A review by jessaca_with_an_a
Evil Empire, Volume 1 by Max Bemis

4.0

All I can say is this is a disturbingly exciting and plausible alternate reality that Bemis+Getty+Mutti have decided to explore here! I'm not even sure if "alternate reality" is the correct description because the story basically takes place in the now, and with everything going on in the political world of the United States, it's a bit terrifying to realize how quickly things could turn ugly here. That's a lot to say for a dystopian-style book I think. They're oftentimes set so far in the future that people are filled with a sense of euphoria about the fall and rise of man, a kind of excitement about what the world could look like if we destroyed it and started to build it back up. Not this comic though. Evil Empire strips us of that fantasy and forces us to watch as our comforts are taken away from us and chaos ensues. And this time it's not because of zombies or some nuclear experimentation or whatever, it's by one person (and their followers). I've seriously got chills and I feel like I'm developing a bit of paranoia from this read. Definitely going to grab the next one and watch the saga unfold.