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CODA Deluxe Edition
The long-awaited deluxe hardcover collection of the Eisner Award-nominated, despondent fantasy series from GLAAD Media Award-winning author Simon Spurrier and EW’s 2019 Artist of the Year, Matías Bergara!
After an apocalypse which wiped out nearly all magic from a once-wondrous fantasy world, an antisocial former bard named Hum seeks a way to save the soul of his wife with nothing but a foul-tempered mutant unicorn and his wits to protect him. But in the process, he is unwillingly drawn into a brutal power struggle which will decide forever who rules the weird wasteland... Written by GLAAD Media Award-winning author Simon Spurrier ( The Dreaming, Star Wars ) and lavishly illustrated by Eisner Award-nominated artist Matías Bergara ( Step By Bloody Step, John Hellblazer ), Coda is the Eisner Award-nominated relentless kaleidoscope of visual wonders, exploring high fantasy and the post-apocalypse through the lens of a curmudgeonly loner in search of his lost love. Collects Coda #1-12.
After an apocalypse which wiped out nearly all magic from a once-wondrous fantasy world, an antisocial former bard named Hum seeks a way to save the soul of his wife with nothing but a foul-tempered mutant unicorn and his wits to protect him. But in the process, he is unwillingly drawn into a brutal power struggle which will decide forever who rules the weird wasteland... Written by GLAAD Media Award-winning author Simon Spurrier ( The Dreaming, Star Wars ) and lavishly illustrated by Eisner Award-nominated artist Matías Bergara ( Step By Bloody Step, John Hellblazer ), Coda is the Eisner Award-nominated relentless kaleidoscope of visual wonders, exploring high fantasy and the post-apocalypse through the lens of a curmudgeonly loner in search of his lost love. Collects Coda #1-12.
320 pages, Hardcover
Published July 4, 2023
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November 3, 2023
CODA is a high fantasy that has a sense of place and history. Concerning the story, the author stated that it's about “what happens when the magic is gone”. The world is full of goblins, dragons, orcs, wizards, and other general elements that are associated with high fantasy literature. Furthermore, it feels heavily influenced by both Mad Max and Fist of the North, not just aesthetically with the setting but with elements of even the cast.
Step by Bloody Step is still my favourite work from this duo (Simon Spurrier & Matías Bergara), yet this series is bloody great. I was a bit concerned about the writing, as you would know Step by Bloody Step is a wordless comic, yet I shouldn’t have been concerned as it’s excellent. The artwork is beautiful as expected, what makes Matías Bergara artwork delightful is the varied art styles depicting certain moods and atmospheres utlising a dynamic colour scheme, especially the use of dark red hues. Reading Step by Bloody Step beforehand, you realise how much the team has improved on their craft from a technical perspective. CODA, unfortunately, at times faces issues of busyness. Some moments don't flow super naturally or are difficult to see. In comparison, Step by Bloody Step, I never faced that situation, which is probably good in hindsight as it just shows they improved upon their craft. Serka might be my favourite character, and the general character dynamic is sweet to observe. The general themes I thought were explored nicely were: what’s the meaning of life after a disaster?
In conclusion, this is a fun and imaginative high-fantasy comic book series that’s worth checking out.
8/10
Step by Bloody Step is still my favourite work from this duo (Simon Spurrier & Matías Bergara), yet this series is bloody great. I was a bit concerned about the writing, as you would know Step by Bloody Step is a wordless comic, yet I shouldn’t have been concerned as it’s excellent. The artwork is beautiful as expected, what makes Matías Bergara artwork delightful is the varied art styles depicting certain moods and atmospheres utlising a dynamic colour scheme, especially the use of dark red hues. Reading Step by Bloody Step beforehand, you realise how much the team has improved on their craft from a technical perspective. CODA, unfortunately, at times faces issues of busyness. Some moments don't flow super naturally or are difficult to see. In comparison, Step by Bloody Step, I never faced that situation, which is probably good in hindsight as it just shows they improved upon their craft. Serka might be my favourite character, and the general character dynamic is sweet to observe. The general themes I thought were explored nicely were: what’s the meaning of life after a disaster?
In conclusion, this is a fun and imaginative high-fantasy comic book series that’s worth checking out.
8/10
January 8, 2024
Story is bland and very predictable. Every thought was narrated, which was great for the first few issues to build the world, but quickly becomes tiresome and felt more like prose as I was barely looking at the art between the excessive amount of narration boxes.
Overall it felt boring, its just the same old stuff I read in things like Ether, Fear Agent others. There are a few interesting moments but thats all they were, brief moments.
Lots of bright colours drew me in to check this out but having read it, it was dull.
Overall it felt boring, its just the same old stuff I read in things like Ether, Fear Agent others. There are a few interesting moments but thats all they were, brief moments.
Lots of bright colours drew me in to check this out but having read it, it was dull.
September 10, 2023
99
This is my 1st reread of the entire series. One of the best books in the business! Story is 10 out of 10. Art is 9.5 out of 10. Super glad I got the deluxe edition.
This is my 1st reread of the entire series. One of the best books in the business! Story is 10 out of 10. Art is 9.5 out of 10. Super glad I got the deluxe edition.
September 27, 2023
4.25/5
(maybe even more)
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL art and colors. Creative, interesting, and wonderful world-building. The story was great and it took me a while to understand for some reason, but it's all about love and facing what's next. Definitely recommend this one to people who are into high fantasy!
I'm not a high fantasy guy, so I didn't fall in love with it like others, but even then I can see how great this was. I really did fall in love with the world multiple times with the beautiful panels.
Great read, seriously. Those final panels were fantastic!
(maybe even more)
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL art and colors. Creative, interesting, and wonderful world-building. The story was great and it took me a while to understand for some reason, but it's all about love and facing what's next. Definitely recommend this one to people who are into high fantasy!
I'm not a high fantasy guy, so I didn't fall in love with it like others, but even then I can see how great this was. I really did fall in love with the world multiple times with the beautiful panels.
Great read, seriously. Those final panels were fantastic!
May 3, 2025
Almost like Breath of the Wild if Link was an asshole who rode a “uni”corn with a potty mouth.
Somehow a loveletter to storytelling and love itself, but also undeniably antithetical to The Lord of the Rings, Coda works in such a way that were any piece to be removed, be it the art, the monologuing, or even the lettering, everything would fall apart. Paraphrasing, but I think the author described this book best: “Coda takes High Fantasy out behind the shed and shoots it in the head.”
Somehow a loveletter to storytelling and love itself, but also undeniably antithetical to The Lord of the Rings, Coda works in such a way that were any piece to be removed, be it the art, the monologuing, or even the lettering, everything would fall apart. Paraphrasing, but I think the author described this book best: “Coda takes High Fantasy out behind the shed and shoots it in the head.”
February 3, 2026
Up to half the book is just a generic post-apocalypse fantasy, with some interesting elements like the scarcity of magic and some moster evolution in such deprived environment. The last half is a rollercoaster that captalizes on carefully planted plot seeds during the first half, with astonishing plot twists and an incredibly epic resolution!
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Near Mint Condition on Youtube in their Top 30 Most Anticipated Collected Editions of 2023! Marvel Omnibus | DC Omnibus | Manga Box Sets | video published on 14-01-2023
I actually thought I already read this series? But I'm excited to see what this story is about. I know nothing about it but the cover looked cool on the Trade Paperbacks.
Near Mint Condition on Youtube in their Top 30 Most Anticipated Collected Editions of 2023! Marvel Omnibus | DC Omnibus | Manga Box Sets | video published on 14-01-2023
I actually thought I already read this series? But I'm excited to see what this story is about. I know nothing about it but the cover looked cool on the Trade Paperbacks.
September 5, 2023
What if High Fantasy but make it Post Apocalyptic ? At the very end of the book, Spurrier writes a small self imbued end note about how High Fantasy died off a century ago and he's the messiah who brought it back to life (I'm paraphrasing here). I don't think this book is quite all that. It follows some fairly expected codes, though it does us them in clever ways, and comes with it's fair share of twists and turns. But most importantly, it's fun as hell.
Set in a world of Orcs and Elves. Sorry, Urken and Ylfs... In the aftermath of a war where the Urken killed of all the Ylfs, and cut off the world's magic supply with it.
We follow a bard with a seemingly constant hungover as he tries to save his wife. I'm not going to say much more about the story as it's easy to fall into spoiler territory here. But I'll just say that it features a wheeled city dragged by an armored giant, a flying battleship that looks straight out of a Druillet comic and a mutant unicorn that swears instead of neighing. It's utter chaos, but in the best of ways. It strikes a good balance between serious and comedic, both in the writing and I'm the designs.
And much like their other collaboration, Step By Bloody Step, the art is the real star of the show. It's simultaneously scratchy and lush. The coloring is pure unadulterated psychedelia and I'm here for it.
Set in a world of Orcs and Elves. Sorry, Urken and Ylfs... In the aftermath of a war where the Urken killed of all the Ylfs, and cut off the world's magic supply with it.
We follow a bard with a seemingly constant hungover as he tries to save his wife. I'm not going to say much more about the story as it's easy to fall into spoiler territory here. But I'll just say that it features a wheeled city dragged by an armored giant, a flying battleship that looks straight out of a Druillet comic and a mutant unicorn that swears instead of neighing. It's utter chaos, but in the best of ways. It strikes a good balance between serious and comedic, both in the writing and I'm the designs.
And much like their other collaboration, Step By Bloody Step, the art is the real star of the show. It's simultaneously scratchy and lush. The coloring is pure unadulterated psychedelia and I'm here for it.
June 9, 2024
This was hard to get through up until the last few issues.
The setting is a post apocalyptic fantasy world, but the book does an utterly poor job of explaining the so called 'Quench'. Also, the story needs very long to get going and become interesting.
I do however really like the character of Serka and her internal conflict. Unfortunately the book is told from the POV of her bland husband, with his cynical view on the world and his schemes that I really don't care about.
And the artwork? I hate it, since I cannot understand what is happening in half of the panels. Everyone looks slightly different in each panel and characters are hard to recognize. There's a lot of landscapes and shots of a large group of people and you can hardly make out any details. That said, the colouring is very well done at least.
I can't really recommend this unfortunately, because there is some potentail here, but you have to bring a shovel to find it!
The setting is a post apocalyptic fantasy world, but the book does an utterly poor job of explaining the so called 'Quench'. Also, the story needs very long to get going and become interesting.
I do however really like the character of Serka and her internal conflict. Unfortunately the book is told from the POV of her bland husband, with his cynical view on the world and his schemes that I really don't care about.
And the artwork? I hate it, since I cannot understand what is happening in half of the panels. Everyone looks slightly different in each panel and characters are hard to recognize. There's a lot of landscapes and shots of a large group of people and you can hardly make out any details. That said, the colouring is very well done at least.
I can't really recommend this unfortunately, because there is some potentail here, but you have to bring a shovel to find it!
August 4, 2024
Rereading this.
First: the art. Man, do I love Matias’s art. Complex and beautiful. Each page can be stared at. Each panel seems filled with details and fluidity. The colors are a perfect addition to everything he draws. I love it.
The story: is very fun. Dark and tragic and funny and interesting. The main, unnamed, character is a bard in a post-“apocalyptic “ fantasy world. The Quench left the fantasy world with minimal magic. No more heroes and quests and wizards and what magic is left is a precious resource that everyone fights over. Plus the bard is married to a warrior cursed to be an ogre like creature?
Anyway, there are skeletal dragons with itchy bums, giants pulling cities, a swearing unicorn (with extra horns), a delusional illusionist, a mermaid trapped in a desert and more.
But man… the art.
First: the art. Man, do I love Matias’s art. Complex and beautiful. Each page can be stared at. Each panel seems filled with details and fluidity. The colors are a perfect addition to everything he draws. I love it.
The story: is very fun. Dark and tragic and funny and interesting. The main, unnamed, character is a bard in a post-“apocalyptic “ fantasy world. The Quench left the fantasy world with minimal magic. No more heroes and quests and wizards and what magic is left is a precious resource that everyone fights over. Plus the bard is married to a warrior cursed to be an ogre like creature?
Anyway, there are skeletal dragons with itchy bums, giants pulling cities, a swearing unicorn (with extra horns), a delusional illusionist, a mermaid trapped in a desert and more.
But man… the art.
January 5, 2025
68%
𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙮 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙚.
Fantasy / Action / Adventure / Hope / Relationship
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.
𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙮 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙚.
Fantasy / Action / Adventure / Hope / Relationship
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.
January 16, 2026
Al igual que con Godshaper y The Spire, quedo completamente maravillada con la manera tan natural y multidimensional en la que Simon Spurrier escribe fantasía. Los tropos están ahí: los seres fantásticos, la magia, los lugares de ensueño, pero la manera en la que los conjuga centrándose en la humanidad de sus personajes y en hacer que el mundo se sienta como un lugar habitado es increíble.
Igualmente siento que su elección de trabajar con ilustradores que entienden y complementan la historia es impresionante, en este caso lo hace con el uruguayo Matías Bergara y el resultado es un torbellino de colores, criaturas y paisajes que parecen sacados de una obra de Moebius.
Igualmente siento que su elección de trabajar con ilustradores que entienden y complementan la historia es impresionante, en este caso lo hace con el uruguayo Matías Bergara y el resultado es un torbellino de colores, criaturas y paisajes que parecen sacados de una obra de Moebius.
September 7, 2025
Likable, fun fantasy series with distinctive art and character designs.
I started it because I liked the coloring, I kept reading because I wanted to see how the couple would work out.
It's quirkiness appealed to me as well, but I have a feeling some will find it a bit forced.
It does do some things you've seen elsewhere, but with it's humor and style I was charmed. Its like seeing a good version of that romantic action comedy that the film industry keeps making. You can revisit it often and still have fun. Maybe even see something fresh.
I started it because I liked the coloring, I kept reading because I wanted to see how the couple would work out.
It's quirkiness appealed to me as well, but I have a feeling some will find it a bit forced.
It does do some things you've seen elsewhere, but with it's humor and style I was charmed. Its like seeing a good version of that romantic action comedy that the film industry keeps making. You can revisit it often and still have fun. Maybe even see something fresh.
November 9, 2025
A misguided campaign by a warrior clan leads to an apocalyptic event that renders a fantastical world nearly devoid of magic. A jaded bard ventures from one settlement to another, alongside his pentacorn steed, in search of means to save his loved one from the forces that hold her captive. He soon finds himself entangled in the quarrels between warring factions before a underground actor manipulates the conflict in an attempt to take absolute control of the domain.
This was excellent, a well crafted blend of apocalyptic fantasy and character drama. The story took itself just serious enough, which is to say not too much, and had a really compelling blend of humor, cynicism, and heart. It's rare a book utilizes D&D tropes without making me roll my eyes, which this not only avoided but succeeded in making subversions of said tropes compelling. Kick ass art to boot, with some stellar art direction in the city and character designs. Some of the compositions can become a bit crowded and unclear in spots, but the overall aesthetic is damn attractive.
This was excellent, a well crafted blend of apocalyptic fantasy and character drama. The story took itself just serious enough, which is to say not too much, and had a really compelling blend of humor, cynicism, and heart. It's rare a book utilizes D&D tropes without making me roll my eyes, which this not only avoided but succeeded in making subversions of said tropes compelling. Kick ass art to boot, with some stellar art direction in the city and character designs. Some of the compositions can become a bit crowded and unclear in spots, but the overall aesthetic is damn attractive.
July 17, 2023
Absolutely fantastic book. Strong art, incredible story with just the right amount of humour injected into it.
This one I had been looking forward to reading, but it really caught me off guard how much I enjoyed it. Basically a post apocalyptic fantasy setting that gets fleshed out as you go along. Lots of interesting twists to keep things fresh and interesting.
If you’re thinking about this one READ IT!
This one I had been looking forward to reading, but it really caught me off guard how much I enjoyed it. Basically a post apocalyptic fantasy setting that gets fleshed out as you go along. Lots of interesting twists to keep things fresh and interesting.
If you’re thinking about this one READ IT!
July 22, 2023
(recensisco la collezione totale globale invece dei tre TPB)
Ho adorato tutto: personaggi, storia, testi, disegni. Parte un po' lento forse, ma ogni tassello che si aggiunge va a comporre uno splendido mosaico narrativo, e i soliloqui di Hum/Husband sono delle piccole gemme. Una storia che prende il canone tipico dell'high fantasy e ci monta sopra un serie di disperati alla Mad Max, che lettura goduriosa.
Ho adorato tutto: personaggi, storia, testi, disegni. Parte un po' lento forse, ma ogni tassello che si aggiunge va a comporre uno splendido mosaico narrativo, e i soliloqui di Hum/Husband sono delle piccole gemme. Una storia che prende il canone tipico dell'high fantasy e ci monta sopra un serie di disperati alla Mad Max, che lettura goduriosa.
September 19, 2025
low 9/10
This book deserves to be read for the art and colors alone by Matías Bergara. I can’t stress enough how beautiful this is. THE COLORS. It does help that Spurrier’s writing is so good. The premise itself is so creative. Life after the fantasy world ends. Wow. This book uses this setting as of commentary about self, life, reflection, honesty, and so much more. This was such a worthwhile read.
This book deserves to be read for the art and colors alone by Matías Bergara. I can’t stress enough how beautiful this is. THE COLORS. It does help that Spurrier’s writing is so good. The premise itself is so creative. Life after the fantasy world ends. Wow. This book uses this setting as of commentary about self, life, reflection, honesty, and so much more. This was such a worthwhile read.
May 22, 2025
Wow. That was. Insanely good. A self contained graphic novel that has something to say with an original story and world that plays in the high fantasy genre but not really? Wow. Just wow. This makes my top 5 comics of all time, easily. I got this out from the library but I might just need my own copy because that. that was something worth rereading. Rereading again and again. Highly recommend.
July 2, 2023
Much better than what I expected.
I would call this the best comic of the year, except the original story is several years old and I had missed the original release in single issue form.
CODA is to high fantasy what Saga is to Scifi for me.
An absolute must read with really good art.
I would call this the best comic of the year, except the original story is several years old and I had missed the original release in single issue form.
CODA is to high fantasy what Saga is to Scifi for me.
An absolute must read with really good art.
April 15, 2024
Me lo tengo que volver a leer en Español ya que en Inglés se me hacía bastante complejo a veces. Pero pude pillar las ideas generales del argumento.
El worldbuilding es muy imaginativo y el arte de Matías le viene como anillo al dedo. Tiene ese toque a cómic de los años 90.
El worldbuilding es muy imaginativo y el arte de Matías le viene como anillo al dedo. Tiene ese toque a cómic de los años 90.
March 6, 2025
An amazing story of love, fantasy, and adventure.
In a world with magic dying, people are desperate and will do anything to survive. Incredibly original story with jaw-dropping art. Beautiful colours contrast with the moral greyness of the characters.
In a world with magic dying, people are desperate and will do anything to survive. Incredibly original story with jaw-dropping art. Beautiful colours contrast with the moral greyness of the characters.
March 14, 2025
One of my favorite graphic novels. The world of Coda is wonderful, equal parts satire of popular fantasy and deeply inspired and original. Hums story is engaging and emotional. Matias Bergara's art is absolutely phenomenal as well, and I put him in my pantheon of great comic artists.
July 26, 2025
What a treat!! Very enjoyable ratio of world building to character-driven content. The protagonist's mount is a five-horned "pentacorn" that swears profusely? Don't ask questions, friend - you're along for the ride, and it's going to be a good one. And the art, especially the colors? Sublime.
November 11, 2025
This felt like a lightning of pure energy cursing through my mind. It is rare to encounter such display of originality and fresh ideas in a world filled with overworked topics. The fantasy to be found in Coda is something out of the ordinary, more like a masterpiece of art and heartfelt narrative.
September 27, 2023
This might be the best recent work of high fantasy I’ve read.
October 9, 2023
Beautiful artwork. Fun story. Sometimes hard to follow, though.
November 21, 2023
4.5 ⭐️
January 4, 2024
he literally didntkmow what to do w all that lmfao😭😭i enjoyed this a lot
November 9, 2025
Finally a comic that builds to something and has multiple cool twists and a satisfying ending!
More of those please!
More of those please!
February 9, 2026
This was really good. I love the twists throughout and the ending was perfect.
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