A few years ago, while browsing my local library’s healthy collection of graphic novels, my eyes were drawn to this graphic novel called Southern Bastards. With an in-your-face title like that and the cover showing a man armed with a bat getting ready to take on an angry mob, I had to see what this was about. Nearly a decade later, I’m sitting here getting just as excited now that there is a book-to-screen adaptation on the way.
I recently stumbled upon a report from The Hollywood Reporter outlining the early happenings of Hulu’s take on Jason Aaron and Jason LaTour’s hard-hitting saga of food served hot and revenge served ice-cold in a southern town obsessed with high school football, and I couldn’t be more excited. With Kevin Bacon set to star, and some major players working on things behind the scenes, we could have our next crime saga on our hands. I just wonder if streaming is ready for the madness of Southern Bastards.
