The Spire is a massive tower city in the middle of the desert of the Nothinglands. It's plagued by ethnic and class divisions and enemies on the outside. It's Baron has just passed away, and on the eve of it's new Baroness's coronation, a series of strange and grisly murders has occurred. There just may be a conspiracy afoot, and Commader Shå of the Watch, a "skew" (a slur for a nonhuman), has to deal with the prejudices of the people around her while trying to catch the murder and reveal the bigger picture.
The Spire (at least the first issue) has a bit of a manga/anime feel (mostly through the art) but the world itself, particularly the ramshackle Spire, its faux-Shakespearean street punks (antiki), and various nonhuman species, reminds me most of works of the New Weird, particularly Mieville's Bas-Lag novels and the Deepgate Codex by Alan Campbell.
It's only the first issue, so it's hard to say where it's going, but it seems like it's going to be well worth finding out.
4 comments:
Looks interesting. Like 40k's Necromunda in fantasy stlye. I should have to an eye on this book. Thank you, Trey! :D
I saw this last Wednesday and was thinking about picking it up. Based upon your review I will definitely do so today when I swing by the shop for new comic book day.
Looks interesting, will probably pick it up when they release a GN.
Sounds interesting!
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