Review of
Rover Red Charlie #5,
by Garth Ennis and Michael Dipascale
Five out of five stars
Post human apocalypse from a dog’s perspective
An incredible
plague of some kind has rapidly infected humans, driving them all mad in a very
short time. This led to mass suicides, murder and to overpowering indifference
that led to starvation. The main characters are three sentient dogs that are
traveling across the United States in order to arrive at the Big Splash, their
term for the ocean. They are also looking for any surviving feeders, which is
their term for humans.
While
intelligent, they are still dogs, so they occasionally frolic and play,
sniffing appropriately when they encounter strange dogs. Along their travels,
they encounter many human skeletons along with what appears to be senseless
destruction. Eventually, they reach the ocean and splash away in joy. Yet, they
discover that their joy at arriving may be very premature.
Since this is
number five in the sequence, there is nothing in the way of explanation as to
precisely what happened. It is a very creative rendition of a post-apocalyptic world,
the perspective of dogs and how they are surviving without humans is very well
structured. Once I had finished reading this issue, I started a search for
other issues as there was an urge to learn how the context was created as well
as what happens after the issue-ending cliffhanger.
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