Briggs Land

In the mid-2010s, Dark Horse published this six-issue series from writer Brian Wood and artist Mack Chater, a tense family drama set within a vast, secessionist compound in upstate New York. The story follows Grace Briggs as she struggles to hold her family and their land together after her husband, the charismatic patriarch, is jailed, forcing her to navigate internal power struggles and external pressures. Wood and Chater ground this modern Western in a stark, realistic aesthetic, exploring themes of loyalty, extremism, and survival without easy answers. Briggs Land stands out as a thoughtful, character-driven crime saga that examines the fractures within an American family and the dangerous ideals they cling to.