Unbeknownst to most of the world due to limited availability, back in February a graphic novel – H2O – hit the stands that caught TDG’s attention for two primary reasons: the subject matter, and the fact that it was created and written by one of TDG’s own, Friday news admin Grant Calof!
Here’s a quick summary of H2O, in case the title didn’t give it away…
Set two hundred years in the future, after a 100-year drought and a failed rainmaking experiment decimate the Earth and its atmosphere, the extinction of humankind appears all but certain… until two scientists on opposite sides of what’s left of the world discover a vast, buried glacier – setting off a deadly race to claim the planet’s last source of fresh water.
Now if that wasn’t cool enough, here’s the kicker: we’re making the comic available to all TDG readers for free, as a downloadable PDF. Just click the cover image below to head off and download your own copy (courtesy of the author). The PDF will only be available for a limited time, so get in.
The artwork is sumptuous – a real treat for the eyes. Grant noted to me that the original story for H2O was actually twice as long, but significant portions of the backstory and connective tissue wound up getting cut – so at times the story reads, in his words, “like an abridged action flick”. That said, if the stars continue to align, H2O could very well be an action flick coming soon to a theater near you…
In case you’re interested in reading more about the artists, the writer or the inspiration for the comic/graphic novel, Newsarama.com published a lengthy interview in October of 2010 (the book’s original release date).
