High Legend: Inside High Noon

High Legend- Inside High Noon by John Mulholland

From acclaimed filmmaker John Mulholland comes High Legend, a stunning graphic novel adaptation inspired by his celebrated PBS documentary Inside High Noon.

Blending cinematic intensity with visual storytelling, High Legend revisits the making—and the meaning—of one of America’s most enduring Westerns. Set against the fevered backdrop of McCarthy-era Hollywood, this powerful work explores the courage of screenwriter Carl Foreman, who stood defiant before the House Un-American Activities Committee and paid the price with his career. His story unfolds in stark, evocative panels that mirror the moral solitude of High Noon’s Marshal Will Kane—a man standing alone in a town too afraid to do what’s right.

Mulholland brings his documentarian’s precision and storyteller’s heart to this bold reimagining, transforming history into a vivid visual narrative of conviction, betrayal, and integrity. High Legend is both a tribute and a reckoning—a meditation on art, politics, and the enduring question: what do we owe to our conscience when the world turns away?

A tale of courage in the face of fear, High Legend reminds us that sometimes, the bravest stand is the one we take alone.