God Country
Image · 2017 · 6 issues
About the series
In the small-town Texas of the present day, an elderly widower named Emmett Quinlan discovers a sentient, reality-altering sword in his backyard, setting off a family drama that explodes into cosmic warfare. This Image Comics miniseries from 2017, written by Donny Cates and drawn by Geoff Shaw, uses a six-issue arc to explore grief, memory, and legacy through the lens of a father and son struggling to reconnect amid divine chaos. Shaw’s kinetic, expressive artwork grounds the story’s wild fantasy elements in raw emotion, making it a standout modern fable about the price of power and the bonds that outlast even gods.