Homestead- A Comic Review

Publisher:

Source Point Press

Release Date:

April 15, 2026

Creative Team:

Dirk Manning (writer)

Les Garner (artist)

Colin Johnson (colorist)

Dave Lentz (letterer)

Solicit:

Now an official Ringo Award Nominee for 2025! 

It's 1868 in North Dakota, and retired soldier Bill Simmons is starting a new life with his new family on land issued to him as part of the Homestead Act. Unbeknownst to him, the land the United States government has granted him overlaps with territories occupied by the Lakota Nation, including a proud warrior and a zealous medicine man willing to go to supernatural extremes to protect the people, their loved ones, and their way of life.

What results is an equally horrific and heartbreaking battle as these two parties wage an isolated and intense war with each other as they both try to defend what they feel is theirs to protect by any means necessary… including embracing the “Spirit of the Wolf.”

Written by three-time Ringo Award finalist Dirk Manning (TALES OF MR. RHEE, ARN ANDERSON: MY LIFE AS THE ENFORCER, HOPE), and illustrated by series co-creator Les Garner (APOCALYPSE GIRL, BUTTS IN SEATS: THE TONY SCHIAVONE STORY), this 100-page “one-and-done” original graphic novel is rounded-out by the team of colorist Colin Johnson (NIGHT WALKERS, THE WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE), letter/book designer Dave Lentz (GOOD BOY, SPACE MONKEY KNIGHTS GO!), editor Drena Jo (TWIZTID HAUNTED HIGH-ONS, BROKEN GARGOYLES), and Lakota creative consultant Rau Blackhawk with publisher Source Point Press.

This is not a story of “good guys” versus “bad guys.” This is a story of family and survival as two opposing parties both try to defend their HOMESTEAD.

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Review

I enjoyed this book. I don't normally read/watch much media dealing with the Old West. Having a werewolf on the cover definitely helps. There's quite a bit of action that takes place across this volume which is made up of 4 issues. I liked how much focus was placed on the Lakota people. The story does not take the turn you expect in the end. The art gets better and better as the story goes on. The story does not make you pick a side in the conflict which was definitely a plus. Also the creative team went out of their way to get a Lakota member as a creative consultant.

If I were to give any criticism, there were two things that had me confused. The first was the choice to have the main character rescue a family from a real onery guy but I couldn't understand how the main character got in involved in the first place. The second part was a note on issue 2 stating 50 years ago. I couldn't tell if the person 50 years ago was the same person in the currently timeline and still young or the older man.

The transitions from person to werewolf were really well handled. Bravo team on a great comic.

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