Review: Children of The Grave #1
“Children of the Grave”, is set on a Post-Apocalyptic Planet Earth, 30 years from now in the year 2050. The beginning of the story revolves around a town that is residence to a commune. The commune has been isolated from the rest of the world but is mostly self-sufficient. The commune doesn“t know anything about the world prior to arriving at the town.
That is except for one individual. A young man in his 20’s named Daniel. Daniel often uses his prescribed gathering time to explore the forbidden area surrounding the town. The surrounding area seems to have been abandoned, and untouched by civilization in a while. Still, Daniel has been able to find remnants of the past human civilization, but he doesn“t know what it means. He is concerned by concept that in the past civilization the people had to work for what they got. But in the town they seem to receive whatever they need from the “Providers”“. So Daniel sets in motion his plan, which is to set out on a mission deepeer into the Prohibited Zone. He feels that something is wrong, and he wants answers.
The only thing getting in his way is the Defacto leader of the commune, Brother Cruise. Brother Cruise who supports genuinely Daniels intelligence, and questioning of the way things are. But he wants Daniel at the end of the day to find “Contentment”“.
Sam Romesburg & Ben Roberts, have so far executed key parts of this book well. Post-Apocalyptic mood tropes aside, “Children of the Grave”“ communicates the hopelessness of a lost civilization well. It gives the read a lot of question to ponder, which if we are lucky could be the driving force of the title going forward. The main character so far is unlikable. His “I know more that everyone ” attitude feels boogie and empty with out being beside him as he goes through his existential growth.
As for the Creative art team of Giolle Filippo, Marco Lesko, the post civilization mood was expected fair enough, but there are some outstanding panels that make me think that once, Daniel makes it deeper into the Prohibited zone the title might really take off.
3 out of 5 Stars.
Writers: Sam Romesburg & Ben Roberts
Illustrator: Giolle Filippo
Colorist: Marco Lesko
Letterer: Justin Birch
Publisher: Scout Comics
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