Don’t let the cover fool you: Tomorrow #1,is the is proof in point of don’t judge a book by its cover, because even though the cover seems to depict a story that“s serene and dramatic with trees and a dude playing cello, inside the scene is quite chaotic and close to apocalyptic at times.
The plot for Tomorrow #1, centers on a virus spreading through the world of the via the Internet. So far the narrative is split up amongst various people, and features four parallel story lines some in the cities and one in the remote desert. Central to the narrative going forward will most likely be Oscar Fuentes, an aspiring Cello artist, and his twin sister Cira, who are currently Who has to travel to
The first 15 pages of minutes of Tomorrow #1 are perhaps some of the most unnerving, frightening sequences to come down the pike in a long time, perhaps because Peter Milliga not only shows you the viewpoint of protagonist but puts you in his head as well, and it when it comes to Oscar’s viewpoint it has a genuinely unnerving effect on the reader because it addresses a type of loneliness that exists in an overcrowded world. Most interesting is Mulligan’s tactic of, treating the internet as a literal snare forging sinewy connections between strangers where the ultimate destination is chaos.
Artist Jesús Hervás, skillful deployment of grisly little moments and disturbing, cryptic imagery produce the requisite mood of dread and gloom, that brings Tomorrow alive visually in a way it cannot live intellectually that I believe that the average reader is not ready to accept intellectually.
I’ve always thought that there are certain songs out there that would pair great with some comic stories, but Schnittkes Concerto’s Cello solo #2 is almost too perfect. As alluded to in the comics it starts off with a lone but lovely pizzacato, before eventually descending into chaos just like the story.
While grabbing all of the good elements of the Pulse, PontyPool, and the Ring, Tomorrow #1, is not just another sci-fi story, but paired with the right background music, it is an experience, and that“s why I am making this one my suggested reads of the week (See variants of the week).
SCORE: 4.5/5
WRITER: Peter Milligan
ARTIST: Jesús Hervás
COLORIST: James Devlin
LETTERER: Sal Cipriano
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics
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