Little Bird. Book 1, The fight for elder's hope

Title :

Little Bird. Book 1, The fight for elder's hope / created by Ian Bertram & Darcy Van Poelgeest ; writer, Darcy Van Poelgeest ; artist, Ian Bertram ; colors, Matt Hollingsworth ; letters, Aditya Bidikar.

Title:

Little Bird. Book 1, The fight for elder's hope

Varying Form of Title:

Fight for elder's hope

Author:

Poelgeest, Darcy van

Format:

Books

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

ISBN:

9781534313453

Production / Publication Information:

Portland, OR : Image Comics , [2019]

General Note:

"Contains material originally published in single magazine form as Little Bird #1-5"--Indicia.

Summary:

"Little Bird was born into war, and it's the only life she's known. When her village is destroyed and her mother is kidnapped by the opressive American Empire, she fights to reignite the resistance that once was, and defeat the enemy - to save her people, to discover her own identity in a world on fire."--Provided by publisher.

Target audience note:

Rated M / Mature.

Language:

English

Added Author:

Bertram, Ian (Comic book artist)

Genre:

Subject Term:

Girls -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Imaginary wars and battles -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Insurgency -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Material Type	Library	Call Number	Item Barcode	Location
Book	Searching... Haverhill Public Library	GRAPHIC NOVEL/LITTLE	31479006792690	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Award-winning filmmaker DARCY VAN POELGEEST teams up with Angoulême nominated artist IAN BERTRAM to bringyou the highly acclaimed, dystopian sci-fi, LITTLEBIRD.

With the same limitless scope asStar Wars, and the social-political explorations of A Handmaid's Tale, LITTLEBIRD tells the story of a young resistance fighter battling against anoppressive American Empire while searching for her own identity in a world onfire. A gorgeously illustrated epic where one girl risks everything to save herpeople, their land, and the freedom they so desperatelydeserve.

Collects LITTLE BIRD1-5.

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

This haunting dystopian sf epic by writer and filmmaker Van Poelgeest and illustrator Bertram (House of Penance), with colorist Hollingsworth (Tokyo Ghost) opens toward the end of a long, bloody war between brave Canadian rebels and an authoritarian theocracy known as the United Nations of America. In one last, desperate hope to keep Canada free, a 12-year-old girl named Little Bird infiltrates a prison for genetically-modified humans in order to rescue a legendary hero known as the Axe. Overwhelmingly outnumbered by their enemies and hunted by a sinister Bishop and his meek son, Gabriel, the Axe and Little Bird are forced to travel across Canada in search of allies. Soon Little Bird discovers that the branches of her family tree are much more entangled with that of the enemy than she'd ever imagined, and that the Axe's heroism is complicated by his desire to atone for past mistakes. VERDICT While the story seems heavily inspired by European sf epics such as The Incal, it feels totally original owing to Van Poelgeest's smart and sincere script and Bertram's fantastic use of jittery lines and intricate detail to depict awe-inspiring landscapes, weird technology, and intense violence.