What happens when all the adults leave their punk kids to fend for themselves? The answer is anarchy. Also sex. A group of kids accidentally burn down a theater. Teens basking in the afterglow of young love discuss how they had to murder in order to save their own lives. Situations culminate in a steady sense of dread, and you start to feel like the Alexandria residents: if you just keep your head down and pretend like everything is normal, maybe you won’t be the next dead body they find. The worry slowly starts to amp up until the flood gates finally break.
Sacred Heart begs to be reread, with storylines that merge and diverge only to come together in an apocalyptic grand finale. I couldn’t imagine another artist drawing this book; Suburbia’s use of black and white is something I would happily give my left ear for. Also there is a dog named John McClane. JOHN FRIKKEN MCCLANE.
Sacred Heart is written and illustrated by Liz Suburbia, published by @fantagraphics.
Review by Meggie The Ramm for Silver Sprocket.
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Recommended: Sacred Heart by Liz Suburbia
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December Previews: New comics from Liz Suburbia, Jenn Woodall, and Abby Jame
Our first batch of epic new books for 2019 are available for comic book shops to order right now thru the Diamond Previews Catalog.
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Liz Suburbia is coming to San Diego ComicCon as an official special guest. See y'all in the treehouse; Silver Sprocket SDCC booth #1718, across from Fantagraphics, , July 19-23, 2017. Read on for El Sub's comic from As You Were, Vol 3: Big, Big Changes, if you've ever been hungry like the wolf.
Silver Sprocket at SPX This Weekend
We'll be at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD, all weekend (table M1) with Ben Passmore and Michael Sweater.
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