Badlands

Steven Grant and Vince Giarrano launched this single-issue Dark Horse comic in 1993, a taut, self-contained crime story set in the gritty margins of the American Southwest. The book’s stark, atmospheric art and lean, hard-boiled scripting capture a moment of desperation and moral compromise, making it a concise, potent entry in the early-'90s indie crime comics boom. Though short-lived, it stands as a focused showcase for both creators' strengths.