Skreemer

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Skreemer is a six-issue miniseries, written by Peter Milligan with art by Brett Ewins and Steve Dillon. The first issue appeared in May 1989.

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[edit] Plot

The story is set thirty-eight years after the fall. The central character is Veto Skreemer, an imposing giant in an age when giants are near obsolete. His story is narrated by Peter Finnegan as he looks back on both Veto’s life and how it intersects with the lives of the Finnegan family, contrasting the formers’ rise to power with the latter’s struggle to survive.

[edit] Inspiration

Peter Milligan, in the foreword to the book, explains that Skreemer has two distinct inspirations—gangster films, specifically Once Upon a Time in America and The Long Good Friday, and James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.

[edit] Collection

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vertigo