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No Tomorrow #1 Review
By Andy Frisk
August 28, 2013 - 22:36

Zenescope
Writer(s): Raven Gregory
Penciller(s): JG Miranda
Colourist(s): Liezl Buenaventura
Letterer(s): Jim Campbell

A strange earthquake nearly destroys all of Denver, Colorado. Death is everywhere, but one man sees her incarnate. Keres, the Goddess of Death is wreaking havoc in the world in places and ways that defy logic. What does family man Patrick Clay have to do with it all, and why does he seem to be the only one who actually sees death?

A tale of loss, mystery, and untimely endings, No Tomorrow by writer Raven Gregory and artist JG Miranda is a unique offering from the Grimm Fairy Tales (and its many spin off titles) publisher. Here is a story of a simple family man who witnesses unspeakable destruction wrought by a being who appears to be the incarnation of death in the form of Keres. Gregory takes his time setting up the characters and turning them loose in this topsy turvy world where earthquakes destroy Denver and skyscrapers crumble under Keres' mysterious influence with horrific haste and untimeliness. This is more than just a horror, mystery, or shocker comic book story though. Gregory dedicates this first issue to his recently departed ex-wife and mother of his four children. The sorrow that Gregory is exorcising with every word he writes is almost palpable. The feeling is akin to the energy that James O'Barr infused his original The Crow series with.

JG Miranda brings Gregory's haunting tale to vivid life. Miranda's art is a little less detailed than I like from my sequential artists, but somehow the lack of detail here manages to convey more of a sense of universality and archetypal thematics visually.

A powerful first issue from one of the fasting rising sequential art publishers currently producing quality work, No Tomorrow #1 is highly recommended.

Rating: 9/10

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