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After the Gold Rush, Vol. 1
Science, Meet the Choir.
After the Gold Rush is a comic about the conflict between religion and science. It is also a return to optimistic Sci Fiction; a genera where we see the benefits of the scientific method.
It tells the story of the last scientist, Scout, as she returns to her ancestral home of earth for the first time. But instead of the high tech world she was expecting -it's a wilderness.
After the Gold Rush is a comic about the conflict between religion and science. It is also a return to optimistic Sci Fiction; a genera where we see the benefits of the scientific method.
It tells the story of the last scientist, Scout, as she returns to her ancestral home of earth for the first time. But instead of the high tech world she was expecting -it's a wilderness.
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Published March 1, 2021
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September 3, 2024
A solid 3 stars. It's a cute book, and definitely feels amature, that comes across very evidently. Things progress very abruptly in this book, and it's not always clear what specific panels are supposed to be portraying or how they are relevant until later in the book, but in a way that is confusing and does not build suspense.
The book is premised on a young space girl returning to Earth after having grown up on a distant colony that has never sent anyone back to Earth before. She is surprised to find the people of Earth technologically backwards, extremely religious/superstitious, and socially regressive. Thus ensue her adventures trying to not get killed and find her purpose.
In the foreward, the writer describes having no connections in the comic industry and not having any idea on how to create a comic book before this one, so I applaud this Freshman effort! It's really quite good for a first book. There was some pretty specific messaging present in the book, and after reading it I saw online that the author wanted to create a "pro-science" book that represented the atheist and skeptic community, whom he felt were under-represented in comics. A lot of the themes in the book clicked with this piece of background knowledge, and I think Greb was pretty successful.
I would give a light recommend of this book to anyone who is interested in hard science fiction. It's a fun little narrative, even if it doesn't have many unresolved mysteries to pull you forward. If you like slice-of-life media, give bonus points to my recommendation in reading it.
The book is premised on a young space girl returning to Earth after having grown up on a distant colony that has never sent anyone back to Earth before. She is surprised to find the people of Earth technologically backwards, extremely religious/superstitious, and socially regressive. Thus ensue her adventures trying to not get killed and find her purpose.
In the foreward, the writer describes having no connections in the comic industry and not having any idea on how to create a comic book before this one, so I applaud this Freshman effort! It's really quite good for a first book. There was some pretty specific messaging present in the book, and after reading it I saw online that the author wanted to create a "pro-science" book that represented the atheist and skeptic community, whom he felt were under-represented in comics. A lot of the themes in the book clicked with this piece of background knowledge, and I think Greb was pretty successful.
I would give a light recommend of this book to anyone who is interested in hard science fiction. It's a fun little narrative, even if it doesn't have many unresolved mysteries to pull you forward. If you like slice-of-life media, give bonus points to my recommendation in reading it.
August 20, 2021
This was a fun read. The idea - someone coming back to an Earth that has technologically regressed - is an interesting one. I didn't rate it higher because I felt that both the story didn't move fast enough, but even with that slowness the characters weren't really developed, either. Beyond her former job, I couldn't tell you a lot about the main character. The same goes for her allies and enemies. I'd still like to see where further issues go, but the issues in this graphic novel didn't leave me waiting with bated breath, either.
January 24, 2023
3.5 stars? Hoping the artist will be at ECCC in March so I can find out when there will be more!
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