Great Divide #2
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Publisher Description
Paul and Maria find themselves uneasy allies on the run in a world where any physical contact results in agonizing death. But the bloody effects of the “Divide” may be the least of their concerns when they stumble into the crosshairs of a deranged serial killer and a group of “baredevils” who thrive on the danger of exposed skin. Join Ben Fisher and Adam Markiewicz as they spin an “original and compelling twist on the post-apocalyptic genre.” (Kevin Grevioux, creator of Underworld and I, Frankenstein). Each issue of THE GREAT DIVIDE comes with unique additional content. Issue #2 will include a digital code for downloading pages to a post-apocalyptic adult coloring book, drawn by Markiewicz.
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Fisher and Markiewicz make their graphic novel debut with a jokey, blood-and-guts new addition to the postapocalyptic genre. Human society has collapsed after the appearance of a strange disease that causes people's heads to erupt after somebody touches them, after which their ghosts take up residence in the head of the person who killed them. After the briefest of prologues, readers are plunged into the depths of the rubble-strewn aftermath. Terminally sarcastic loner Paul hooks up with cutthroat scavenger Maria after accidentally killing her brother, Carlos, who was infected. Carlos's ghost attaches itself inside Paul's head, which is the only thing that keeps trigger-happy Maria from murdering Paul on their odyssey to locate a safe refuge. Markiewicz's art is crisp and detailed; Fisher's deadpan writing allows an almost gleeful and near-continuous bloodletting. Indeed, the potentially promising facets of the world are too often discarded in favor of more mayhem.
