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Postapocalyptic Fiction, Part Three
Feb. 10th, 2016 09:08 amThe Book/s
East of West, written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Nick Dragotta
What This Is
a comic series put out by Image that's been ongoing since March 2013
Are existing power structures maintained?
The premise of the story is that the Civil War only ended when a comet hit North America in the early twentieth century. After this small apocalypse, various regions on the continent established their own sovereignty, with areas of land such as Texas, California, and the Louisiana Purchase becoming separate political entities. Each of these countries has its own unique culture and government, but they're all slouching toward a larger apocalypse that will be set off when a late Cold War style detente is broken by eschatological religious fervor at the highest levels of leadership. In any case it's cool to see things like corporate Washington and neo-Orientalist Los Angeles side together to break an alliance between monarchist New Orleans and a cyberpunk First Nation.
Are women raped and murdered?
It's entirely possible that I'm forgetting something, but I don't think anyone is raped, and the murder is equal opportunity. The most invasive act of violence is performed against a male character, but people of all genders and sexualities die in all sorts of horrible ways.
East of West, written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Nick Dragotta
What This Is
a comic series put out by Image that's been ongoing since March 2013
Are existing power structures maintained?
The premise of the story is that the Civil War only ended when a comet hit North America in the early twentieth century. After this small apocalypse, various regions on the continent established their own sovereignty, with areas of land such as Texas, California, and the Louisiana Purchase becoming separate political entities. Each of these countries has its own unique culture and government, but they're all slouching toward a larger apocalypse that will be set off when a late Cold War style detente is broken by eschatological religious fervor at the highest levels of leadership. In any case it's cool to see things like corporate Washington and neo-Orientalist Los Angeles side together to break an alliance between monarchist New Orleans and a cyberpunk First Nation.
Are women raped and murdered?
It's entirely possible that I'm forgetting something, but I don't think anyone is raped, and the murder is equal opportunity. The most invasive act of violence is performed against a male character, but people of all genders and sexualities die in all sorts of horrible ways.
