Image Comics presents Antioch, the hotly anticipated sequel to Frontiersman, collected into a trade paperback. Reuniting the Frontiersman creative team, Antioch is written by Patrick Kindlon, with art and colors from Marco Ferrari and letters by Jim Campbell. Collecting all four issues of Antioch, the story picks up directly after Frontiersman’s remanding to state prison before his murder trial begins.Antioch opens with the titular character continuing his crusade against the destructive havoc wreaked across natura by humankind — particularly fossil fuel giants AL/PA. Taking inspiration from the arrest of Frontiersman, Antioch turns himself in as an eco-terrorist, determined to expose the crimes of AL/PA in his very own day in court. Inside the prison, Antioch and Frontiersman find themselves at the center of a life-or-death conspiracy, surrounded by enemies and untrustworthy allies alike.The pacing of Antioch feels really consistent and satisfying throughout, taking its time in building subplots, dense character portraits, and small intricacies of worldbuilding. This does a great job of distracting from the reality that the plot is relatively thin, using characters to drive the story forward over a simple framework. Many of the characters feel insightfully explored, although the righteous nihilism of Antioch is a touch underdeveloped from a thematic perspective, and he remains more of a cipher for a modern approach to Frontiersman’s environmental radicalism than a fleshed-out character for most of the comic. The dialogue is incredibly sharp throughout. Conversations are pithy, dramatic, and frequently funny, with a great sense of comedic timing and how individual voices are formed through linguistic choices. Although a stridently entertaining book nonetheless, Antioch doesn’t really work as a stand-alone read. It’s very much a sequel.
Image Comics presents Antioch, the hotly anticipated sequel to Frontiersman, collected into a trade paperback. Reuniting the Frontiersman creative team, Antioch is written by Patrick Kindlon, with art and colors from Marco Ferrari and letters by Jim Campbell. Collecting all four issues of Antioch, the story picks up directly after Frontiersman’s remanding to state prison before his murder trial begins.
Antioch opens with the titular character continuing his crusade against the destructive havoc wreaked across natura by humankind — particularly fossil fuel giants AL/PA. Taking inspiration from the arrest of Frontiersman, Antioch turns himself in as an eco-terrorist, determined to expose the crimes of AL/PA in his very own day in court. Inside the prison, Antioch and Frontiersman find themselves at the center of a life-or-death conspiracy, surrounded by enemies and untrustworthy allies alike.
The pacing of Antioch feels really consistent and satisfying throughout, taking its time in building subplots, dense character portraits, and small intricacies of worldbuilding. This does a great job of distracting from the reality that the plot is relatively thin, using characters to drive the story forward over a simple framework. Many of the characters feel insightfully explored, although the righteous nihilism of Antioch is a touch underdeveloped from a thematic perspective, and he remains more of a cipher for a modern approach to Frontiersman’s environmental radicalism than a fleshed-out character for most of the comic. The dialogue is incredibly sharp throughout. Conversations are pithy, dramatic, and frequently funny, with a great sense of comedic timing and how individual voices are formed through linguistic choices. Although a stridently entertaining book nonetheless, Antioch doesn’t really work as a stand-alone read. It’s very much a sequel.
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