Little Bird: The Fight for Elder's Hope

by Darcy Van Poelgeest, Ian Bertram (Artist)

Overview

Award-winning filmmaker DARCY VAN POELGEEST
teams up with Angoulême nominated artist IAN BERTRAM to bring you the highly acclaimed, dystopian sci-fi, LITTLE
BIRD.

With the same limitless scope as
Star Wars, and the social-political explorations of A Handmaid's Tale, LITTLE
BIRD tells the story of a young resistance fighter battling against an oppressive American Empire while searching for her own identity in a world on fire. A gorgeously illustrated epic where one girl risks everything to save her people, their land, and the freedom they so desperately deserve.

Collects LITTLE BIRD
1-5.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534313453
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	11/26/2019
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	505,320
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	16 Years

Editorial Reviews

LIBRARY JOURNAL — This haunting dystopian sf epic by writer and filmmaker Van Poelgeest and illustrator Bertram
(House of Penance), with colorist Hollingsworth (Tokyo Ghost) opens toward the end of a long, bloody war between brave Canadian rebels and an authoritarian theocracy known as the United Nations of America. In one last,
desperate hope to keep Canada free, a 12-year-old girl named Little Bird infiltrates a prison for genetically-modified humans in order to rescue a legendary hero known as the Axe. Overwhelmingly outnumbered by their enemies and hunted by a sinister Bishop and his meek son, Gabriel, the Axe and Little Bird are forced to travel across Canada in search of allies. Soon Little Bird discovers that the branches of her family tree are much more entangled with that of the enemy than she'd ever imagined, and that the Axe's heroism is complicated by his desire to atone for past mistakes.
VERDICT
While the story seems heavily inspired by European sf epics such as The
Incal, it feels totally original owing to Van Poelgeest's smart and sincere script and Bertram's fantastic use of jittery lines and intricate detail to depict awe-inspiring landscapes, weird technology, and intense violence.





"Dark, surreal, and addictive." -Comic Book
Resources





"IMMEDIATELY re-read it. GET THIS COMIC. It’s...something else. Wow!"
—Patton Oswalt



"Nothing short of a masterpiece." —Nerdist



“There's a lot to unpack in this story for a first issue though, so it might require a second pass, but that's hardly a downside considering how easy it is to become immersed in Little Bird's world.” -ComicBook.com





“Little Bird is nothing short of a masterpiece and we're only one issue in. We realize how insane that sounds, but once you read this thing you'll see what we mean.”
-Nerdist

From the Publisher

10/01/2019

This haunting dystopian sf epic by writer and filmmaker Van Poelgeest and illustrator Bertram (House of Penance), with colorist Hollingsworth (Tokyo Ghost) opens toward the end of a long, bloody war between brave Canadian rebels and an authoritarian theocracy known as the United Nations of America. In one last, desperate hope to keep Canada free, a 12-year-old girl named Little Bird infiltrates a prison for genetically-modified humans in order to rescue a legendary hero known as the Axe. Overwhelmingly outnumbered by their enemies and hunted by a sinister Bishop and his meek son, Gabriel, the Axe and Little Bird are forced to travel across Canada in search of allies. Soon Little Bird discovers that the branches of her family tree are much more entangled with that of the enemy than she'd ever imagined, and that the Axe's heroism is complicated by his desire to atone for past mistakes. VERDICT While the story seems heavily inspired by European sf epics such as The Incal, it feels totally original owing to Van Poelgeest's smart and sincere script and Bertram's fantastic use of jittery lines and intricate detail to depict awe-inspiring landscapes, weird technology, and intense violence.

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