Elena Marlowe veut échapper à la Terre avec sa famille avant qu’un astéroïde n’entre en collision avec la planète. Le gouvernement est l’unique décisionnaire sur la portion de la population qui survivra au cataclysme. En leur refusant l’accès à une navette de sauvetage, il condamne Marlowe et les siens à une mort certaine. Que va faire Elena ?
C’est les prémisses de la nouvelle série Broken World que le scénariste Frank Barbière (Five Ghosts, Avengers World) compare à des œuvres post-apocalyptiques et survivalistes comme Y The Last Man ou la série télévisée Lost. La partie graphique sera assurée quant à elle par Christopher Peterson.
Le premier numéro sortira en juin chez Boom! Studio.
[quote]« Broken World » is very much a love letter to the « survival » and « post-apocalyptic » genres. I’ve wanted to do a story like this for a very long time, and after nearly a year of pre-planning and hard work with my excellent editors – Eric Harburn and Chris Rosa, respectively – we’re ready to unveil our unique, character-driven take.
This project has been a very big challenge for me because for the first time I’m truly stepping outside a lot of tropes of various genres and focusing entirely on character drama. I love writing superhero stories, pulp-inspired action and fantasy, but « Broken World » has challenged me to get back to the core of storytelling: character. It’s certainly an ambitious project, and I have great admiration for BOOM! for letting me tell it with them.[/quote]
Ca rappelle vaguement Extant, la série TV, aussi sur une femme « forte » qui doit sauver sa famille et la faire quitter la Terre.
Ca ne rappelle rien de bon.
[quote]Broken World #1
Story by Frank J. Barbiere
Art by Christopher Peterson
Colors by Marissa Louise
Letters by Ed Dukeshire
Cover by Christopher Peterson, Frazer Irving, Christian Ward
Publisher BOOM! Studios
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Jun 3rd, 2015
What’s to Love: We’re thrilled to publish the one new original series co-created and written by Frank J. Barbiere (Five Ghosts, Avengers World) in 2015. Broken World is a gripping sci-fi thriller and survival adventure great for fans of Y: The Last Man or The Massive. Barbiere and co-creator/artist Christopher Peterson (Grindhouse, Mayday) will explore the lives of people left behind in the apocalypse.
What It Is: With a meteor days away from causing an extinction-level event on Earth, time is running out for Elena Marlowe. While most of the planet’s population and her family were approved by the government to escape on one of the giant spaceships headed to another planet, her application was denied due to her mysterious past. With the meteor fast approaching, Elena tries desperately to find a way to fake her way onto the last ship or else be left behind to die with the rest of Earth’s rejected denizens.[/quote]
[quote]Broken World #2
Story by Frank J. Barbiere
Art by Christopher Peterson
Colors by Marissa Louise
Letters by Ed Dukeshire
Cover by Christopher Peterson
Publisher BOOM! Studios
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Jul 1st, 2015
With the world falling apart around her, Elena finds one of the government-issued suicide kits and is torn between ending her life and fighting for one last chance to reconnect with her family.[/quote]
[quote]Broken World #3
Story by Frank J. Barbiere
Art by Christopher Peterson
Colors by Marissa Louise
Letters by Ed Dukeshire
Cover by Christopher Peterson
Publisher BOOM! Studios
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Aug 5th, 2015
Elena and ex-security member Grif make a desperate bid to reach the rocket outpost in a final attempt to escape Earth.[/quote]
Synopsis: Final issue! Elena reaches the secret emergency rocket location that might help her reach her family, but she’s got cult members and security on her tail.[/quote]