve Ellis. |
| Publication
information |
| Publisher |
Zuda imprint of DC Comics |
| Schedule |
Weekly, Every Tuesday at Sundown |
| Format |
Ongoing webcomic series |
| Publication date |
2007–ongoing |
| Main character(s) |
Matthew Macgregor |
| Creative team |
| Writer(s) |
David Gallaher |
| Artist(s) |
Steve Ellis |
| Creator(s) |
David Gallaher
Steve Ellis |
High Moon is an award-winning werewolf western webcomic series, developed in 2004 with a
debut in 2007
as a part of Zuda, DC Comics' webcomic imprint. The first season concluded on July 8,
2008. Season two ran from August 16 to November 25, 2008. Season
three began its run on February 9 2009.
Publication
history
Created by David Gallaher and Steve
Ellis High Moon was part of Zuda's initial launch in
October 2007. In November 2007,
High Moon[1] was
awarded a contract with DC Comics, where the strip was serialized
on Zuda.com. Scott
O. Brown is the production artist and letterer.
Synopsis
In the first series, a bounty hunter, Matthew Macgregor,
investigates a series of strange happenings in the Texas town of Blest, where drought has brought
famine and hardship to most of the town and surrounding ranches.
Additionally, the nights are haunted by werewolves. While
Macgregor, a former Pinkerton
detective, seeks to uncover the town's secrets, he tries
desperately to keep secret his own past steeped in witchcraft and the supernatural. The
second series finds werewolf-hunter Macgregor in Ragged Rock, Oklahoma, investigating a
series of murders following a bizarre train robbery, and finds
himself caught in a vendetta and confronting a technological
monstrosity. In series three, Macgregor helps a young woman and
finds himself amid two warring factions in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Characters
- Eddie Conroy: Seen on Page 5 in werewolf form,
and again on Page 6 in human form.
- Tristan Macgregor: Member of the Macgregor
family, an esoteric subset of the Pinkertons
Supporting
characters
- Tara Bradley: Daughter of legendary lawman
Sheriff Patrick Bradley, Tara is a beautiful redhead who since
moving to Blest has been working for the Sheriff's office. She
first appears on Page 2.
- Deputy Jeb Garret: He first appears on page 2.
He enjoys reading dime novels.
- Gabriel Hunter: The founder on Blest and
father of the little girl who goes missing on Page 1 of the story
arc, he first appears on Page 2.
- Margaret Hunter: Goes missing in Page 1 of the
opening prologue.
- Mavis Hunter: Seen on Page 7, and recounts his
story in a flashback on page 10.
- Sheriff Patrick Bradley: Mentioned on Page 2,
does not appear in the prologue.
- Doc McNear: Appears on page 11, where he aids
Mavis Hunter with her hysteria, and later is confronted by
Conroy.
- Were-Bats: Strange, multi-eyed, multi-armed
bat creatures, spawned from the Jim Bowie caves
- Miss Molly: Appears on Page 33. Owner of the
Crabapple dance hall.
- Others includes Ester, August, and Frederick
Kittel, Vivian, and
Egregore
Print
In November 2008, DC announced that Bayou and High
Moon will be the first two Zuda titles to be published as graphic novels, in
June and October 2009, respectively.[3]
Awards
- High Moon was nominated for two 2009 Harvey Awards, for Best New Series and Best
Online Work, winning the latter award.[4].
Notes
References
External
links
- Comixology.com New York Comic
Con podcast
- D'Orazio, Valerie. "Occasional Interviews: Zuda
Artist Steve Ellis on High Moon,
OccasionalSuperheroine.com, October 31, 2007
- "Last Minute Edition - David
Gallaher on High Moon and Zuda.com",
YourMomsBasement.com, October 30, 2007
- Kean, Benjamin Ong Pang. "The Opening Team: Talking to
the First Wave of Zuda Creators", Newsarama, November 1, 2007
- DavidGallaher.com
- Hypersteve.com (Steve
Ellis official site)
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