Book Review: King issue #1

Book: King issue #1 by Joshua Hale Fialkov with illustration by Bernard Chang with color by Marcelo Maiolo

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: August 19, 2015 (digital)  January 20, 2016 (completed paperback)

Publisher: Jet City Comics

Description:

This graphic novel is a Kindle Serial published in five issues for one price. This serial currently contains one issue out of five total issues, with future issues delivered every month at no additional cost until the collected series is complete.

From critically acclaimed comic book writer Joshua Hale Fialkov (The Bunker, Echoes, and I, Vampire) and superstar artists Bernard Chang and Marcelo Maiolo (Green Lantern Corps, Batman Beyond) comes a postapocalyptic action/adventure comedy.

King just wants what anybody wants: not to get fired, eaten, or forced to mate with a cheetah lady. For Earth’s sole human survivor after the apocalypse, life among Los Angeles’s strange new populace ain’t easy. Working for the LA Department of Reclamation, King gets a lot of crappy jobs going on quests and searching for artifacts from the “old world,” which can range from the mythical (Excalibur!) to the absurd (an iPod shuffle—which, let’s be honest, was a terrible, terrible invention). The commute can be a real pain in the asphalt, too; the 405 freeway is filled with mutants, monsters, mayhem, and tentacled Elder Gods. And that’s all before you hit the horrors of the San Fernando Valley. As the world’s freakish inhabitants battle for supremacy, King searches for the “seed of life,” which may give Earth the second chance it probably doesn’t even deserve.

Issue #1: King is the sole human survivor of the apocalypse. While working for the LA Department of Reclamation, he scours the wasteland in search of the “life seed”—but discovers his deadliest foe instead.



Rating: 5 stars

Review:

In this first issue, King who is the only human left following a devastating apocalyptic event must go about his day avoiding death and dismemberment from all the Gods, monsters and mutants who despise him just so he can get to his job. He works for the LA Department of Reclamation and his latest assignment is to go over to Encino to acquire the "seed of life". Trying to find this "seed of life" is yet another in a long line of attempts to restart the Earth into re-growing natural resources amongst other things.

This job isn't without danger because if the robotic bear doesn't kill him then reuniting with someone close to him that he hasn't seen in years just might.

The first issue of King is both smart and funny as it sets up what will be I hope a rather interesting fantasy adventure with King most likely trying to stay alive long enough to find this "seed of life". I like the writing for this, it has a nice sort of sarcastic feel to it with the story being fast-paced and action packed.

This is exactly what I've been looking for, something different to read. I can't wait to see what happens in the second issue.