Copyright Date:
2018
Edition Date:
2018
Release Date:
09/04/18
Illustrator:
Donovan, Eryk,
Pages:
1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN:
1-684-15206-2
ISBN 13:
978-1-684-15206-3
Dewey:
Fic
Dimensions:
26 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews
When a pandemic threatens to eradicate humans, a brilliant geneticist has an insidious idea to save humanity. In 2037, millions have fallen to the lethal Mississippi Delta Virus until Dr. Cyrus Crane, a 33-year-old doctor with a full-color tattoo sleeve and a hot pink streak in his hair, develops a vaccine with a 100 percent success rate. As the immunizations are administered globally, recipients discover that their offspring are born with asymmetrical faces and an entirely new spectrum of skin colors. The narrative bounds ahead centuries to a time in which humans and the new species of beings (who self-identify as NuMans) grapple with their new reality. This third volume in the loosely-related Apocalypse series is an excellent read for fans of dark sci-fi like Black Mirror or those seeking more inclusive science-fiction graphic novels (all of the main characters in Tynion's installments are queer). Donovan (Quantum Teens Are Go, 2018, etc.) and Cunniffe's (Redneck #14, 2018, etc.) full-color, cinematically styled rendering of NuMans is delightfully sinister, depicting each with a different asymmetrical face; particularly striking is an image of a politician with a disquieting grin that bisects his face. Tynion's (Justice League, 2018, etc.) worldbuilding is gritty and violent, ratcheting up intriguing concepts of social aesthetics and mores until they are deeply and provocatively malevolent.This edgy and thought-provoking graphic novel is sure to both enthrall and unsettle. (Graphic dystopia. 14-adult)
A brand new story of the apocalypse from horror masters James Tynion IV and Eryk Donovan, Eugenic tracks the evolution of humanity across three separate centuries as each set of descendants must grapple with the sins of their predecessors.
When a plague ravages the world, one scientist discovers the cure and becomes the savior of mankind. Hope is restored, and the world rebuilds. But then people who took the cure begin having children who are... unnatural, and the definition of "normal" is forever altered.
The GLAAD Award-nominated team of James Tynion IV (Detective Comics, Memetic) and Eryk Donovan (Constantine: The Hellblazer, Quantum Teens are Go) bring you a new vision of the apocalypse, exploring the conception and evolution of humanity’s future across three separate centuries.