The Bunker, Vol. 3

The Bunker #10-14

by Joshua Hale Fialkov, Joe Infurnari (Illustrations)

Not long ago, Grady and his friends discovered the Bunker, and the letters and documents contained within that told them of the coming apocalypse. Now, with Billy in jail for a crime he was attempting to stop, and Grady running for office as he kicks off his political career, the future looms large.

Behind it all, pulling the strings, is the Grady who came back from the future to make sure everything happens the way it's supposed to. With him is an aged and embittered Natasha, whose own motives remain unclear. Will she help Grady with his plan to keep the future intact? Or will she use thinks opportunity to fix the mistakes of her own past?

Collects issues #10-14

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Graphic Novels Comics, Dystopia

144 pages, Paperback

First published December 9, 2015

About the author

Joshua Hale Fialkov is the creator (or co-creator, depending) of graphic novels, including the Harvey Nominated Elk’s Run, the Harvey and Eisner nominated Tumor, Punks the Comic, and the Harvey Nominated Echoes.

He has written Alibi and Cyblade for Top Cow, Superman/Batman for DC Comics, Rampaging Wolverine for Marvel, and Friday the 13th for Wildstorm. He’s writing the DC relaunch of I,Vampire, as well as debuting the new Marvel character The Monkey King. This fall sees the launch of The Last of the Greats from Image Comics with artist Brent Peeples.

He also served as a writer on the Emmy Award Nominated animated film Afro Samurai: Resurrection, and as Executive Producer of the cult hit LG15: The Resistance web series.

Elk’s Run, Tumor, and Alibi are all currently in development as feature films. He has written comics for companies including Marvel, Wildstorm, IDW, Dark Horse, Image, Tor Books, Seven Seas Entertainment, Del Rey, Random House, Dabel Brothers Productions, and St. Martin’s Press. He has done video game work for THQ, Midway Entertainment, and Gore Verbinski’s Blind Wink Productions. He also wrote a Sci-Fi Channel movie starring Isabella Rossellini and Judd Nelson. Unfortunately, at no point in the film does Judd Nelson punch the sky and freeze frame. Joshua grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, went to college in Boston, where he got a BFA in writing and directing for the stage and screen, and then worked in the New England film industry, until finally deciding to move to Los Angeles to do it properly. He lives with his wife, Christina, daughter, Gable, and their cats, Smokey and the Bandit.

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/joshfialkov

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Photograph by Heidi Ryder Photography

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eliminating bouncing back between now and the future helped the storytelling immensely in this volume. Maybe Fialkov realized by this point the artist didn't have the chops to pull off both timelines. Really looking forward to how this all ends and if future Grady is really trying to save the world or just the world's biggest asshole.

[Shadowdenizen · Rating 4 out of 5]

After a strong start, and an admitted dip in the second volume, this volume seems like it's really firing on all cylinders.

[Frédéric · Rating 3 out of 5]

After one not very interesting issue set in the future for no obvious reason the plot starts running in circles around micro-events with no pay off in sight. Future Grady and Natasha are involved in very shadowy and convoluted stuff that doesn’t seem able to prevent the end of the world. It’s rather well done tension-wise but frustrating nonetheless.

I’m curious to see how it will be concluded next volume.

[Jonathan Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read, the last issue seemed out of place with the flash forward to the future. I am bummed that my library system does not have volume 4, so I will never know how this ends....

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Joshua Hale Fialkov's time travel tale is getting towards the end and this volume was solid. Its wonky, as most time travel stories are, but the characters act realistic given the insane situations. Grady continues to be unlikeable. Heidi and Billy are getting the worst of everything. The story is solid and the ending could be really good. The art was once again not great but better than last volume. Overall, the book was better than I expected and I hope to enjoy the final chapter because its set up well.

[Jon FK · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Bunker has style and breadth but doesn't go as deep as it could and concludes abruptly and seems slightly incomplete. The series is aesthetically beautiful with matte pages in a noir style yet incredibly colourful. The layouts guide your eye nicely and allow pause and movement as needed. The story is cool and unique. It focuses well on the interpersonal relationships while addressing the enormity of scale the actions could cause.

Ultimately, it wasn't just want for an entertaining read but the potential for depth came up short in execution. Good but not great.

[Felicity LuHill · Rating 1 out of 5]

This series is so awful. I don’t even know where to begin. The plot is so confusing; and it has so many holes and contradictions. The characters are uninteresting jerks. And the ending is borderline offensive. There is nothing redeeming about this series.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am really losing interest in this confusing mess and the time skips so don't help.

[Sarospice · Rating 2 out of 5]

The art is getting less sketchy and conveys some great moments of quiet before emotional storms. The last chapter reads the best i.e. no matter what the world does you're still making your "life".

[Sheldon · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this volume it feels like the tracks are starting to warp and buckle under the weight of the wonky train of a plot.

[Lukasz · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Mike Jorgensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

If I didn't know this ended at 19 issues, I would have guessed this could have gone on for a long time. A few key revelations, but lots of story left to tell.

[Patrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

All the artwork seemed like you are reading it through a rainstorm. It looks like it could have been decent artwork had this quality been eliminated. The book is hard to follow. Who is who and why makes little sense. I won't be looking for further volumes.

[Adrianne Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again, I was blown away with The Bunker. I am loving where this story is going and I can't wait to read more!

[Geoffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trending in the right direction after a disappointing volume 2

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was much easier to follow on who's who and when's when. Hopefully I'll be able to remember it all when the next volume comes out in a couple months...