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Wasteland Compendium #2
Wasteland Compendium Vol. 2
Perfect for fans of Mad Max: Fury Road, this apocalyptic tale chronicles the adventures of Michael, a mysterious wanderer struggling to find the answers to both his past and his future.
The conclusion to the sprawling tale, collecting issues #32-60! After leaving the Dog Tribes and Newbegin behind, Michael and Abi continue across the desert in search A-Ree-Yass-I. Joined by another who shares their strange gifts, the tensions between them nearly jeopardize their quest while Newbegin prepares for war. When they finally uncover the fabled land, it will take everything they have to unearth the truth... and then the story of The Big Wet can be told!
The conclusion to the sprawling tale, collecting issues #32-60! After leaving the Dog Tribes and Newbegin behind, Michael and Abi continue across the desert in search A-Ree-Yass-I. Joined by another who shares their strange gifts, the tensions between them nearly jeopardize their quest while Newbegin prepares for war. When they finally uncover the fabled land, it will take everything they have to unearth the truth... and then the story of The Big Wet can be told!
619 pages, Paperback
First published July 26, 2018
About the author
Antony Johnston
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Antony Johnston is a multi-award-winning author, a New York Times bestseller, and one of the most versatile writers of the modern era.
The Charlize Theron movie Atomic Blonde was based on his graphic novel. His murder mystery series The Dog Sitter Detective won the Barker Book Award. His crime puzzle novel Can You Solve the Murder? reinvented choose-your-own-story books for a mainstream audience and was a Waterstones Paperback of the Year. And his productivity guide The Organised Writer has helped authors all over the world take control of their workload.
Antony is a celebrated videogames writer, with genre-defining titles including Dead Space, Shadow of Mordor, and Resident Evil Village to his credit. His work on Silent Hill Ascension made him the only writer in the world to have contributed to all of gaming’s ‘big three’ horror franchises.
His immense body of work also includes Marvel superheroes such as Daredevil and Shang-Chi, the award-winning Alex Rider graphic novels, the post-apocalypse epic Wasteland, and more. He wrote and directed the film Crossover Point, made entirely in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic.
An experienced podcaster and public speaker, he also frequently writes articles on the life of an author, and is a prolific musician.
Antony is a former vice chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, a member of International Thriller Writers and the Society of Authors, a Shore Scripts screenwriting judge, and sits on the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain’s videogames committee. He lives and works in England.
Antony Johnston is a multi-award-winning author, a New York Times bestseller, and one of the most versatile writers of the modern era.
The Charlize Theron movie Atomic Blonde was based on his graphic novel. His murder mystery series The Dog Sitter Detective won the Barker Book Award. His crime puzzle novel Can You Solve the Murder? reinvented choose-your-own-story books for a mainstream audience and was a Waterstones Paperback of the Year. And his productivity guide The Organised Writer has helped authors all over the world take control of their workload.
Antony is a celebrated videogames writer, with genre-defining titles including Dead Space, Shadow of Mordor, and Resident Evil Village to his credit. His work on Silent Hill Ascension made him the only writer in the world to have contributed to all of gaming’s ‘big three’ horror franchises.
His immense body of work also includes Marvel superheroes such as Daredevil and Shang-Chi, the award-winning Alex Rider graphic novels, the post-apocalypse epic Wasteland, and more. He wrote and directed the film Crossover Point, made entirely in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic.
An experienced podcaster and public speaker, he also frequently writes articles on the life of an author, and is a prolific musician.
Antony is a former vice chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, a member of International Thriller Writers and the Society of Authors, a Shore Scripts screenwriting judge, and sits on the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain’s videogames committee. He lives and works in England.
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July 30, 2019
I don’t feel like writing much, which is a shame, I guess, when I’m trying to write about one of the greatest graphic novels I’ve ever read.
Both volumes are huge works. Both took a lot of work and foresight into human nature, I guess, I should mention wit. The linguistics was a huge plus for me in these pages.
Both volumes will be sitting on my bookshelves till I no longer walk the earth.
Part of the time I have left, I’ll reread them a time or two and just around thinking. The other part, I think I’ll travel. ;)
Congrats to everyone who contributed to these books. Everyone who reads them will probably see a little something different.
I saw true talent and a damn good story. Long, though, but all good things should be that way.
As for the end, like life... we don’t always get what we want. I don’t know why that lyric always cracks me up.
Both volumes are huge works. Both took a lot of work and foresight into human nature, I guess, I should mention wit. The linguistics was a huge plus for me in these pages.
Both volumes will be sitting on my bookshelves till I no longer walk the earth.
Part of the time I have left, I’ll reread them a time or two and just around thinking. The other part, I think I’ll travel. ;)
Congrats to everyone who contributed to these books. Everyone who reads them will probably see a little something different.
I saw true talent and a damn good story. Long, though, but all good things should be that way.
As for the end, like life... we don’t always get what we want. I don’t know why that lyric always cracks me up.
October 23, 2025
My comments on the first compendium were mostly positive however it pains me to say that the feeling towards the series definitely waned as I entered the second volume. The story made some revelations that were promised but ultimately I believe Johnston wanted to write an epic that the story just didn't warrant.
This volume continued the political intrigue of Newbegin and explored more of the fictional religion but I felt it maybe meandered a bit too long with certain character arcs feeling stagnant or cyclical. This is made more clear as the ending reveals were actually really cathartic and enjoyable to see unfold. The final few issues really wrapped everything together very nicely and overall really painted my enjoyment of this later half of the story much more positively.
Most of what I said from the first compendium about Johnston's slower storytelling and Mitten's scratchy, sometimes hard to define art but well structured action all flows through. It is a good story, something that fans of Mad Max and Game of Thrones would certainly enjoy but for me, it was just not something that I thought had reached it's full potential.
This volume continued the political intrigue of Newbegin and explored more of the fictional religion but I felt it maybe meandered a bit too long with certain character arcs feeling stagnant or cyclical. This is made more clear as the ending reveals were actually really cathartic and enjoyable to see unfold. The final few issues really wrapped everything together very nicely and overall really painted my enjoyment of this later half of the story much more positively.
Most of what I said from the first compendium about Johnston's slower storytelling and Mitten's scratchy, sometimes hard to define art but well structured action all flows through. It is a good story, something that fans of Mad Max and Game of Thrones would certainly enjoy but for me, it was just not something that I thought had reached it's full potential.
March 18, 2020
Still kinda jerky, from storyline to storyline, with flashbacks... but it finally came together.
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