Shot all the Hell

Discover the incredible true story behind the most famous bank robbery of all time in this thrilling graphic novel adaptation of Mark Lee Gardner’s award-winning book Shot All to Hell: Jesse James, The Northfield Raid, and the Wild West’s Greatest Escape.

Mark Lee Gardner’s award-winning book Shot All to Hell follows Jesse James and his notorious gang of outlaws as they plan, carry out—and ultimately bungle—the most famous bank robbery in Western history. Now fans of the James brothers and history buffs can experience the bloody true story like never before with this deluxe hardcover graphic novel adapted from the original book.

In September 1876, the James-Younger Gang forced their way into Northfield, Minnesota’s First National Bank—only to find themselves in a deadly battle against a horde of heroic citizens intent on defending their town from the Missourian marauders. Featuring stunning artwork and an exciting, faithful-to-the-novel script from Nate Olson and Gardner himself, Shot All to Hell: The Graphic Novel offers comics fans a thrilling Western adventure featuring the most famous American outlaw of all time.

Mark Lee Gardner is the author of To Hell on a Fast Horse, a dual biography of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett. An authority on the American West, he has appeared on the History Channel, the Travel Channel, PBS’s The American Experience, NPR, and BBC Radio. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, the Daily Beast, True West, and American Cowboy. Gardner lives with his family at the foot of Pikes Peak in Cascade, Colorado.

Nate Olson is an artist currently living in Boston. Originally from northeast Massachusetts, Nate spent his early childhood in a variety of places including Norway and England. He graduated with a BFA in Illustration from MASSART, and has been working as a freelance illustrator for the past 3 years.

Nicolas Chapuis is a freelance comic book colorist and illustrator from Germany. He became involved in comics in 2007. Working on a freelance basis, he has colored for Arcana, Disney/Hyperion, Dynamite Entertainment, Image Comics, and Toykyopop. Notable titles he has worked on are Disney Hyperion's comic book adaptation of the first book in Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy, The Amulet of Samarkand; Dynamite's adaptations of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, and Image's Marineman series.