The Wake #1
A distressing sight from the future, mythical creatures, and mysteries of the darkest and uncharted depths of the ocean. Scott Snyder’s The Wake explores all of these subjects.
Let’s just keep a lot of the first issue of The Wake a secret, let’s not spoil some very interesting and tasty surprises for everyone else. I didn’t detail the plot summary because, of course, the books strengths is it’s final stunning last two pages. Ha, still didn’t give anything away.
The Wake is a 10 issue series written by Scott Snyder for Vertigo Comics, and it fits the publisher perfectly. The story has so much to tell and Snyder does a great job keeping you on your heels. Man, I can’t stop thinking about how the first issue ended!
Sean Murphy joins Snyder on his quest to create a new mythical race. You should hopefully know Murphy from his politically righteous book, Punk Rock Jesus, one I thoroughly enjoyed from beginning to end. Murphy puts in a little easter egg, even having one of the characters sport a Flack Jackets hat. Murphy’s art has this clean, aggressive, almost sketch-like feel to it, a technique that I immediately recognized. And I love seeing it with color added to it, something PRJ lacked.
Just looking at the creative cast here, this should be a no brainer that this book has quality written all over it. Look forward to some mad shit going down over the following nine issues.
You can read more of Burke’s reviews over at nerdfarmblog.com, and be sure to pick up all your favorite titles at Cosmic Comics! Las Vegas.
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