The Life After #1

The Life After #1

by Joshua Hale Fialkov, Gabo (Penciller)

In an infinite city built on infinite sadness, there is one man capable of breaking free. He will go through Heaven and Hell to save us all. Literally. A fantastical coming of age journey through the afterlife and beyond from Joshua Hale Fialkov (THE BUNKER, THE ULTIMATES) and breakout artist Gabo!

Genres: Comics

24 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 9, 2014

About the author

Joshua Hale Fialkov is the creator (or co-creator, depending) of graphic novels, including the Harvey Nominated Elk’s Run, the Harvey and Eisner nominated Tumor, Punks the Comic, and the Harvey Nominated Echoes.

He has written Alibi and Cyblade for Top Cow, Superman/Batman for DC Comics, Rampaging Wolverine for Marvel, and Friday the 13th for Wildstorm. He’s writing the DC relaunch of I,Vampire, as well as debuting the new Marvel character The Monkey King. This fall sees the launch of The Last of the Greats from Image Comics with artist Brent Peeples.

He also served as a writer on the Emmy Award Nominated animated film Afro Samurai: Resurrection, and as Executive Producer of the cult hit LG15: The Resistance web series.

Elk’s Run, Tumor, and Alibi are all currently in development as feature films. He has written comics for companies including Marvel, Wildstorm, IDW, Dark Horse, Image, Tor Books, Seven Seas Entertainment, Del Rey, Random House, Dabel Brothers Productions, and St. Martin’s Press. He has done video game work for THQ, Midway Entertainment, and Gore Verbinski’s Blind Wink Productions. He also wrote a Sci-Fi Channel movie starring Isabella Rossellini and Judd Nelson. Unfortunately, at no point in the film does Judd Nelson punch the sky and freeze frame. Joshua grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, went to college in Boston, where he got a BFA in writing and directing for the stage and screen, and then worked in the New England film industry, until finally deciding to move to Los Angeles to do it properly. He lives with his wife, Christina, daughter, Gable, and their cats, Smokey and the Bandit.

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/joshfialkov

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Photograph by Heidi Ryder Photography

Reviews

[Gina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting idea, with a terribly tedious Matrix-kind of life that is hiding much more. I think this can go somewhere interesting.

[Tam (is a cryptid) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had high hopes for this comic and unfortunately it just did not live up to my expectations. I spent most of the comic scratching my head, though I will admit the end did pique my interest more than the rest did & is the justification for my rating.

I understand that this issue is set up for the larger story as a whole, but I expect a first issue to grab me & give me a reason to keep coming back. And I'm just not sure this one did. Sometimes the art felt unique and artistic, other times it felt a bit awkward or rushed. The coloring, however, is really nice.

I received this comic for free on National Comic Book Day, and I'm not sure I would have been too happy if I had paid for it.

True rating would be 2.5 stars.

[Bre Jordan · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is a quote on the front comparing The Life After to Saga, and I would not go that far. I do agree that the story was interesting and a wonderful debut. The beginning was a little slow , but half way through I was hooked. I needed to know what Jude, our main character, was up to next. Overall I would recommend TLA to graphic novel readers who enjoy action and adventure with a splash of paranormal elements. I will definitely continue this series.

[Farmieeeee · Rating 4 out of 5]

interesting premise and pretty enjoyable artwork looking forward to the next instalment in the series

[Edward Petersen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting enough that if I bumped into volume one, I'd pick it up. A bit trippy.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting approach to the concept of a flawed, bureaucratic afterlife. Quite curious where it goes.