By Caza
Publisher : Heavy
Metal Magazine (October 1, 2001)
Softcover, 104
pages
Once again I’ve
found a graphic novel for way cheaper than people are selling it for online. The Age of Darkness by Caza, if you wish
to buy it - and you should as it is a beautifully told and illustrated book -
look on the Heavy Metal website, where you can purchase a new copy for $5.18.
When I look on eBay and Amazon these rip-off merchants are trying to sell it
for $75 to $125. Forget it. Take the sealed, brand new copy from the original
publishers for a more-than-fair price.
Set
in the very far future, in the year 666 of an unknown calendar the cities of
‘oms, a degenerated human race, begin to fail and die out under the changing
world. This was the Shadow Age, a time when the planet Earth still rotated on
its axis, but more and more slowly. At that time, the 'Oms, the Inhabitants of
the Shadows, still lived in their fortified cities. But the ramparts of the
Night were closing in on them, terrifying them and swallowing them up. And yet,
among the Shadows, dreams gradually rose up in the form of primitive beings
that became known as the "Others." Knowing neither pity nor hatred,
these creatures had only goal: to reclaim their birthright, the land they had
Lost: the Earth.
This
story is told through a series of 14 vignettes set in this world mentioned
above. Many have been published in Heavy
Metal Magazine, and were previously published in the French Metal Hurlant. The artwork is stunning
in its detail and use of color, and is ably reproduced in this book. Although
each entry rarely is longer than 5 -6 pages, the plots are well-composed and
show measures of quirky humor, horror, and pathos.
For more readings, try books by Rex Hurst.
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