REVIEW: Afterlife Inc Volume 5: Glory Days

Lucas Fashina

5 years ago

When the people who wrote religious texts tried to describe that they saw an angel”¦ they run into the end of their imagination”¦ they can never quite seem to fully explain it because they had trouble even comprehending what they saw, let alone being able to describe it to someone else.Â What do angels look like? Is there any indication in that they are fair-skinned men who sit on clouds, and rocking long white robes and large wings? Do they do anything all day except playing harps, and judging everyone?Â Since at least 2012 John Lock has been sharing his vision that paradise, and the Afterlife may not be everything we have built it up to be.

Afterlife Inc. Vol 5. continues the tale of con-artist Jack Fortune, who, following his untimely demise, discovers an afterlife in chaos and proceeds to take over and run it like a business.Â He has successful constructed a team that he can trust to help him but now the bloom is definitely coming of the rose, and it is taking a toll on Jack.Â But there is no rest for the weary as an new upstart called Arjun Arcadia, looks to challenge his methods and authority.

So many scenes and art styles that made this volume amazing.Â The Afterlife Inc. narrative tends to jump around so it helps that the art by Kit Palmer and Co.Â went a long way into demonstrating the fact that there is are limited descriptions given in the Bible of what some of the AngelsÂ look like in their true essence. In the Afterlife, although angels do not have a physical form exactly like humans, they do have some type of localized form – they occupy some space s terrifying as it is depicted here. Whatever their normal form is like, it is a form adapted to the unseen spiritual realm.

In Afterlife Inc Volume 5, there are several elements that are reminiscent of a few other franchises such as: it brings in the charm of Lucifer, the diverse deification world building of American Gods, and the deep exposition of The Good Place.Â Â The insights shared in Afterlife Inc. are unique, which makes me wonder why it hasn’t been optioned yet?Â It is way better than most of the stuff scheduled.Â In the meantime we will have to sit patiently for Volume 6 to come out.

SCORE: 5 stars out of 5

Writer and Created : John Lock
Artists:
KIT PALMER PAGES 26-28 AND 76-107
JAMES LAWRENCE PAGES 1-7 AND 114-138
EVE GREENWOOD PAGES 53-70
DEL BOROVIC PAGES 45-52
JACK TEMPEST PAGES 11-13 AND 71-75
GAVIN MITCHELL PAGES 38-44
KRIS WOZENCROFT PAGES 108-113
COVER BY RAFFAELE RICCIARDI AND V.V. GLASS
V.V. GLASS PAGES 14-18 AND 165-168
DEAN BEATTIE PAGES 34-37
MARK PENMAN PAGES 19-21
WARWICK FRASER-COOMBE PAGES 31-33
JACK DEVEREAUX PAGES 22-23
MATT ROOKE PAGES 29-30
NIKKI STU PAGES 24-25
Letterer: Lucy Lock
published by Big Shock Studios