![]() After all, this is modern America in the moments before its birth – a burden that the characters don’t recognize, but readers will. This universality is an effective portal into the book’s 18 th-century world, but that’s not to say that Wood and his collaborator, Andrea Mutti, are retreading the familiar in Rebels, even in comparison with his other period piece, Northlanders. ![]() Like most of writer Brian Wood’s work, Rebels introduces readers to a cast of young characters who find themselves in an imposingly adult conflict – and are woefully unprepared for the consequences.īy now, Brian Wood’s narrative fascinations are no secret. There’s a common thread that runs through early work like Channel Zero and Demo, through his long-running Northlanders and DMZ, and even encompasses “superhero” work like Ultimate Comics: X-Men, each time offering a new perspective on the ever-shifting balance between liberty and control. ![]()
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