Media Release -- Jude, the son of God (well, one of the sons, anyway) is trapped in Purgatory. Thankfully, he has friends on the outside: Nettie, a Victorian woman with unknown powers; her daughter Essie, commander of an army of unbaptized children; and the late, great Ernest Hemingway. On their journey to break Jude out of his interminable imprisonment, they run afoul of clockwork angels, celestial bureaucrats, and the Great Potato Himself. Can they overcome the very powers that be in order to free their friend and rewrite the system of the afterlife?
THE LIFE AFTER VOL. 3: EXODUS
(W) Joshua Hale Fialkov
(A/C/CA) Gabo
AGE RANGE: 15 and up
GENRE: Fantasy, Adventure
PRICE: $19.99
136 PAGES
This volume collects the first five issues of Exodus: The Life After, a strange and insightful journey into the afterlife and beyond.
Why We Love It:
It's a wild, surreal, absurd, and humorous depiction of the afterlife for all life—aliens, robots, Miles Davis, and more.
The universe is chaos run by a mad potato, but the afterlife goes under new management when Ernest Hemingway makes a deal with the God Potato.
Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov, the mastermind behind The Bunker, Elk's Run, Tumor, and Jeff Steinberg: Champion of Earth, with art by Gabo (Elephantmen, Albert the Alien).
Praise for THE LIFE AFTER:
"As far as I know, this is the only comic on stands that features Ernest Hemingway as a prominent character. That alone should make it a must read. But if that's not enough for you, it features interesting takes on all corners of the afterlife, making for a comic that's as funny as it is thoughtful." Multiversity Comics
"Simply one of the best books!" Comicosity
"This is pure 'flight of fancy' and well worth a look-see, especially if your sense of humour runs to the sharp and sinister. DOGMA meets HANNIBAL meets BLACK BOOKS? How about that for a heady mix? [...] You better catch up with this before cool mates tell you you're an idiot."
An Englishman in San Diego
"Have you ever imagined what a conversation between a long-dead Ernest Hemingway and the all-powerful potato that is God would be like? You don't have to wonder any longer—Joshua Hale Fialkov has written that scene (or, you know, the potato has made him write it), and it's all pretty wonderful." Comics Nexus
"This is a story that's as sharply written as anything out there, the dialogue moving along with equal parts wit and wisdom. Joshua Hale Fialkov has managed to infuse a pretty eclectic cast of characters with depth and insight [...] the artwork by Gabo is so in tune with Fialkov's words that more is said in a panel with no dialogue than some novels I've read."
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