Post Americana #1

Post Americana #1

Image Comics 2020

Written & Illustrated by Steve Skroce

Coloured by Dave Stewart

Lettered & Designed by Fonografiks

The Cheyanne mountain installation, aka The BUBBLE, is the most sophisticated super bunker in the world. It was built to ensure the survival of America's executive branch of government and its most important citizens, should the unthinkable happen. When the world ended, the executive branch failed to reach the sanctuary, but the elite citizenry did. Eighty years later, one of their own has named himself the new President of the United States. His plan? Subjugate the survivors of the American Wasteland using the same bunker resources meant to rebuild it. The only thing standing in their way is a deadly Wasteland girl, hellbent on revenge!

Well with the title being what it is I was wondering what it was we were to going to be seeing. Post anything usually means a disaster of some sort to has occurred and the fact that this takes place after such an event and one that isn’t explained is perfectly done. I really don’t want to know the details that will just take up too much time and energy when all everything really needs to do is move forward. The way we start everything here is brilliantly done with a man who appears to be the President of the United States. This is the way it should be done and there are plenty of clues as to where they are and what is about to happen.

The way this is being told is phenomenal! The story & plot development that we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is presented beautifully. From the introduction of the characters to how we are seeing the story unfold allows us to jump right into the deep end without a flotation device and not feel like we are the lease bit lost. It’s quite a fine display of talent that we are seeing here when it comes to how this is structured and how the layers of the story continue to emerge is really rather exquisite. The pacing is superb and as it takes us through the pages revealing the story, the world and the characters we are taken on this amazing journey. The way we see everything working together to create the story’s ebb & flow is utterly delightful in this dark and twisted manner.

The interiors here are fantastic! The linework is strong, confident and through the use of its varying weights we see such great detail work. There is some absolutely delightful utilisation of creativity and imagination on display here. Those dinosaur chickens yeah that’s how you regress a bird back to have prehistoric tendencies. The utilisation of backgrounds throughout do more than simply enhance the moments the4y work to bring depth perception, a sense of scale and that overall sense of size and scope to the story as well. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the angles show a remarkable eye for storytelling. The colour work is extraordinary. The way we see the hues and tones within the colour being utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work is beautifully rendered. I really do like seeing just how well the techniques to lay the colour down are utilised throughout and whether it’s the subtle skin variations or the clothing that looks so incredibly good it is a true joy.

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What an utterly delightful debut that brings us a look at a post apocalyptic style world where life has taken a decidedly drastic road. This is the joy of seeing a creator unleashing their talent, skill, charm and uniqueness onto the page for the world to enjoy.