A review by ramseyhootman
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - The Journey Begins by Sean Phillips, Robin Furth, Peter David, Stephen King, Richard Isanove

5.0

I'm SO angry at myself for not reading this earlier in my life! Not that I don't love it now, because I absolutely do, but back in college this would have blown my little mind. My only other experience with Stephen King was Misery and a sampling of some of his other contemporary horror, but this is so much deeper and more lyric. I adore the mashup of solid Biblical allusion, English lit, tarot, and what has got to be a substantial amount of LSD. And the characters are really magnificent. Now I understand when people are talking about when they venerate Stephen King.

I have heard that this series goes downhill towards the end, and that usually bothers me, but you know what, this first installment was so damn good I don't even care. Worth it.