Oscar Martin

Well this was a pleasant surprise. I came across this comic by pure chance and I can say what a story. I truly hope they translate more of these books to English.

Story setting is like something from the W40K - after a cataclysm Earth is now roamed by humans and mutants - both mutated creatures created by man and various species (cats, dogs, rats, reptiles etc) that mutated to human level intelligence. It is world where food is scarce and everyone is source of food for the other one. Weapons are mix of blades and guns and it is visible that more advanced engines of destruction are in existence.

So we follow Solo, our protagonist, mutated rat, as he leaves his home because he became of age and due to too many mouths to feed he needs to start his life on his own. This will put him into existential crisis as he wanders the desolated area and has his life changed by savageness of the nature and other creatures he comes into contact with. This will make a cynic of him but at the end he will manage to find a small of piece of heaven where he can finally relax and live normally.

Many people compare him with Conan but I dont think it is good comparison. While Conan seeks wealth and position in the world (to show how "civilized" civilizations are, how hypocritical they are) and considers strife natural order of things, Solo just wants to survive so he can live normally (not unlike Ridley Scott's Gladiator protagonist). And to survive his skills (both martial and survivalist) get honed to the perfection.

Art is..... beautiful is understatement. Considering the adult theme of the comic it might strike reader as a contrast to have Disney level of drawings coming to life before his eyes (same feeling I had for Siegfried comic books). Its amazing, needs to be experienced. Just beautiful.

Recommended to all fans of stories about civilization rebuilding after apocalypse.… (more)

Second volume finds our hero leaving his safe heaven and ending up again in the wilderness alone. Soon his actions will bring him back to people he knew and never expected to come across again. This unexpected contact will help him to find his path again.

But when he gets back he will encounter destruction and his love missing. What and who took Lyra and for what means (and is it related to the way local human colony is planning to survive?).

Solo tries to bring his old cynicism to the surface but he now knows that there is more to life than pure self-existence.

Art as in previous volume is pure joy for the eyes. I truly hope more books about Solo are coming in in the future.

Highly recommended.… (more)