The American Midwest is transformed into an arid dystopia in exclusive first look art from BOOM! Studios’ Low Road West #1, the new limited series from Eisner-nominated writer Philip Kennedy Johnson (The Power of the Dark Crystal, Aquaman) and artist Flaviano (I Am Groot, Spider-Man/Deadpool). The preview focuses on the series’ protagonists, a group of loosely-acquainted teenagers, who become stranded in an uninhabitable desert called the Oklahoma Dust Bowl.
Not all is as it seems in the new Dust Bowl, though. The preview art reveals that there may be a distinctly mystical aspect to the teenagers’ travails, as one, a young boy named Ben, is shown seemingly raising a deceased elk from the dead. Judging from the reactions of Ben’s fellow travelers, this isn’t exactly a common occurrence. An unseen speaker in the final panel of the preview eerily promises more dead things where that came from.
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Low Road West #1 is a debut issue of Johnson and Flaviano five-part series about a group of teenagers fleeing from their homes after a nuclear first strike leaves the American West Coast uninhabitable. The teens find themselves struggling to survive when their shuttle breaks down midway through the Oklahoma Dust Bowl. A nearby town offers some respite, with the added catch that strange phenomena seem to cling to the town — and things only get weirder the closer they get.
“Low Road West is a love letter to the journey we’ve all experienced as unsure teenagers, namely how sometimes it can feel like it’s the end of the world. Except this time, it literally might just be,” said Eric Harburn, senior editor of BOOM! Studios in a press release. “Phillip, Flaviano, Miquel and Jim have created a diverse cast of characters who not only have to find a way to survive the dangers lurking for them on the open road…but also find a way to survive each other.”
Low Road West #1 goes on sale Sept. 12 and is written by Philip Kennedy Johnson with art by Flaviano.
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