I have to say - I f’ing love LAZARUS by @ruckawriter & @MichaelLark66. Just read issue 12 and it’s masterful.
— Snydofthelivingdead (@Ssnyder1835) October 24, 2014
@samhumphries @ruckawriter @MichaelLark66 it’s like a perfect series.
— Snydofthelivingdead (@Ssnyder1835) October 24, 2014
The meticulous world building inside Lazarus continues with this issue, wherein the families in power all meet for the first time in years and manoeuvre against each other.
While each issue of this title has featured a hefty portion of world building, it’s taken me until now to realize just how well thought out this work actually is. Rucka and Lark have taken something that doesn’t exist, and have built it into something that could. Motivations are informed by the temperament of the characters, as well as the location and resources that character (or family) has at their disposal. While the setting bends reality slightly, there’s enough reason involved in the plotting and images that it doesn’t break, creating a story that you feel comfortable with existing, never once pulling on the suspension of disbelief. This makes the book equal parts entertaining and horrifying, as you find yourself lying in wait for this world to arrive, an inevitability more than a dismissible possibility.
