NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC #1
(W) Spencer Ackerman (A) Antonio Fuso
Covers: Antonio Fuso, Tonči Zonjić, Pia Guerra
THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS COMIC BOOK MAGAZINE! From Pulitzer Prize and National Magazine Award-winning reporter Spencer Ackerman (Waller Vs. WildStorm, Iron Man) comes the next generation of political radicalism in vigilante comics—unafraid to strike back at the deportation machine that threatens the foundations of American freedom! When agents of the fearsome Special Naturalization Operations (SNO) become themselves hunted by a masked vigilante, a power struggle breaks out inside SNO between the Deep-State old guard and its death-squad vanguard, Gladio Unit! Who is the masked vigilante calling themselves The Dialectic, posturing as a Marxist force of history? What is their relationship to their community’s liberation–and its violent suppression by SNO?
« From practically the moment my run on IRON MAN ended, I’ve been developing my first creator-owned comic book series. It emerged from the despair and anger I and many others felt as ICE slouched toward its War on Terror-heralded destiny as a death squad. One day, while searching for some tranquility in a park, I wrote something in my notebook that was somewhere between a joke and an affirmation of socialist forbearance. When I saw no one escapes… written as a tagline—in the news biz, we call that an « eyebrow »—above The Dialectic, like there was a character called The Dialectic and you couldn’t get away from him, it seemed to me like I had something. Like a potentially powerful way to express the despair and anger that characterizes the United States in 2026. And to make something out of it. More than a year and a few adjustments-of-concept later—it didn’t work as the detective story I had originally intended, although some of that DNA survives—we have NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC. »
"Look at that cover—beautifully, ominously rendered by co-owner and artist Antonio Fuso and brought to life by color artist Brad Simpson. Beneath a red-masked figure, an officer lies dead—an officer bearing the insignia of a winter-themed homeland-security agency. Gathered around the body, in uneasy partnership, is a weathered veteran of the agency and a young blackshirt, newly arrived and determined to remake Special Naturalization Operations, or SNO, in his image. NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC is an ongoing series determined to ruthlessly confront the world outside our window. Antonio and I co-created it—wait till you see this guy’s character designs, his composition, and above all, his storytelling—while Brad colors it, Jodie Troutman letters it, and Sebastian Girner edits it with Maya Bollinger assisting. Boom! Studios is our intrepid indie publisher. We are betting that you want your art and your literature to confront reality, not escape from it. We intend to push the boundaries of political critique in comic books. If that sounds like you, welcome. And if you like basketball? Wow, this really is for you. "