by Brian Wood (Author), Danijel Zezelj (Artist), Dave
Stewart (Artist)
Publisher: Image
Comics (January 19, 2016)
Softcover, 120
pages
This is part one
of a two-part series. In a dystopian future, the most popular TV show is
Starve, a decadent, often illegal, cooking show using violence and illegal
animals to create truly exotic dishes. Its creator returns after years in
self-imposed exile and believes the show is now a stain on a once-noble
profession. He is ready to go to war to stop it. Three things stand in his way:
his arch rival, his revenge-fueled ex-wife, and his adult daughter Angiel.
Every
time Brian Wood comes up with a new comics, it's always something which hasn't
been done in comics before. From alternate history, to stories of the Vikings,
to a future warzone that was once NYC, etc. This story is no exception. The
premise sounds like a boring idea, but the execution is amazing. Somehow the
artist and writer made the preparation of food gripping and drama ridden on the
flat page.
Zezilj's
art is moody and expressive, perfectly suited to the dystopian nightmare world
where the financial divide is nearly irreparably distant. There’s always
something deeper going on than the surface layer of the story that Brian Wood
tells. Starve is about the gap between the rich and the poor. It’s about the
over-consumption of resources by the privileged. It’s about the waste and
excess and greed that kills the environment and assures that the poor will
continue to starve. It’s about the difference between pride in doing something
well and the desire to be recognized for doing something well.
For more readings, try books by Rex Hurst.
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