The Script Rebellion
A tale of love, loss, and rebellion!
Pulled by some dark force, a hapless clerk dreams his way into a mysterious city called Rust, where builds a life, falls in love, but has that love stollen away by the brutish ruler who governs the city. In an effort to recover his bride, he must become the figurehead for a city-wide rebellion which is doomed to fail with bitter consequences.
The Script Rebellion is a compelling graphic novella set in a mythical city at the heart of a world of dreams and nightmares. The book features artwork in a Mike Mignola style (Hellboy) along with additional artwork from a selection of indie artists.
Beautiful and powerfully written, this is a masterwork of storytelling amidst love, grief and loss.
The Script Rebellion is a compelling graphic novella set in a mythical city at the heart of a world of dreams and nightmares. The book features artwork in a Mike Mignola style (Hellboy) along with additional artwork from a selection of indie artists.
The Script Rebellion provides a beautifully grim look at the toll of empire and resistance in one. There’s a lot that can be said about it, of course, but I’m not too sure where to begin.
Meneghel’s art is astoundingly gorgeous and reminiscent of comics like Hellboy. In fact, I would go so far as to say that I wouldn’t not put them side by side if I could. That’s not even talking about how fitting it is for the story Quaid is telling. While it is gorgeous, it’s also rough, distorted to match the way the city and its people are laid out in the conflict between the rebellion that the Calligrapher builds and the forces of the Red Queen.
Quaid’s writing is succinct, yet it’s not brief. It paints a picture of a man who joins a cause on the promise of a love returned and the consequences of that in a tyrannical society. It speaks to grief and anger and loss, but most of all? It speaks to the power love has and the way words can infuse themselves upon the body to spark a movement.
– N. Ward
