Massimo Rosi writes, Alex Nieto illustrates and Mattia Gentili letters Locusts, a post-apocalyptic story about the great transformation. People are turning into locusts, huge and hungry.
Max, a fisherman is searching for a little girl, but is encountering a lot of pushback, or shall we say ‘hop back’ (?) as he pursues his quest. You see, there is a religious fellow called Ford who wants this little girl too. It’s biblical, it’s epic.
So there we have it, a plaque upon our houses, a religious leader, and a missing girl. A fisherman, appropriately enough, is trying to save people. But it’s played well, a combo meal of Walking Dead, and the ‘mutation virus’ epidemic. Nicely done are the scenes in the supermarket, the care of the elderly. It’s chaos, examined and experimented with by Rosi.
The artwork is strong and sturdy. Well-drawn figures, fissures, fugues, and fistfights. Beautifully moody colours. The monsters are frightening, the car chases dramatically lit and deconstructed.
There is a lot, lot LOT of back and forth in time with this tale. “Today”, “two years ago” and repeat, repeat. This gets a bit much, but keep your eyes on the road and your hand on the pages, as you venture among the locust beings, joining the thrilling search for entertainment.
Scout, Locust #2, $3.99 for 25 pages of content
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