Warren Ellis

Six years ago, twelve psychic children accidentally used their powers to flood the world. Now they attempt to rebuild society and defend London's Whitechapel survivors from one of their own. Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years ago, the world ended. Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds live in and defend Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. When a dazed, gun-toting girl appears on the outskirts with a deadly grudge against the self-proclaimed Freakangels, the kids realize that an old enemy is still alive beyond the safety of their borders... a twelfth psychic child, evil and exiled, who can program human minds to hate, and send his private, pirate armies into Whitechapel for revenge. The first chapter in award-winning author Warren Ellis' post-apocalyptic web comic series!

Freakangels

Vicky  Nuñez 

Gavin

Much better than its title and its character designs and its colouring. Something about the art screams webcomic, maybe the number of flat colour segments and the absence of brushstrokes. But it’s no Book of Dave.

The book is centred around the Freaks’ reparations for causing the apocalypse. Except half of em don’t seem contrite (“it’s quieter now. Remember how everyone used to kill themselves just getting through the day?”)

The Whitechapel commune is presented as a lovely sexy anprim haven. But they don’t produce any industrial stuff, they’re running out of salvage, and god knows how they keep their steampunk vehicles going. The short term dream.

Lots of audience applause shots of London landmarks underwater, including my manor. Not doing it for me though.

Interesting touch on p21: a ghostly panel line dividing one panel, in which a characters muses on the nature of time; he says 40 words in this panel, so maybe 10 seconds. And yet by the magic of comics these seconds happen to the reader despite him not moving.

Collecting the final chapter of Warren Ellis’ enormously popular web comic, a tale of twelve psychic Londoners whose combined powers flooded the world! Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years ago, they used their psychic powers in unison and accidentally flooded the world. Today, they live in and defend Whitechapel, perhaps the last real settlement in soggy London, from the evil machinations of one of their own – a “Freakangel” gone rogue. But when Mark, the bad seed, returns and forces his old friends to expand their consciousness beyond all concepts of space and time, they discover there’s something coming… something dark and terrible beyond the borders of Whitechapel, closing in for the kill. Writer Warren Ellis and artist Paul Duffield proudly present the last stand of the Freakangels in this final, gorgeous sixth volume of the 2010 Eagle Award-winning online web comic!

Kayleigh hughes

I can't believe it's over! I've been following this series for quite awhile now, so to see the words 'the end' seems almost impossible. 

A fantastic series, simply amazing and I thought the ending was beautifully done. I had no idea how they were going to wrap it all up, but the way they did it, with a little ambiguity and more unsaid than said, worked perfectly with the story.

Sarah Escorsa

Chad Henderson

I have only read the first issue of this ongoing series but I am already captured by certain elements in the story. What happened to the world? Why is everything now steam based? Who are the freakangels? 

The art by Paul Duffield is amazing and serves the setting perfectly! 

I cannot wait for the next one.

Nicole Lucy O'Loughlin

I'll be honest, going into this I had low expectations. I saw that it was free and published online before being later compiled into a hardback form. And I judged it harshly for that, completely unfair.

But the artstyle was great and whilst the plot was slow the characters were so alive and so very British. I loved the colouring and tone of the comic, it really suited the themes and I think I may continue reading this series sometime.

I love the character of Arkady, she was simply wonderful and she really helped to lighten the mood of the comic. It sort of reminded me of Fallout in a weird way though I can't quite place why.

Six years ago, twelve psychic children accidentally used their powers to flood the world. Now they attempt to rebuild society and defend London's Whitechapel survivors from one of their own. Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years ago, the world ended. Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds live in and defend Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. Having recently discovered that an exiled twelfth psychic has returned to brainwash murderous sleeper agents in Whitechapel, the Freakangels search for the timebombs in their midst while simultaneously seeking to expand their own mind-powers to match those of their enemy. The second chapter in award-winning author Warren Ellis' post-apocalyptic web comic series!

Kyle Curry

shelby mosel

Six years ago, twelve psychic children accidentally used their powers to flood the world. Now they attempt to rebuild society and defend London's Whitechapel survivors from one of their own. Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years ago, the world ended. Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds live in and defend Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. Fearing the return of an old enemy from beyond their borders, the Freakangels discover that their latest threat comes from inside their ranks, as one of their own breaks the most sacred rule -- never to violate the mind of a person under their protection. Gunplay and a telekinetic confrontation ensue, distracting the group... and leading to a face-to-face confrontation with Mark, the exiled Freakangel who seeks bloody retribution. The third chapter in award-winning author Warren Ellis' post-apocalyptic web comic series!

Six years ago, twelve psychic children accidentally used their powers to flood the world. Now they attempt to rebuild society and defend London's Whitechapel survivors from one of their own. Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years ago, the world ended. Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds live in and defend Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. The Freakangels have lived in fear of the return of Mark, the twelfth of their kind, whose psychic powers far exceed their own. Now he's back, and his arrival forces the group to reflect on their shared past... a time when they used their power in tandem and flooded the world. Presenting, for the first time, the tragic history of the Freakangels! The fourth chapter in award-winning author Warren Ellis' post-apocalyptic web comic series!

Freakangels

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