By Caza
Publisher: Humanoids
ISBN: 9798893577198
This is quite a book.
Created by Caza back in the 1989, this story took over two decades to complete and, up until now, there’s been no English translation. In that time Caza’s illustrative style and techniques have changed along with the industry and the processes it uses to print. And yet this remains a cohesive, grandiose, and satisfying read from beginning to end, tying up loose ends and giving reason to the various outlandish sci-fi plot points.
Set on a future Earth where the planet has stopped revolving, half the world exists in heat and the other in freezing cold. The Earth has been like this for 10,000 years and despite the cataclysm claiming countless lives, some still exist. Although nobody’s quite what we’d consider to be normal. Even the handful of biologically pure humans are struggling. Cyborgs, known as Titans, help maintain this tiny population, but it’s outside, where permanent day touches permanent night, that a catalyst for lasting change is born.
Any fan of 2000AD will appreciate the epic story presented here. Its gargantuan scale, mutated masses, bloodthirsty warriors, and apocalyptic backdrop mean every turn of the page offers a new idea to explore. Caza’s style, at times, reminded me of Cam Kennedy’s, straying into Brett Ewins, if you need an idea of what to expect, but it’s more than that, and gloriously coloured throughout. And the books presentation is utterly first class.
Considering I’d never heard of the story or the artist before I bought this, I found the entire experience hugely evocative of the comics I enjoyed growing up. A real buzz of nostalgia for something I had no right to feel nostalgic about.
And if you liked that: Read The Incal, also from Humanoids
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