Paknadel & Trakhanov's Turncoat

by Alex Paknadel, Artyom Trakhanov (Illustrator)

Overview

Paknadel & Trakhanov's Turncoat is a gripping exploration of the sociopolitical ramifications of occupation in a post-war civilization where the transition from oppression to emancipation is anything but clean.

It’s been three hundred years since humanity was brutally subjugated by the alien race known as Management. And two years since these invaders abandoned Earth to return to their home world. Following her participation in the brutal massacre that caused Management’s withdrawal, resistance fighter Marta Gonzalez is riddled with guilt. Rather than join the new human government, she starts her own private detective agency. When a missing persons case lands on her desk, Gonzalez is forced to confront her own bloody past as she delves into the seedy underworld that’s bloomed after the alien departure.

Written by Alex Paknadel (Arcadia) and illustrated by Artyom Trakhanov (Undertow), Turncoat is a gripping exploration of the sociopolitical ramifications of occupation in a post-war civilization where the transition from oppression to emancipation is anything but clean.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608869794
Publisher:	BOOM! Studios
Publication date:	07/04/2017
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	16 Years

Editorial Reviews

07/17/2017
This psychedelic yet grim post-alien dystopia by writer Paknadel (Arcadia) and artist Trakhanov (Undertow) sets a former NYPD officer against colleagues on both sides of a recent revolution. Until five years ago, the police force that Marta Gonzalez served, like all other sources of power, was controlled by the insectoid alien race known as Management. Life was good according to many, but Marta is conflicted about her past actions and has turned private detective. Her latest case is the search for a client’s son, Titus, whom Marta realizes must be a Management-human hybrid, despite the fact that all were supposedly killed—an act Marta herself was involved in. Trakhanov’s figures are both energetically rough-hewn and cartoonish, set in a backdrop that’s a mad fantasy of New York festooned with chiton and mold. This highly entertaining SF tale combines the best of high-octane thrillers and nuanced detective stories with thoughts on just what people will do to attain and maintain power. (July)

Publishers Weekly