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Post York

by James Romberger
Crosby
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Set in New York City after the melting of the polar ice caps, an independent loner along with his cat and only friend, navigates the flooded city as he tries to live another day.
Each morning he sails in search of food, crossing paths with others from this makeshift community—from outsiders like himself to the depraved and ruthless elite—all struggling to maintain a sense of normalcy in a city drowned in its past.
But everything changes when he encounters both a mysterious woman and a trapped blue whale. Will they be each other's salvation . . . or destruction?
An eco-fiction fable of epic proportions, POST YORK is an expansion of the Eisner nominated one-shot, and includes an environmental fact sheet, and other bonus material.
JAMES ROMBERGER is an Eisner-nominated cartoonist, fine artist and artist of the graphic novels 7 Miles a Second, The Late Child and Other Animals, Bronx Kill and Aaron and Ahmed.
"James Romberger...is in the highest horror-comics tradition."—The New York Times Book Review
"Romberger's art is a fine version of bony realism - his figures are so casually realistic, you can almost see the joints moving."—Entertainment Weekly
"James Romberger's Post York is a set of three alluvial nightmares that talk about what small changes can do in the New York we are heading to all too quickly. It makes one aspect of climate change distressingly real... it's good to see a fine artist drawing about it seriously."—Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren and Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders
"Told in a brutal use of light and shadow, this desolate tale of post-apocalypse sucker-punches you with...of all things...hope."— Matt Kindt, Bang!, Ether, Dept.H
"Post York casts deep human drama against an epic canvas with wonderful artwork by James Romberger. Highy recommended."—Jeff Lemire, Sweet Tooth, Black Hammer and Old Man Logan
"(Post York is) beautiful on multiple levels. It shouldn't be this rare to see sequential art be so precise and open-hearted at the same time. We also shouldn't be seeing this world burn and drown, but here we are."—Ales Kot, Zero, Winter Soldier and Material

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    March 16, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781506719368
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      March 15, 2021
      Readers are not lacking for apocalyptic comics, but Post York, unlike many comics in the genre, is conceivable cli-fi, containing three tales of what happens to New York City as it's swallowed up by water when the polar ice caps melt. Each story begins with Crosby, a young man, trying to survive by taking his small boat to scavenge for food for his cat--and all three end in tragedy. Romberger's illustrations are black and white with an unrefined quality that excellently does the bulk of the storytelling. The minimal dialogue and lack of captions only add to the overall bleakness. Horror is clearly conveyed, even without any supernatural forces; the characters' actions are enough to haunt readers. Equally frightening is its afterword of questions, asked to researchers at Unbuilt Labs, about the feasibility of massive flooding and its possible effect on the buildings and life in New York City. Readers who enjoy environmental sf will be the ideal audience here.

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