Let's start with saying - I love this book! If you want to get some other background on myself and where I come from as a reviewer, head over to my other review for Young Terrorists, - also by Black Mask...
As a kid, I got into comics because I could identify with my favorite characters. I loved the art, the story, the medium. As I got older the number of books I'd read decreased, as the mediums I chose to read/enjoy changed and comics stayed the same; something I enjoyed as a teen. But every now and then I'd find myself back in a comic book shop seeing if there was something that caught my eye, that transcended the original genre I'd gotten into as a kid and told a different kind of story, one that was as full of social commentary or satire, stories that made me think or provided more than sheer escapism; something that I can relate to as an adult the way I did to superhero comics as a kid.
Time and again Black Mask does just that, and I'll give most titles they produce a shot.
With that said, Calexit does not disappoint. It's hard-hitting, provocative and absolutely relevant/relentless, both.... It's more action than say political thriller, with fast-paced twists and turns that may have more in common with French Protests than the current US grassroots efforts, but the tension is there too, boiling just below the surface. If the Predator In Chief made some slightly different choices and the resistance decided enough was enough - this might be what tomorrow looks like.
At one point Idiocracy was "just a dumb movie" too. Then it became present day reality.
Calexit is a story of the Fascists who take control when given the opportunity and the Resistance who fights against them, the urchins who thrive within the chaos, and those who both are caught in between and are caught up in the tides of forces beyond their control. It also graphically violent as a lot of Pizzolo's creations are, but the violence tells the story, not shying away from a 'what if society' that feels right around the corner.
Better yet each issue has interviews and essays with political activists who themselves refuse to sit on their laurels. All of which are current to today's climate. It's a graphic novel that does more than just tell a story but also provides a lot of information. Calexit challenges you as a reader and then pushes back on you as a human and asks, "listen up jerk, so what are you going to do now?!"
And can I ask anything else from any medium?
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